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Spain – British high street therapy service Self Space is setting up a summer residency on the island of Ibiza to help holidaymakers get the most out of their breaks. From May 2023 and throughout summer the service’s trained therapists will be hosting workshops and mini-retreats at some of Ibiza’s iconic institutions including Pikes and Nobu Ibiza Bay.

Ibiza is an island renowned for holiday hedonism and escapism, and Safe Space is offering to improve holidayers’ relaxation by giving them the opportunity to focus on their mental health. This will include relationship counselling, intimacy workshops and self-care sessions. Holidaymakers seeking serenity can also expect activities such as beach journalling, group talks, walks, bonding, meditation sessions and therapist insights and interventions. Hospitality staff will also be offered Self Space’s services at the beginning and end of the holiday season.

Many working adults in the UK fail to take their full holiday entitlement. They understand the value in taking a break but need places that encourage them to fully inhabit their time off. In recent years, wellness tourism has evolved from a niche travel market to becoming the industry’s fastest-growing sector. Consumers are looking for their holidays to do more than offer them respite from their hectic daily lives; they need to be spaces where they can relax, recharge and renew themselves.

Global – The use of illegal streaming sites hosting copyrighted film and television content rose by 18% year on year in 2022, according to a new study by Muso. The piracy-focused research firm identified 215bn global visits to piracy websites in 2022, including over 13.5bn visits from the US.

After a decline during the Covid lockdown, illicit streams and downloads are on the rise again. Pirates are also moving away from Torrent sites, which utilise a network of computers to share large files, and turning to illegal streaming websites resembling Netflix to watch content.

In our Inflationary Loyalty Market, we examined how retaining loyalty amid high inflation requires innovation and new strategies. On top of the content spreading online for free, the film and tv industry faces an oversaturated market, competition from TikTok and the cost of living crisis (a recent Deltapoll survey suggests Britons are cancelling tv subscriptions such as Netflix in times of trouble). Retaining subscribers means rethinking how they access the content and their perks.