{"id":349,"date":"2012-09-09T05:31:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T05:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2025-03-28T00:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T16:46:27","slug":"about-zest-magazine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/about-zest-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was time when paying attention to oneself was considered vain. And that, for a while there, was supposedly not necessarily a good thing. <\/strong><\/p>\n

But those days are long gone. We all know the relevance of learning to look after oneself to be always on tip-top shape, thus be able to put one\u2019s best foot forward, as the clich\u00e9 goes.

<\/a><\/strong>Not surprisingly, even in 2006, the number of health and wellness facilities in Metro Manila alone grew to 87, with most of the growth (74%) occurring since 2003, according to the Spa Industry Profile Philippines 2003-2007<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0 Julie Garrow, Managing Director of Intelligent Spas, a research company specializing in the spa industry and which did the survey, this “proves that there is a growing recognition of the relevance of focusing on caring for oneself before one is able to care for others.”<\/p>\n

Based in the Global Spa Economy Report<\/em>, as on end-2006, this industry is worth over $250 billion.<\/p>\n

Now… despite all these, the Philippine wellness and spa industries remain under-represented. There was a time when it didn’t even have its own media that solely specifically highlighted the industry.<\/p>\n

This is why Zest Magazine<\/em><\/strong> came into being.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Drew Graham<\/a> from Unsplash.com<\/em><\/p>\n

We aim to be a key source of information on everything about health and wellness in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

We provide:<\/p>\n