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XWELL serves travelers through XpresSpa, whose airport locations charge for massages, nail care and skin care and sell spa and travel products. Outside airports, its Naples Wax Center business earns money from face and body waxing and sales of skincare and cosmetic products.
A separate business, XpresTest, collects aircraft-wastewater and passenger-nasal samples for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s public-health surveillance program. It earns contract revenue through work with Concentric by Ginkgo Bioworks. This business depends on that partnership and continued government funding, which can be reduced or withdrawn. XpresTest no longer operates the XpresCheck diagnostic testing centers.
The airport spa business depends on passenger traffic, travelers having time after security and their willingness to spend. Airport concession agreements generally require minimum payments even when sales fall. They can also require participation by qualifying disadvantaged business partners, so securing suitable partners affects XWELL’s ability to obtain and retain locations.
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XWELL’s results hinge on travelers’ airport spa spending, local waxing demand and continued CDC funding for biological surveillance.
XWELL’s airport-sampling revenue depends on the CDC surveillance program it runs with Ginkgo Bioworks’ Concentric business: XpresTest collects aircraft wastewater and passenger nasal samples, while Ginkgo helps mainly government customers monitor biological threats. Watch funding and scope changes in that joint program; the February 2025 renewal gave XpresTest a three-year contract with a $22.2 million base value.
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Ginkgo Bioworks’ report can show whether government customers are changing their support for the surveillance work that XWELL and Concentric carry out through airport sampling.
Look for changes in government funding and the scope of surveillance programs, then consider them alongside XWELL’s three-year contract. Steady or broader programs would support demand for XWELL’s airport sampling; cuts would put that revenue at risk, although Ginkgo’s results alone cannot show how much XWELL receives under the contract.
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XWELL’s report will show whether airport spa and waxing sales cover more of the rent and staffing costs that have weighed on its business.
Read XpresSpa and Naples Wax Center revenue alongside each segment’s operating income or loss. Rising revenue with narrower losses would show customer spending is helping stores cover rent and staffing; falling revenue or wider losses would show sales still do not cover operating costs, making it harder to sustain or expand the locations.
