Guests learn how to connect mindfully with wild animals at Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa / photo: shutterstock/MyImages - Micha
Foraging for spa ingredients in Jamaica
Jamaica Inn’s Ocean Spa has launched a Farm-to-Skin Foraging experience that takes guests on a journey through the property’s tropical gardens to forage herbs, plants and fruit to create products for their treatments.
Accompanied by a spa therapist, guests discover ingredients such as papaya, coconut, lemongrass, rosemary and aloe vera, while learning about their health benefits.
Following the tour, they enjoy a hands-on demonstration of how to make a range of DIY beauty products.
All spa treatments can be coupled with this experience with guests offered a 15 per cent discount.
Location: Jamaica Inn Ocean Spa, Ocho Rios, Jamaica Duration: One hour, plus treatment time Cost: Complimentary, plus price of treatment
Guests learn about the benefits of plants such as rosemary and aloe vera / photo: shutterstock/Mladen Mitrinovic
Alpine forest bathing and massage at Hotel Vals
The 7132 Hotel and thermal baths (formerly Therme Vals) has launched an immersive Swiss Alpine package.
Guests can enjoy the hotel’s breathtaking landscape by experiencing high-altitude forest bathing, complete with a personalised outdoor massage in a forest dense with fir trees and ferns.
Therapists use local ingredients, such as mountain herb-infused oils during the ritual, which is rooted in the belief that proximity to nature improves physical and mental wellbeing.
The 7132 Alpine Ritual package includes three nights in the penthouse suite, helicopter transfer, a forest bathing wellness treatment, hot stone massage, and access to the thermal baths.
Location: 7132 Hotel, Vals, Switzerland
Duration: Three-night stay
Cost: CHF 11,230 (US$11,385, €10,826, £9,244) per person
Guests can enjoy high-altitude forest bathing and outdoor massage / photo: 7132 Hotel
The Ranch launches at Palazzo Fiuggi
The daily schedule includes a four-hour mountain hike / photo: Tyson Sadlo
US destination fitness and wellness retreat operator, The Ranch, has launched its first permanent international programme at Palazzo Fiuggi Wellness Medical Retreat.
Limited to 25 guests a week, the retreat includes a daily schedule of a four-hour morning mountain hike, nap time, healthy plant-based meals, afternoon strength and core training classes, yoga and a daily massage.
Guests will also undergo diagnostic and blood testing, plus a consultation with a Palazzo Fiuggi physician for a more complete understanding of their health status.
The package is designed to help people leave with a greater sense of self, and feel rested and rejuvenated, while having lost weight and gained muscle.
Location: Palazzo Fiuggi Wellness Medical Retreat, Fiuggi, Italy
Duration: Seven nights, eight days
Cost: US$10,650 (€10,110, £8,650) per single room
The retreat is limited to 25 guests per week / photo: Tyson Sadlo
Go wild with
animal mindfulness
Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa is offering the Rest. Restore. Rewild. package to encourage guests to engage with the natural world, to bring a deeper sense of connection and love for the earth and all its beings.
The experience includes two hours of guided forest bathing, afternoon tea and a private tour of the nearby Lake District Wildlife Park, where guests are taught how to connect mindfully with endangered animals, such as red pandas, lemurs, tapirs and gibbons. They also meet alpacas and giant tortoises. To protect the animals’ wellbeing, the tour is conducted without contact.
Location: Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa, Keswick, UK
Duration: Five hours
Cost: £110 (US$136, €129)
Guests learn how to connect mindfully with a range of wild animals / photo: shutterstock/MyImages - Micha
Gold coated, micro-magnetic pearl facial is based on TCM
Philosophia Botanica’s new Meridian Flow Golden Facial has debuted at the UK’s first Heavenly Spa by Westin.
Created by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), practitioner Francesca Canzano-Franklin, the treatment is inspired by African botanicals and traditional Eastern techniques.
The facial incorporates the use of botanical oils, which are used in conjunction with a gauss micro-stimulator, a magnetic pen and a copper gua sha sculpting spoon. Gold-coated micro-magnetic pearls are then applied to the meridians and acupuncture points of the face, to increase micro-circulation and oxygenation, reduce wrinkle depth and plump the skin.
The ritual also incorporates facial mapping based on TCM’s meridian balancing, magnetic energy matching, acupressure stimulation and a bespoke facial massage.
Location: The Westin London City, London, UK
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: £170 (US$210, €200)
Gold-coated micro-magnetic pearls are placed on the face / photo: westin
Tune in to the power of the lunar cycle
Mayan culture upholds that the moon’s cycle affects body water in the same way as the tides. Now, Chablé Yucatan’s new Full Moon ceremonies offer guests the chance to recalibrate by working with spiritual guides to request permission from the four cardinal directions and natural elements for the body, soul and mind to be at peace.
Prayers and songs dedicated to the moon are performed, and guests are taken to a sacred healing well to make seed offerings of cocoa, rice, beans and corn to the water, symbolising rebirth. This represents the return to mother nature and resetting one’s life path with new intentions.
Guests are taken to a sacred healing well during the lunar ritual / photo: Chable Yucatan
Read more from this issue of Spa Business magazine
View contents of Spa Business 2022 issue 2
Editor's letter: The wellness metaverse
We’re being handed a powerful new tool that will become a channel for creativity and innovation – pioneering wellness operators are already getting to grips with its exciting potential
Spa People: Michael Stusser
The wellness pioneer explains how he created an authentic Japanese bathing experience in the heart of the California hills
Spa People: Scot Toon
The Asia MD of The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts unveils the company's latest island development plans
Project preview: Off-grid
Svart Six Senses is set to open in Norway in 2024, and redefine the meaning of sustainable wellness tourism and regenerative travel
Sponsored: Myrtha Wellness: watertight expertise
Myrtha has transformed the world of aquatics over the last 60 years. Now it’s bringing its ingenuity-driven expertise to the international wellness industry
Interview: Rainer Usselmann
Tech business Happy Finish is bringing metaverse-based experiences to the wellness sector, working with Wund
Everyone's talking about: Menopause
From taboo to hot topic – how can spas offer treatments and a safe space for women to explore this often challenging phase of life?
Research: Bounceback
PwC says the US spa market was worth US$1bn in 2021 and growing well, according to data from ISPA's latest industry-wide study
First person: An icon reborn
Fairmont unveils the stunning renovation of its iconic Century Plaza hotel in LA, and Rianna Riego checks out the new spa
Q&A: Magdaleena Nikolov
The GM of spa, wellness and retail at Fairmont
Century Plaza talks to Jane Kitchen
Q&A: Mia Kyricos
The wellness leader talks about the creation of her new trademarked framework for the development and delivery of wellness interventions
Sponsored: Art of Cryo: raising the bar
Art of Cryo is complementing its high
performance cryotherapy range with advanced
new technology to enhance treatment benefits
Mystery Shopper: The Londoner
Our reviewer travels undercover to check out the spa offering at The Londoner – one of the most high profile openings in the capital in recent times
Guests learn how to connect mindfully with wild animals at Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa / photo: shutterstock/MyImages - Micha
Foraging for spa ingredients in Jamaica
Jamaica Inn’s Ocean Spa has launched a Farm-to-Skin Foraging experience that takes guests on a journey through the property’s tropical gardens to forage herbs, plants and fruit to create products for their treatments.
Accompanied by a spa therapist, guests discover ingredients such as papaya, coconut, lemongrass, rosemary and aloe vera, while learning about their health benefits.
Following the tour, they enjoy a hands-on demonstration of how to make a range of DIY beauty products.
All spa treatments can be coupled with this experience with guests offered a 15 per cent discount.
Location: Jamaica Inn Ocean Spa, Ocho Rios, Jamaica Duration: One hour, plus treatment time Cost: Complimentary, plus price of treatment
Guests learn about the benefits of plants such as rosemary and aloe vera / photo: shutterstock/Mladen Mitrinovic
Alpine forest bathing and massage at Hotel Vals
The 7132 Hotel and thermal baths (formerly Therme Vals) has launched an immersive Swiss Alpine package.
Guests can enjoy the hotel’s breathtaking landscape by experiencing high-altitude forest bathing, complete with a personalised outdoor massage in a forest dense with fir trees and ferns.
Therapists use local ingredients, such as mountain herb-infused oils during the ritual, which is rooted in the belief that proximity to nature improves physical and mental wellbeing.
The 7132 Alpine Ritual package includes three nights in the penthouse suite, helicopter transfer, a forest bathing wellness treatment, hot stone massage, and access to the thermal baths.
Location: 7132 Hotel, Vals, Switzerland
Duration: Three-night stay
Cost: CHF 11,230 (US$11,385, €10,826, £9,244) per person
Guests can enjoy high-altitude forest bathing and outdoor massage / photo: 7132 Hotel
The Ranch launches at Palazzo Fiuggi
The daily schedule includes a four-hour mountain hike / photo: Tyson Sadlo
US destination fitness and wellness retreat operator, The Ranch, has launched its first permanent international programme at Palazzo Fiuggi Wellness Medical Retreat.
Limited to 25 guests a week, the retreat includes a daily schedule of a four-hour morning mountain hike, nap time, healthy plant-based meals, afternoon strength and core training classes, yoga and a daily massage.
Guests will also undergo diagnostic and blood testing, plus a consultation with a Palazzo Fiuggi physician for a more complete understanding of their health status.
The package is designed to help people leave with a greater sense of self, and feel rested and rejuvenated, while having lost weight and gained muscle.
Location: Palazzo Fiuggi Wellness Medical Retreat, Fiuggi, Italy
Duration: Seven nights, eight days
Cost: US$10,650 (€10,110, £8,650) per single room
The retreat is limited to 25 guests per week / photo: Tyson Sadlo
Go wild with
animal mindfulness
Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa is offering the Rest. Restore. Rewild. package to encourage guests to engage with the natural world, to bring a deeper sense of connection and love for the earth and all its beings.
The experience includes two hours of guided forest bathing, afternoon tea and a private tour of the nearby Lake District Wildlife Park, where guests are taught how to connect mindfully with endangered animals, such as red pandas, lemurs, tapirs and gibbons. They also meet alpacas and giant tortoises. To protect the animals’ wellbeing, the tour is conducted without contact.
Location: Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa, Keswick, UK
Duration: Five hours
Cost: £110 (US$136, €129)
Guests learn how to connect mindfully with a range of wild animals / photo: shutterstock/MyImages - Micha
Gold coated, micro-magnetic pearl facial is based on TCM
Philosophia Botanica’s new Meridian Flow Golden Facial has debuted at the UK’s first Heavenly Spa by Westin.
Created by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), practitioner Francesca Canzano-Franklin, the treatment is inspired by African botanicals and traditional Eastern techniques.
The facial incorporates the use of botanical oils, which are used in conjunction with a gauss micro-stimulator, a magnetic pen and a copper gua sha sculpting spoon. Gold-coated micro-magnetic pearls are then applied to the meridians and acupuncture points of the face, to increase micro-circulation and oxygenation, reduce wrinkle depth and plump the skin.
The ritual also incorporates facial mapping based on TCM’s meridian balancing, magnetic energy matching, acupressure stimulation and a bespoke facial massage.
Location: The Westin London City, London, UK
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: £170 (US$210, €200)
Gold-coated micro-magnetic pearls are placed on the face / photo: westin
Tune in to the power of the lunar cycle
Mayan culture upholds that the moon’s cycle affects body water in the same way as the tides. Now, Chablé Yucatan’s new Full Moon ceremonies offer guests the chance to recalibrate by working with spiritual guides to request permission from the four cardinal directions and natural elements for the body, soul and mind to be at peace.
Prayers and songs dedicated to the moon are performed, and guests are taken to a sacred healing well to make seed offerings of cocoa, rice, beans and corn to the water, symbolising rebirth. This represents the return to mother nature and resetting one’s life path with new intentions.
Guests are taken to a sacred healing well during the lunar ritual / photo: Chable Yucatan
Read more from this issue of Spa Business magazine
View contents of Spa Business 2022 issue 2
Editor's letter: The wellness metaverse
We’re being handed a powerful new tool that will become a channel for creativity and innovation – pioneering wellness operators are already getting to grips with its exciting potential
Spa People: Michael Stusser
The wellness pioneer explains how he created an authentic Japanese bathing experience in the heart of the California hills
Spa People: Scot Toon
The Asia MD of The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts unveils the company's latest island development plans
Project preview: Off-grid
Svart Six Senses is set to open in Norway in 2024, and redefine the meaning of sustainable wellness tourism and regenerative travel
Sponsored: Myrtha Wellness: watertight expertise
Myrtha has transformed the world of aquatics over the last 60 years. Now it’s bringing its ingenuity-driven expertise to the international wellness industry
Interview: Rainer Usselmann
Tech business Happy Finish is bringing metaverse-based experiences to the wellness sector, working with Wund
Everyone's talking about: Menopause
From taboo to hot topic – how can spas offer treatments and a safe space for women to explore this often challenging phase of life?
Research: Bounceback
PwC says the US spa market was worth US$1bn in 2021 and growing well, according to data from ISPA's latest industry-wide study
First person: An icon reborn
Fairmont unveils the stunning renovation of its iconic Century Plaza hotel in LA, and Rianna Riego checks out the new spa
Q&A: Magdaleena Nikolov
The GM of spa, wellness and retail at Fairmont
Century Plaza talks to Jane Kitchen
Q&A: Mia Kyricos
The wellness leader talks about the creation of her new trademarked framework for the development and delivery of wellness interventions
Sponsored: Art of Cryo: raising the bar
Art of Cryo is complementing its high
performance cryotherapy range with advanced
new technology to enhance treatment benefits
Mystery Shopper: The Londoner
Our reviewer travels undercover to check out the spa offering at The Londoner – one of the most high profile openings in the capital in recent times
People taking GLP-1 weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound
may be losing weight, but they’re also becoming less physically active, according to new
research presented at the ENDO 2026 annual meeting of the Endocrine Society
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Global retreat trade show, Synergy The Retreat Show, has launched a resource called The
Source, which hosts an open-access online Transformation Series programme.
The Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care (SATCC) charity has announced its first five-
day Living with Cancer and Beyond retreat, which will be held at Carden Park Hotel and Spa in
Cheshire, UK, between 1 and 5 September.
Patmos Aktis, a Luxury Collection Resort and Spa, has opened in Greece, with a renovated and
rebranded wellness offering called Ansana Wellness and Spa.
The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, an Autograph Collection property in Hawaii, US, has opened its
22,000 sq ft indoor-outdoor Spa at Mauna Kea as the final step in the property’s overall
renovation, which has cost more than US$180 million (€166 million, £140 mill
The UK spa review and discovery platform for consumers, the Good Spa Guide, has announced
it will host the Good Spa Guide Awards 2026 during an event on 16 November at Sopwell House
Hotel in St Albans, UK.
Eighty-four per cent of consumers now say wellness is a top priority in their lives, with this
percentage increasing year on year, according to a preview presentation of McKinsey’s Future of
Wellness 2026 research report.
Mass protests have been taking place since Monday 1 June in Albania over the development of
a luxury resort by Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
Global Wellness Day (GWD) marked its 15th anniversary on Saturday 13 June 2026, with the
theme: #JoyMagenta – a celebration of the healing qualities of simple gestures and activities
that spark joy.
