After Christmas, Chinese New Year and seemingly endless school holidays, treat yourself to a relaxing wellness retreat in Asia
Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma, Maldives
Get active - or not - in the Maldives
What’s the deal?
The resort has announced it will be running an Active Escapes retreat blending ‘energetic recreation’ with ‘holiday zen’.
The week-long retreat includes a wide range of activities, from snorkelling, scuba, kayaking and group fitness activities to yoga and visits to the Kandooma Spa in the resort gardens.
The resort aims to offer a welcoming environment where the hope is you leave a bit fitter than when you arrived. Guests can participate in everything, or just pick and choose. The team ensures varying degrees of difficulty in the programme to accommodate both those looking to work hard and feel challenged and those hoping for something less intense.
What does it cost?
Prices start from US$2,600 per person, twin share and includes return speedboat airport transfer, daily brunch, nightly dinner, all activities, one scuba dive and a photo package.
When is it available?
The week-long Active Escapes Maldives Festival runs from April 27 to May 4.
Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai, Vietnam
Treatment rooms sit around a lily pond at Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai
What’s the deal?
The ‘Reawaken Retreat’ is an immersive three-day journey of self-discovery and transformation. The programme takes place at the resort’s Earth Spa with life coaching, yoga, healing meditations, reflective rituals and bespoke spa therapies.
Practitioners leading the retreat include Judy Xu, a life coach and founder of natural health clinic, Balance Health, in Hong Kong. Sudha Nair is resident wellness manager at the resort and has more than 20 years experience in naturopathy, yoga and holistic health.
The retreat takes a three-step approach to well-being, addressing body, mind and soul through spa treatments, body analysis, clean-eating menus, breathwork, meditation, yoga, goal-setting and intention-setting.
What does it cost?
Further details are available online.
When’s it available?
The Reawaken Retreat runs from June 28 to 30 at the resort’s Heart of the Earth Spa.
Anantara Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Escape, indulge, repeat in Angkor Wat
What’s the deal?
Book the ‘Escape, Indulge, Repeat’ package at Anantara Angkor Wat and enjoy unlimited treatments in the hotel’s Anantara Spa. Signature treatments include a Bamboo Massage as well as indigenous Khmer-inspired therapies and techniques like Khmer Herbal Compress Massage and Punlei Khmer Aromatherapy. Guests are also free to use the spa’s wellness relaxation area, sauna, steam room and jacuzzi between treatments.
The package includes overnight accommodation in a luxury suite.
What does it cost?
The ‘Escape, Indulge, Repeat’ package starts from US$260 per person per night.
When is it available?
From now until December 31, 2025.
Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore
Find out how your health measures up with Chi Longevity
What’s the deal?
Global healthcare group Chi Longevity has opened a clinic at Four Seasons Hotel Singapore. The clinic uses a scientific approach to offer tailored programmes that manage the aging process. The clinic has a multi-disciplinary team of doctors, dieticians, psychologists and health coaches who can provide assessments using blood tests, cognitive testing and genetic profiling. These insights are used to create a bespoke action plan to address age-related health risks up to ten years before they manifest.
The culinary team at Four Seasons is working alongside the clinic to create specially curated well-being menus at the Pool House.
What does it cost?
Specialised programmes start from S$1,800.
When is it available?
The clinic is open on weekdays from 8.30am to 5.30pm and on Saturdays from 8.30am to 12.30pm.
Avani+ Hua Hin Resort, Thailand
Head to Hua Hin for a reboot
What’s the deal?
Avani+ has launched two new signature AvaniWell wellness retreat packages, available exclusively to Avani+ Hua Hin Resort. The multi-day ‘Reset’ and ‘Recharge’ programmes include accommodation, healthy meals and curated activities.
The two- and four-night packages combine relaxation and exercise as well as ‘gut-loving’ ingredients in the tailored menus. The daily schedule incorporates expert-led activities from rebalancing yoga to muscle-burning workouts and feel-good reformer pilates. Guests can also take part in a raw juice detox and join a wellness cooking class.
Spa treatments include full-body massages, facials and traditional Thai medicine sessions.
What does it cost?
The two-night Reset Retreat package starts from THB 17,040 based on one person staying in an Avani Deluxe Room, or THB 28,690 for a couple. The four-night Recharge package is THB 35,980 for one person or THB66,160 for two people.
The packages include all meals, consultations and activities. Both packages offer the option to upgrade to an Avani Pool Villa.
When is it available?
Available from now.
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