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This refreshed Hawaiian property moves the focus to health. After a four-year hiatus, the Lodge at Koele in the tropical highlands of Lanai has returned as the Four Seasons Hotel Lanai at Koele, a Sensei Retreat. “Sensei guides” trained in nutrition, fitness, and spa therapies design custom itineraries for guests of the Four Seasons’ first all-inclusive wellness enclave. Three-night minimum stays emphasize movement, nourishment, and rest – key pillars supported by as many as 16 exercise classes a day, 30 spa treatments, a menu created by acclaimed Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa, and 96 tranquil rooms. Guided hikes, beach excursions, and cultural lectures supplement on-property activities in two movement studios, onsen soaking tubs, and ten private hale , or spa cottages. Wellness, island-style, at the new Four Seasons Hotel Lanai at Koele. Virtuoso travelers receive a $100 resort credit.

By Nadine Jolie Courtney As a lifelong skier, I eagerly anticipated my first day on the slopes with my now three-year-old daughter, Aurelia. I set the scene as we prepared for a trip to Park City, Utah, and the Montage Deer Valley: snow angels, giggles on the bunny slope, and post-ski hot chocolate by the fire. The ski-in/ski-out resort seemed ideal for both my toddler and my never-skied-a-day-in-his-life husband, Erik. Draws include access to more than one hundred trails, an on-site ski outfitter, and rental service, plus shuttles regularly run to Deer Valley’s base lodge, about five minutes away. Montage Deer Valley glimmers at dusk. / Featured image: Soak in the views at Spa Montage. [Photos: Montage Deer Valley] But as fate would have it, a couple of weeks before we left, disaster (for a skier) struck: I severely sprained my ankle. “Should we cancel the trip?” Erik nervously asked after we learned I’d need twelve weeks of intensive physical therapy. He reminded me that his age...

At Andaz Mayakoba Resort Riviera Maya, they’ve braided my blond hair and wrapped it around my head, capping the hairdo with a fragrant crown of flowers. Around my neck, I don a colorful Oaxacan-made scarf. The white peasant blouse, which covers my brightly embroidered corset, and flamenco-style skirt billows in breeze. Seagulls circle in the sky. In the distance, a monkey shrieks. Costumed, I pose before the cobalt Caribbean Sea, the Riviera Maya sand serving as nature’s frame. My blood red lipstick gleams in the sun. The only things needed to fully complete my transformation: darker, thicker eyebrows; a complacent, slightly amused and knowing glare – and a boyfriend named Diego Rivera. A part of Frida’s wardrobe at Andaz Mayakoba. Now is your chance to be Frida Kahlo. Andaz Mayakoba offers guests a VIP session with Del Sol, their official resort photographers. (Virtuoso travelers booking the resort through their advisor receive this as one of numerous complimentary perks.) Hav...