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Why a Wellness Workshop?
As general manager Oriol Montal says, today’s traveller in search of a healthy and
relaxing break is looking for more than just sunshine and massage. And when
getting away from it all is not enough to fully recharge the batteries, a structured
wellness programme in tropical surrounds could be just the thing.
You don’t have to go off alone as I did, leaving the family behind. A rare selling
point of this wellness workshop is that you could take along not only your significant
other, but the children too, if they’re not
too
young. Though couples make up 50
percent of its guests, the Marriot Phuket is well known as a family hotel.
Exploring the huge grounds on my first day, I can see why. Even with an
occupancy of more than 90 percent, there’s space for everyone. A trio of ten-year-
old boys kicks a football on a patch of shady grass complete with goals, muted
squeals emanate from the Kids’ Club, and I’ve never seen a water-slide like the
one delivering a continuous series of ecstatic youngsters into the main pool. If I
wasn’t already late for my session on Cosmic Healing Sounds I might be tempted
to have a go myself.