Well Traveled
From left: Equinox Hotel New York and Hoshinoya Tokyo’s onsen.
More vital than ever, urban wellness resorts emerge from the pandemic as sanctuaries for self-care. BY ELAINE GLUSAC
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ative sanctuaries with comprehensive fitness, health, and spa services amid the big-city thrum – were proliferating globally. But as with so many other trends in the making, Covid-19 may have sped up their adoption as the return to travel dovetails with a concentration on personal health. “Travelers are focusing on self-care and investing in wellness in new ways,” says Pablo Henderson of Equinox Hotel New York, which opened in summer 2019. Its Zen-channeling rooms promote sleep; the menu offers - ra King salmon dinners; healthy items, from chia-seed breakfast bowls to O and fitness options include spinning to pop anthems and yoga on Hudson Yards’ 100th-floor observation deck.
(ONSEN) HOSHINO RESORTS
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VEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, URBAN WELLNESS RESORTS – RESTOR-
