2020-06-01_Travel+Leisure

TRAVEL + LEISURE

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I

LOVE THE IDEA of wellness

travel, with its enticing promise

that I’ll emerge a new—or at least

newish—person. But when I’m

eyeing a resort, I cross it off my

list if the offerings seem too

intense. I don’t do cardio boot

camp. I don’t drink bee-pollen smoothies,

adaptogenic-mushroom coffee, or ashwagandha

shakes. I like my wellness to be gentle. Fun.

Nature-filled. And is it so wrong that I like my

wellness to involve a bread basket?

So I was intrigued to hear that Four Seasons

had opened a wellness-focused property, the

all-inclusive, adults-only Sensei Lanai, a Four

Seasons Resort. It’s the brand’s first venture with

Sensei, a wellness tech company created by the

eminent cancer researcher Dr. David Agus and

billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison, who

owns 98 percent of the land on Lanai, a

stoplight-free island eight miles west of Maui.

Nestled in fog-shrouded mountains, the

property is a complete reimagining of the

former Lodge at Koele, a rustic, English-country-

house escape. With no direct beach access, the

hotel never quite found its footing. But Ellison

rightly anticipated that wellness travel would

surge—and that secluded Lanai would be a

WHERE HEDONISM

MEETS HEALTH

On the Hawaiian island of Lanai, a new

partnership between a storied hotel chain and

a tech firm balances rigorous, science-backed

treatments with enough indulgence to sway

even wellness skeptics. BY JANCEE DUNN

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TRAVELERS’ TALES, FROM NEAR AND FAR

Edited by LILA HARRON BATTIS & SARAH BRUNING

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