The CEO’s Secret Weapon: Rest as a Strategy

Written By Samantha Lewis

I’m seeing an increasing number of CEOs, founders and high-achieving professionals booking luxury wellness escapes over the winter months – not as indulgence, but as strategy. High performance isn’t just built in the boardroom – it’s built in rest.

They’re embracing:


✔️ Vitamin D and ocean air over burnout
✔️ Mindfulness over meetings
✔️ Clarity before Q1


Call it the hashtag#CEOReset — a growing movement of leaders using luxury winter sun retreats to recharge, recalibrate, and return better than ever.
Trending resorts include:

  • Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary, a hillside coastal retreat in Koh Samui, Thailand (pictured)

  • Joali Being, an island sanctuary in the Maldives

  • Petit St Vincent, a barefoot island hideaway in the Caribbean

  • Sante Wellness Retreat, a tranquil haven in the Cape Winelands

  • Es Raco d’Arta, a boutique hotel in the countryside in Mallorca

  • Euphoria Retreat, nestled in the mountains on mainland Greece

  • Longevity Health & Wellness Hotel, a retreat a few miles from Alvor, Portugal


As Steve Bartlett intimated in his book The Diary of a CEO, successful leadership requires physical and mental wellbeing.

How do you plan to recharge before Q1 kicks off?
A luxury wellness escape in the sun
Head to the mountains and ski
Stay home, hibernate
I don’t plan to – yet.

Many of these retreats currently have some great offers for autumn - get in touch for

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