Integrated resort Thanyapura Phuket is training its sights on corporate groups looking for motivating off-site retreats, as more want vacations with a purpose, whether it is losing weight, getting fit, reconnecting with oneself or communing with nature.
“Many people are talking about mindfulness today, and more companies are seeking balance for (their) high performers to relieve stress,” said Philipp Graf von Hardenberg, president and CEO of Thanyapura Phuket.
Thanyapura Phuket boasts its own team of leading coaches, sports scientists and therapists offering cutting-edge programmes from triathlon and weight loss to education and preventive medicine.
Renowned experts at the resort include four-time triathlon world champion and Thanyapura’s executive chairman Chris McCormack, and Alan Wallace, an ordained monk and former translator to the Dalai Lama who now heads mind-training programmes for corporates.
Said von Hardenberg: “You don’t come to us if you want a vacation by the beach; you come to us if you really want to do something for yourself, whether it’s to lose weight, de-stress, increase your sports performance or seek mind training.”
Corporates still comprise a small component of Thanyapura’s current business, however.
The 23ha destination comprises four centres: Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club, Thanyapura Mind Centre, Thanyapura Integrative Health Centre and Phuket International Academy Day School, in addition to the 77-room Thanyapura Sports Hotel and the 38-room Thanyapura Retreat Hotel. Separately, the resort will debut new track and field programmes this year and plans to partner professionals to develop indoor golf clinics. – Xinyi Liang-Pholsena
