Zula Wellness Resort, Frog and Wolf.
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and the Middle East’s first full-immersion wellness resort, it felt like coming full circle. “I was working for a brand that intoxicated people and now I’m detoxing people,” he laughs. His career before Zulal included six years as group director of Nikki Beach Hotels and Resorts’ EMEA division. Vastolo could not be happier about “flipping his career coin”. While he has always lived an active lifestyle – running, playing football and golf and sticking to healthy eating habits – he felt that he
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hen Daniele Vastolo was appointed general manager of Zulal Wellness Resort, the largest wellness destination in Qatar
Wellness resort Chiva-Som has won global acclaim for its holistic approach since it was established in Thailand in 1995, but it is only now that the brand has decided to expand beyond South East Asia. Elly Earls meets Daniele Vastolo, the general manager of Chiva- Som’s newest undertaking in Qatar, to find out what gave Chiva-Som the confidence to make the leap and how it adapted its approach to create the first full-immersion wellness resort in the Middle East.
was on the edge of wellness in his previous roles, which also included stints at Shangri-La and Kempinski. “I was very happy to discover that there is so much to learn about wellness,” he says. “It was like starting a new page in my career.” Zulal Wellness Resort is the first management undertaking by market-leading wellness resort brand Chiva-Som, whose flagship in Hua Hin, Thailand, has won global acclaim since its establishment in 1995. Chiva-Som is committed to a holistic approach that balances mind, body and spirit; a philosophy that chimes with the vision of Zulal’s owning company, Msheireb Properties, to promote sustainable
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