Late nights packed with all-you-can-eat feasts and bottomless drinks are typically the first two things to come to mind when someone mentions the term “all-inclusive,” but taking advantage of all-inclusive resort meetings and events opportunities and packages doesn’t have to look the same every time. These three all-inclusive resorts focus on relaxation and rejuvenation through mindfulness and wellness.

Hector Rivera uses his passion for and knowledge of plants as culinary gardener and beekeeper at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, where he plans and maintains garden beds, tends to the onsite greenhouse and harvests and prepares produce for the resort’s dining outlets.

We’ve all been on a collective, and also individual, journey with deep currents running through our consciousness and determining our future course. Meetings wellness expert Lee Papa taps into that current with her own reflections on everything we’ve been through during two years of pandemic that will shape the future.

Along with global wellness and real estate technology company Delos—founder of the WELL Building Standard—ALHI has introduced a five-hour course teaching planners how to design, plan and implement wellness solutions for safer and healthier meeting experiences for attendees.

As we head into the holiday season, the hectic world of business typically slows. Meetings wellness expert Lee Papa discovers how one meeting professional takes this time to reflect on what’s truly important. 

The experiences we’ve navigated since this global pandemic began have affected each one of us—in different ways and similar ways. Here is the story of Kayla Cook, owner and lead planner of Kayla Cook events, on how she navigated the stress of the pandemic.

Coming out of the most-challenging year and a half for meetings and events, planners need to embrace wellness practices as in-person meetings resume. Wellness expert Lee Papa contemplates what fall will bring, and how to set your intentions in preparation.

Wellness expert Lee Papa summons her inner Madame Zoltar to gaze into the future of wellness programs at meetings and events, and her visions may surprise you.

New Mexico’s beauty and diversity extends to its many wellness offerings. From Santa Fe and Albuquerque to the mountains in the south, explore the spa and activity breaks planners can arrange for attendees.