Embracing wellness
Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa Cebu showed its guests how to look fit and fabulous the fun way by celebrating Global Wellness Day on June 10.
This is the second year Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has participated in what began in Turkey. From sunup to sundown, the resort prepared different fitness activities: A high-intensity workout called FitZone at the jogging trail, beach zumba and aqua aerobics at the main pool, a fun run with the resort’s own Ironman triathletes, massage tutorials at CHI, The Spa and finally, sunset yoga at the ocean terraces.
Then there were the healthy food options offered by the resort’s restaurants. Acqua and Cowrie Cove made use of organic and sustainably farmed ingredients. Tides presented fruit skewers and salads in jars, while Chef Bun Boon Hoe of Tea of Spring served Chinese tonics like the double-boiled winter melon with pork ribs and the papaya in herbal sweet corn.
Guests present took part in some of the activities and indulged themselves in healthy eats prepared for the occasion. They were also treated to a day of touring the 13-hectare property after a healthy breakfast at Cowrie Cove, along with a beauty talk in the afternoon with Chocolate Queen Raquel Choa at CHI, The Spa who, aside from sharing her life story, introduced a beauty product of hers called cacao lava.
That day was not only a nod to wellness but an encouragement to those who participated—fitness buff or not— to continue the journey one step at a time.