UJ #13 - Health & Wellness

INTERVIEW
Christian Vinces / PROMPERU
The Westin Lima
Hotel & Convention
Centre is in Lima's
business district, San
Isidro, close to two
main avenues: Lima
Expressway and
Javier Prado.
Following page:
Hydro massage
tub in the Westin's
Heavenly Spa.
Luis: In fact many changes are being made in urban
installations as well. At the Westin the trend is more
concerned with the line of products. More and more
natural products are being used; for example juices to
detox the body or teas, green or white. The tea served
in the Westin, for example, is white tea, unprocessed
and very natural. The idea is to build the wellness
experience linked to natural products within. It also
implies departing from the traditional body lotions
or creams and moving towards treatments that use
natural products, such as avocado extracts or mud,
products that are neither processed nor packaged but
applied directly in their natural state.
How do you plan to promote the Westin brand in
other properties belonging to the chain that are
in natural settings?
Luis: For example, one of the things we have seen
and we want to implement is the practise of yoga in
the open air, particularly at our Urubamba hotel. We
intend to build a path with pergolas where people can
practise yoga surrounded by the woods contained in
the property’s 11 hectares. Another important idea at
Tambo del Inka, as well as making use of the woods,
is to make a kitchen garden and take advantage of
the experiences we can create in the hotel. That is
the most interesting project for this year: to offer this
lifestyle experience that our guests seek when they
stay with us; it is the property with the most interesting
potential.
The Westin is used principally by business trave-