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Omtrips Weekly · #5 · 22 September 2026

Omtrips Weekly, Edition 5: A naturopathy island, an LSD phase 3, and Iceland's newest hot springs

Healing programs get their own island, clinical psychedelics keep clearing hurdles, and bathing culture expands again. Here is the week.

The Big Story

Four Seasons gives naturopathy an island of its own

Spa Business18 Sep 2026

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa has opened URJA Naturopathy Island, a healing island reached by traditional dhoni from the resort's main jetty. Guests choose one of four pathways, Rest and Rebalance, Cleanse, Nourish or Reconnect, built from heliotherapy, mud therapy, magneto therapy, sound healing, yoga, fasting and acupuncture, with consultations that include micronutrient scans, iridology and postural mapping. Heliotherapy, a banana leaf sunbath, starts at US$120 for 30 minutes.

Retreats

Jayasom opens its flagship sanctuary on the Red Sea

Sleeper17 Sep 2026

Jayasom Wellness Resort has opened at Triple Bay on Red Sea Global's Amaala, with more than 200 therapies across six pillars spanning traditional and holistic health, recovery, strength, hydrotherapy, clinical care and nutrition. The property splits into Jayana for adults and Jayela for families, with wellness advisors shaping each stay and produce coming from the development's own Farm Belt. The signature Essence of Jayasom program launches with the resort.

A women's retreat built on sisu

Spa Business15 Sep 2026

Red Bird House will run a small women's retreat in the Catskills forest at Bethel, New York, from 11 to 13 December, built around sisu, the Finnish idea of quiet unshakeable courage. Finnish storyteller and coach Reetta Ranta co-facilitates fireside storytelling, drumming and forest rituals alongside yoga, journaling, thermal contrast and Nordic farm-to-table meals. Places run US$1,495 to US$1,795.

Down Hall turns 110 acres into weekend retreats

Your Harlow21 Sep 2026

Down Hall Hotel, Spa & Estate in the English countryside has launched two short-format retreats, a Reformer Pilates overnight from £135 and a sound bathing weekend at £225 led by resident wellness consultant Camilla Sheeley. Dates run through December. It is a neat template for hosts watching demand shift toward one and two night wellness stays.

Plant Medicine & Psychedelic Research

An LSD candidate posts a second phase 3 win in anxiety

Psychedelic Alpha14 Sep 2026

Definium Therapeutics reported positive topline results from Panorama, its second phase 3 study of DT120 in generalized anxiety disorder, and its third positive phase 3 readout since June. The trial enrolled 245 participants across roughly 32 sites in the US and internationally, testing a single 100 microgram dose against placebo and a 50 microgram arm over a 12 week double blind period, followed by a 40 week extension.

Inside the FDA's public hearing on psychedelic therapies

Psychedelic Alpha15 Sep 2026

The FDA's rare Part 15 hearing drew around 300 people to its White Oak campus and 1,000 more to the livestream, with roughly 80 speakers given two minutes each. The debate centered on whether psychotherapy should be mandated alongside dosing, how training and safety standards should work, and whether risk management should be set drug by drug rather than across the whole class. Written comments stay open to the public docket until 5 October.

Federal funders press ahead on ibogaine

Psychedelic Alpha17 Sep 2026

ARPA-H gathered researchers in Washington DC for a Proposers' Day on ASCENT-IBO, its funding push for ibogaine in opioid use disorder, under the banner "move fast, with precision." Funded teams are expected to outline clinical studies, ideally a combined phase I/II design, plus a development path beyond it. Proposals are due 15 October.

A second psilocybin dose still shows benefit at one year

Psychedelic Alpha16 Sep 2026

Compass Pathways shared topline 52 week data from part C of its phase 3 COMP005 trial in treatment resistant depression, covering 258 patients. Participants who received a second 25mg psilocybin dose showed notable additional benefit, with an average 13 point MADRS reduction from baseline at week 52. The same briefing notes Xylo's lead candidate entering phase I in Australia.

New Stays

Iceland gains an 8,000sq m geothermal destination spa

Spa Business15 Sep 2026

Reykjaböð Hot Springs has opened at Hveragerði, a 40 minute drive from Reykjavik, pairing a high capacity outdoor lagoon with a smaller adults only indoor bathhouse. Inside there is a snowroom, steam and sauna, herbal and float pools, a cold plunge and Kneipp pool, three treatment rooms and a fire pit lounge. Day passes start at ISK 7,900, around US$62.

The Zetter makes its first move outside the UK

Sleeper16 Sep 2026

The Zetter 717 Amsterdam will open in January 2027 in an 1810 canal house on Prinsengracht, in the UNESCO listed Canal District. The 24 room property adds a garden breakfast room and a library for drinks and dining, with James Thurstan Waterworth leading the interiors in aged brass, reclaimed timber and antique mirrors.

Mayfair's Cambridge House will open with a three floor spa

Sleeper17 Sep 2026

Auberge Resorts Collection has given a first look at Cambridge House, 102 keys at 94 Piccadilly in the former Naval and Military Club, opening February 2027. Wellbeing by Auberge spans three floors with extensive hydrotherapy, a heated pool, six treatment rooms, a circular relaxation lounge around a central fire pit, gym and immersive studios. Jean-Louis Deniot leads the hotel interiors, Laura Gonzalez the bar, wellbeing spaces and members club.

Mama Shelter heads to Porto

Sleeper17 Sep 2026

Ennismore is bringing Mama Shelter to northern Portugal with a 120 room hotel in Porto Baixa, close to Avenida dos Aliados and the historic center. Dion & Arles handles the design, with a restaurant, Mama Plays spaces, karaoke rooms and DJ nights built for people who want their downtime loud.

The Lind adds a 91 key resort in Palawan

Spa Business18 Sep 2026

The Lind Coron will open in 2027 with 91 rooms and villas in Palawan, the group's second property after Boracay. The Spa Wellness will run a holistic spa built around Coron specific ingredients and techniques rather than repeating the Boracay menu, alongside two restaurants and a dive center with access to WWII wrecks and reefs.

Industry & Destinations

Hyatt hires Aman's Yuki Kiyono for its luxury push

Spa Business18 Sep 2026

After 13 years at Aman, Yuki Kiyono joins Hyatt as corporate vice president of brand effectiveness, luxury, reporting to global luxury brand leader Tamara Lohan. The role ties wellness directly to brand, operations, residences and revenue across Park Hyatt, Alila, Miraval, Impression by Secrets and The Unbound Collection. A signal of where the major groups think their wellness growth now sits.

AHEAD Asia crowns its spa and wellness winner

Sleeper11 Sep 2026

South Palms Resort & Spa, MGallery Collection in Panglao, the Philippines took both Spa & Wellness and Sustainability at AHEAD Asia 2026, announced at Pan Pacific Orchard in Singapore. Shangri-La Kunming won Hotel Newbuild, Soori Penang took Hotel Conversion and Zoland Emei in Sichuan won Resort. Regional winners now go forward to the global edition.

Corporate wellbeing keeps consolidating in Europe

Spa Business18 Sep 2026

Basic-Fit and Wellhub are extending their partnership into France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, putting Basic-Fit corporate memberships on Wellhub's employer platform. Basic-Fit runs more than 2,000 clubs in Europe; Wellhub serves over 50,000 companies and 5 million subscribers through a network of 110,000 partners. Employer funded wellbeing keeps widening the top of the funnel for everyone downstream, retreats included.

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