Energy, Connection, Passion, Genuine, Remarkable, Abundant, Fun and Artistic! They’re great words, aren’t they? You’ll come across them often in books and articles about health, happiness, technology, trends, and luxury. We spend lot of time distilling the essentials of these concepts into the...

Life can be such as interesting journey of connecting circles. When I started my career 25 years ago, I worked for a company in Toronto that did a lot of tourism projects in developing countries. My first big assignment was to be part of a team to develop the first tourism strategy for the Sultanate...

I was asked to write my bio so that I could put it on our new Willow Stream Magazine and Facebook. I was having a tough time writing it so I started to think about what is important to me to say about myself. So I wrote myself something that I would like to be quoted on: A life with laughter and love...

Anne just got back from the Global Spa Summit in beautiful Interlaken, Switzerland. While she was in the country, she took the opportunity to drop in on our Willow Stream Spa at the Fairmont Montreux. Here’s Anne with Maxime Cormier, Willow Stream Spa Director in Montreux. You might remember him as...

I was thinking about stress – what it does to us AND how we create it. Here’s a story of how I created a whole lot of stress for myself and made myself sick. It was a big awakening. My family lives in Toronto, the HQ city of Fairmont Raffles Hotels International. I don’t live there anymore...

I’m in an airplane on my way home from a trip to China (Beijing and Kunshan), Jakarta in Indonesia and Singapore, all in one week. China was cool and damp. Jakarta and Singapore are hot and sticky all year so packing for the trip was a challenge. Beijing was especially exciting this trip because we’re...

It am often surprised how good our spas are… sometimes we focus so much on making it great, we forget to tell people about it. We put a lot of time and energy into creating the perfect experiences to compliment the hotel, the destination and what our guests need and want in a spa. I have two favourites....

When I’m on the road, I think a lot about balance in my life, losing weight and replenishing my own energy. You’d think, since I visit Willow Stream spas around the world, I could do all that easily. It’s what our spa experts are best at, after all. The problem is that you have to make the time...