The Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village, California opened this month. The lavish hotel is different than the usual Four Seasons in that it is also a lifestyle center designed to promote good health. The project, which broke ground in 2004, is the mission of David Murdock, the Dole Foods chairman who is interested in health and longevity.
The hotel has a 40,000-square-foot-spa with 28 treatment rooms and a wide variety of options for wellness treatments such as aromatherapy and massage. There is also a 12,000-square-foot fitness room with cardio stations, weight training equipment, an indoor pool and Pilates, yoga, tai chi and personal training. An outdoor pool includes cabanas, including two private outdoor suites with flat screen TVs and splash pools. There are also extensive grounds with serenity gardens with waterfalls, sequoias, bonsai and rose gardens and a Chinese pagoda.
The hotel also includes the California Wellbeing Institute which offers more in-depth healthcare consultations with experts in nutrition and fitness, gourmet cooking workshops in demonstration kitchens, and medical offices employing top professionals and advanced digital diagnostic tests including DNA imaging, radiology and cardiology.
The complex is spread over 20 acres and includes serenity gardens with waterfalls, sequoias, bonsai and rose gardens, an authentic Chinese pagoda, and free-form boulders imported from Thailand's River Kwai. 'It's so unique of a property. The level of quality far exceeds anything within a 50-mile radius,' said Four Seasons general manager and regional vice president Thomas Gurtner.
The vision of owner David Murdock, CEO of Dole Foods, headquartered across from the hotel, is to teach guests to live well. 'The opportunity people have here is to learn to be healthy,' Murdock said. 'Proper nutrition and exercise are the secret of longevity.'
Within the hotel is the California Wellbeing Institute, an independently operated facility offering personal consultations with experts in nutrition and fitness, gourmet cooking workshops in demonstration kitchens, and medical offices employing top professionals and advanced digital diagnostic tests including DNA imaging, radiology and cardiology.
The facilities are not restricted to overnight guests. Anyone may enjoy the spa, fitness facilities, medical services and the five restaurants under the direction of French chef Sandro Gamba, who has been featured on the Discovery Channel's 'Great Chefs' series. In fact, hotel executives said they hope that area residents will make frequent use of the facility and are giving tours of the place to anyone interested.
A television studio will feature original health-related programming that Murdock hopes to offer to the public. Recreation rooms are available for youth--one geared toward 5- to 12-year-olds, the other for teens. Both programs are complimentary for hotel guests.
The hotel has a 40,000-square-foot-spa with 28 treatment rooms and a wide variety of options for wellness treatments such as aromatherapy and massage. There is also a 12,000-square-foot fitness room with cardio stations, weight training equipment, an indoor pool and Pilates, yoga, tai chi and personal training. An outdoor pool includes cabanas, including two private outdoor suites with flat screen TVs and splash pools. There are also extensive grounds with serenity gardens with waterfalls, sequoias, bonsai and rose gardens and a Chinese pagoda.
The hotel also includes the California Wellbeing Institute which offers more in-depth healthcare consultations with experts in nutrition and fitness, gourmet cooking workshops in demonstration kitchens, and medical offices employing top professionals and advanced digital diagnostic tests including DNA imaging, radiology and cardiology.
The complex is spread over 20 acres and includes serenity gardens with waterfalls, sequoias, bonsai and rose gardens, an authentic Chinese pagoda, and free-form boulders imported from Thailand's River Kwai. 'It's so unique of a property. The level of quality far exceeds anything within a 50-mile radius,' said Four Seasons general manager and regional vice president Thomas Gurtner.
The vision of owner David Murdock, CEO of Dole Foods, headquartered across from the hotel, is to teach guests to live well. 'The opportunity people have here is to learn to be healthy,' Murdock said. 'Proper nutrition and exercise are the secret of longevity.'
Within the hotel is the California Wellbeing Institute, an independently operated facility offering personal consultations with experts in nutrition and fitness, gourmet cooking workshops in demonstration kitchens, and medical offices employing top professionals and advanced digital diagnostic tests including DNA imaging, radiology and cardiology.
The facilities are not restricted to overnight guests. Anyone may enjoy the spa, fitness facilities, medical services and the five restaurants under the direction of French chef Sandro Gamba, who has been featured on the Discovery Channel's 'Great Chefs' series. In fact, hotel executives said they hope that area residents will make frequent use of the facility and are giving tours of the place to anyone interested.
A television studio will feature original health-related programming that Murdock hopes to offer to the public. Recreation rooms are available for youth--one geared toward 5- to 12-year-olds, the other for teens. Both programs are complimentary for hotel guests.