Forget Hotel Gyms—the Latest Luxury Is Wellness Rooms

I know that I’m not alone when I click to book a hotel, it’s after careful consideration of the fitness facilities. But lately, hotels have taken a huge leap forward from providing a tiny basement gym to, on my last hotel stay at The Berkeley in London, a curated trolley of bespoke weights, straps, and medicine balls, ready for a workout session in the comfort and privacy of my room.

Wellness tourism has been on the rise for years. In fact, the 2025 Global Wellness Economy Monitor reported a new market peak of $6.8 trillion. And while retreats are a significant driver, more and more of us want health and wellbeing integrated into our regular travel experience. “Wellbeing is no longer resigned to the spa, but has become an ecosystem with touch points that span across the entire aspect of a stay, and guests expect this to extend to their bedrooms too,” Aimee Hodgkin, hotel curation and partnerships director at Mr & Mrs Smith, says.

I’ve been covering wellness for nearly 20 years, as well as traveling the world for my job, and I’ve slowly been seeing hotels up their game from frankly poor offerings—even at