To sweeten the deal for prospective travelers, hotel brands around the world are rolling out unique programs designed to capture the attention of their target demographic.
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While things like activity schedules and wellness programs were once par for the course for five-star stays alone, they’ve slowly trickled down. Virgin Voyages, for example, is known for its extensive yoga and health-food offerings—even cruises are starting to take note of extracurricular traveler demands.
As one of the world’s premier luxury hotel brands, Mandarin Oriental has consistently spearheaded these types of unique programming for its members. Their Singapore property, for example, offers unique vintage Vespa tours. In Hong Kong, you can take a master Chinese tea ceremony class at the local Mandarin Oriental.
But Mandarin Oriental took things even further with its new partnership. It teamed up with an American Olympian, gold medalist, and beloved athlete, Simone Biles, to unroll a brand-new wellness program across its properties worldwide. Here’s what we know about the setup.
Inside Simone Biles’ new wellness campaign with Mandarin Oriental
On February 20th, 2026, Mandarin Oriental announced that Simone Biles was stepping up as the company’s first-ever Global Wellness Ambassador. The goal is to position Mandarin Oriental as a leader in terms of wellness-driven programs, especially those that promote strength, mental health, and recovery—subjects that Biles knows about firsthand as someone who holds 11 Olympic medals.
The partnership will entail a close-knit partnership in which Biles works with Mandarin Oriental’s Wellness Board to help conceive and roll out programs focused on nutrition, sleep, lifestyle, movement, and more.
In short, aside from Biles’ physical mastery as a gymnast, she’s also going to be an important consultant when it comes to mental health and both mental and physical recovery.
Already, she’s helped launch a limited program at Mandarin Oriental Milan, where the Olympics just concluded. The program is called Double-Double Glow, an immersive program that combines physical wellness, cosmetic innovation, and state-of-the-art tech like ‘cryo globes’.
Over the tenure of Biles’ ambassadorship, she will help roll out similar programs at other Mandarin Oriental properties.
