Susan d'Arcy

Susan d’Arcy has been writing about luxury travel for more than 25 years. Her assignments have included eating gold in Abu Dhabi, being the first person to sleep underwater in the Maldives and even spending a night alone in the Guggenheim Museum in New York as part of an art installation. She also writes about wellness and has been wrapped, slapped, rubbed and scrubbed in the world’s best spas and oversees the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Stay hotel guide.

Beyond the spa: these wellbeing hotels are changing how we rest

In an over-tired world that never slows down, meaningful rest has become both a luxury and a necessity. Each emotionally intelligent escape within the SLH Wellbeing Collection is deeply attuned

15 August 2025