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THAILAND with Marie Giuge Perry of SIX SENSES
2019 WISH-LIST TRIP: I’m so lucky to visit incredible destinations with my job. This year, I’ll visit Bhutan again, discover Rajasthan, and explore more of Turkey and Israel. But I’d also like to go ‘home’ to the tiny village where I come from—‘Marie sur Tinee.’ It’s located in the mountains near Nice and is close to the Italian border. FAVORITE ASPECT OF SIX SENSES WELLNESS PROGRAMS: Our programs are developed specifically to personalized needs. After a non-invasive screening that analyzes your key physiological biomarkers, our experts use the results to create a bespoke and meaningful program of wellness activities, including yoga, spa treatments, fitness, and nutrition guidelines. But what I love most is that I can access these amazing range of experts and holistic wellness programs, while my husband can just be pampered in the spa and eat what he likes in the restaurants. I don’t have to drag him to a boot camp! TOP RECENT EPICUREAN ESCAPE: Last June, we had a family vacation in Tuscany. We visited small villages and tried the most extraordinary trattorias where the food is so simple and delicious. CURRENT OBSESSION: Say NO to plastic! Not only because I am part of Six Senses and it’s one of our most important core values, but because living on the beach in Thailand, I see, every day, the damage we are doing to our
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environment. So as a family we are fighting single use plastic—straws, shopping bags, water bottles and collecting rubbish—daily. Every little action counts. I’D MOST LIKE TO DINE WITH: Simone Veil. Survivor of the concentration camps, she was a French lawyer and one of the most famous female French politicians. She served as Ministry of Health in France in the 1970s. I grew up with her as a symbol of democracy and women’s rights, and I look forward to talking to my daughter, Lola, about this formidable lady. RESORT I MOST WANT TO RETURN TO: Six Senses Ninh Van Bay near Nhatrang, in Central Vietnam. I lived in Vietnam for 10 years and started my career with Six Senses by opening this property 15 years ago. It’s a special place to my heart—and to my stomach! I crave Vietnamese specialties like the Pho (traditional soup), fresh spring rolls, or Goi Cuon, which is full of aromatic herbs directly from the hotel’s organic garden. WHEN I’M NOT WORKING, YOU’LL FIND ME: On Ao Yon beach in Phuket, where I live with my daughter, my husband Craig, our dog Rio (a Vietnamese Ridge Back from Phu Quoc island in Vietnam) and our two cats, Lolli and Pop.
A scenic Ocean Pool Villa at Six Senses Yao Noi; Marie Giuge Perry, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Six Senses.
