

Every modality, treatment, and programme on a Journée menu has to earn its place. We ask three questions: does it work, can the team deliver it consistently, and does it fit the property and the guest. When the answer to all three is yes, it goes in, and gets the operational support to thrive. This keeps offerings focused, training straightforward, and the guest experience honest.
Jamie is a hospitality operator with twenty-plus years in luxury wellness. He served as Managing Director and COO of Six Senses Resorts & Spas, as CEO of Holmes Place Eastern Europe — where he developed and launched the Icon Fitness chain across multiple European markets — and as Managing Director of OCTAVE Institute in China, leading an integrated wellness model across properties in Shanghai and Suzhou.He is also the founder of Waring Wellbeing Hospitality, the consulting practice that advises owners and developers on wellness destinations across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Journée is the operating arm of that work — built to take concepts from advisory into operations.The principles are consistent across both: foundations before concepts, outcomes before offerings, clarity before complexity.
