Celebrity hospitality is having a moment, with Hollywood stars increasingly putting their names — and money — behind wellness retreats, boutique hotels and oceanfront resorts. Here’s a guide to the celebrity wellness retreats and properties where you can vacation like your favorite stars.
Hugh Jackman — Gwinganna Health Retreat
Hugh Jackman is a co-owner of Gwinganna Health Retreat, located inland from Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Gwinganna, which launched in 2006, focuses on structured wellness experiences. Guests start the day with sunrise qi gong sessions — a practice similar to tai chi — often held outdoors among local wildlife including wallabies. Daily activities include boxing, hiking, water polo and yoga. Meals center on clean eating, with much of the produce sourced from the retreat’s own organic gardens and served on an outdoor dining deck.
Olivia Newton-John — Gaia Retreat & Spa
The late Grease actress co-founded Gaia Retreat & Spa, a 25-acre property near Byron Bay in New South Wales.
Launched in 2005 with Gregg Cave, Ruth Kalnin and Warwick Evans, takes its name from Gaia, the ancient Greek mother goddess of the earth. The property’s design reflects a focus on helping guests reconnect with nature and their spiritual center. Gaia offers personalized wellness packages tailored to guests’ health and fitness goals, with residential-style rooms and villas that look out over the New South Wales countryside. The 25-acre property has become a destination for travelers seeking both privacy and personalized wellness programming.
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Newton-John was effusive about her own retreat’s offerings. “The best breakfast in the world is at Gaia,” she told Forbes in 2020. “I can tell you that. I have eaten all over the world at every fancy restaurant, and the breakfast at Gaia is the best breakfast in the world.”
Robert De Niro — The Greenwich Hotel
Robert De Niro opened The Greenwich Hotel in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood in 2008.
The Greenwich Hotel is known for individually designed rooms inspired by locations including Manhattan, Milano and Mumbai. Privacy is a major focus of the property, with guest-only access to the lounge, spa and pool. The hotel also houses Locanda Verde, the well-known restaurant from chef Andrew Carmellini, which offers private dining for guests.
Designer David Rockwell built the project around De Niro’s personal aesthetic, which the actor defines as “masculinity and comfort, executed with meticulous, refined craftsmanship.”
“It was a really good, collaborative project,” Rockwell said, per the hotel’s website. “Bob (De Niro) wanted the hotel to fit into the fabric of TriBeCa, so we started looking at brick treatments, among other elements. Ira thought that we could make a real design statement with the masonry, and really drove that investigation.”
De Niro’s hospitality footprint extends beyond TriBeCa: he is also involved in the Nobu Hospitality hotel brand.
Richard Gere — Bedford Post Inn
Richard Gere co-owns Bedford Post Inn, an eight-room property in Westchester County about an hour from Manhattan.
The inn which he owns alongside ex-wife Carey Lowell and friend Russell Hernandez, sits on wooded grounds with a peaceful pool and a yoga studio. Gere and Lowell discovered the vacant 1762 stone farmhouse by accident on a horseback ride and decided to take on the restoration project together. Rooms were designed by Lowell and decorator Tiffany Vassilakis, featuring muted interiors, fireplaces and claw-foot tubs that lean into the inn’s farmhouse heritage.
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Clint Eastwood — Mission Ranch Hotel & Restaurant
Clint Eastwood purchased Mission Ranch in 1986, the same year he was elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea — a post he held until 1988.
The Carmel property is known for its rustic cottages, romantic atmosphere and tennis club. It draws visitors who want a quieter Northern California coastal experience and has remained part of Eastwood’s portfolio for nearly 40 years.
Gloria Estefan — Costa d’Este Beach Resort & Spa
Owned by music icons Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Costa d’Este Beach Resort & Spa is a luxurious, 94-room oceanfront property in Vero Beach, Florida.
The oceanfront resort offers sunrise yoga, cocktails and fresh seafood, with a strong focus on beachfront relaxation and spa experiences. The resort fits the broader category of Florida coastal properties, but with a distinct identity tied to its celebrity owner and her longtime connection to the state’s Atlantic coast.
John Malkovich — Big Sleep
John Malkovich was an investor in Big Sleep, a budget hotel chain in the United Kingdom with properties in Cardiff, Cheltenham and Eastbourne. The hotels emphasized modern décor and affordable rates — a deliberately different approach from the high-end celebrity properties typical of Hollywood star investments. Malkovich helped design the furniture and interior concept for the chain, but eventually sold his stake around 2015, ending his direct involvement in the brand.
