Spa News: Meadowood Napa Valley Announces New Director of Spa and Wellness

Michael Conte joins Meadowood Napa Valley as new Director of Spa and Wellness to head the opening of the new Meadowood Spa this fall.

Meadowood Napa Valley, a luxury resort and spa located in the heart of California’s wine country, has announced that Michael Conte has joined the team as the new Director of Spa and Wellness. Conte will not only help create an elevated spa experience for the estate, but will also lead the opening team of the new 14,000-square-foot, all-suite Meadowood Spa anticipated to open this fall.

The new Meadowood Spa will have eight treatment suites, including six singles and two couples, each offering leafy, forested views and a spacious, private environment for treatments and complete relaxation. Under Conte’s team, each guest’s visit will begin with an in-depth conversation with a Spa Therapist, all of whom are trained in wellness coaching. The conversation will determine a curated treatment plan for each individual. The guest will then be escorted to his or her suite, which includes a private bathroom, steam shower, daybed and space to enjoy tea or light snack.

“Our therapists are going to be taking a personal interest in our guests’ overall well-being,” says Conte. “The overarching Spa experience will be a blended harmony of therapy, relaxation and education while offering a body, mind and spirit connection.”

The suite experience will include a pre-treatment (relaxation tea, as well as either a customized steam or dry body brushing), followed by the treatment plan created with the therapist and then conclude with a post-treatment organic elixir. A sneak preview of spa packages to be offered include:

• From the Earth: This treatment focuses on the mind and will deeply relax and relieve stress by using nature found within Meadowood’s own landscape. Black walnut, found throughout the estate, will be used to create a gentle scrub, enhanced with custom-blended aromatherapy oils.
• The Air We Breathe: A three and a half hour re-oxygenating and invigorating offering, this treatment will focus on recovery. The Air We Breathe is ideal for guests feeling the effects of jet lag or wedding and celebration festivities.
• A la carte offerings will also be available for guests who are pressed for time.

Just prior to joining Meadowood’s Executive Team, Conte was the Director of Spa at Montage Laguna Beach, CA, where he led the Forbes Five-Star Spa to garner two consecutive World Spa Awards for Best Spa of North and South America.

Conte holds a BFA in Musical Theater and a minor in Directing from The Boston Conservatory in Massachusetts. He later shifted his professional focus and in 2005, retired from professional theater and went back to school, attending Mueller College of Holistic Studies in San Diego and graduating a Holistic Health Practitioner. After performing massage for a little more than three years, Conte was voted one of the best massage therapists in Orange County by RIVIERA magazine while working at the premiere Orange County Day Spa, Spa Gregories. During this time, he also was part of the opening team for the Renaissance Club Sport in Aliso Viejo, CA as Lead Therapist.

In 2008, Conte joined the Spa Leadership team for the opening of The Resort at Pelican Hill along the Newport Coast and was instrumental in helping to achieve a Forbes 5-Star rating before later joining Montage Laguna Beach. He has volunteered and partnered with non-profit Greet the Day, an organization dedicated to providing free spa treatments to individuals fighting cancer and also volunteers for the International Spa Association (ISPA).