Frequently asked questions
Longevity wellness
for hotels.
What hotel owners, general managers and spa directors ask before bringing longevity into a property. Plain answers, no medical claims.
The concept
What is longevity wellness in a hotel?
A stay, or a session, built so the guest leaves in better shape than they arrived: sleeping deeper, moving more freely, thinking more clearly. In a hotel, longevity wellness rests on four elements: a dedicated space, a structured protocol, technologies such as light, cold, heat and oxygen, and a measurement at the start and at the end. AELO brings the four together under one name, the hotel's.
How does a Sanctuary of Regeneration differ from a spa?
A spa offers treatments chosen from a menu, one at a time. A Sanctuary of Regeneration follows a protocol: every session has its place in a sequence, and the sequence is personalised after a baseline on arrival. The spa relaxes. The Sanctuary works on recovery, circulation, strength and energy, then shows the guest what changed.
Is AELO a medical or clinical programme?
No. AELO is a wellness concept. It works with wellbeing indicators, never with a diagnosis, and no medical act takes place in the hotel. Nothing in the protocol replaces medical advice. This is also what makes it possible inside a hotel: the Sanctuary needs no clinic and no medical staff.
What does regeneration mean at AELO?
Regeneration is the body's own capacity to recover, and the protocol is built to support it. Five dimensions are addressed in turn: recovery, thermal, kinetic, cryogenic, and regeneration itself through light, sound and energy. AELO calls them the Five Movements.
Why are luxury hotels adding longevity now?
Because their guests ask for it. Rest is no longer enough; guests want to go home with more energy than they left with. Longevity has become the defining word of luxury wellness, and a grand hotel already holds what a clinic cannot offer: time, beauty, service and trust. The spa is one of the most valuable spaces in the property and often one of the least distinctive. Longevity gives it a purpose, and gives guests a reason to return.
The model for the hotel
What exactly does AELO install?
Four things. A dedicated space within the property, the Sanctuary. A structured, personalised protocol. A curated set of longevity technologies, drawn from a collection of 23. And measurement: a baseline on arrival, a result at departure. AELO designs the Sanctuary, equips it, trains the teams and coordinates the whole, in step with the hotel.
Does the hotel keep its own name and signature?
Yes. The guest experience carries the hotel's name from the first welcome to the Longevity Log handed over at departure. AELO works behind the signature of the property, never in front of it.
Who runs the Sanctuary day to day?
The hotel welcomes, sells and operates. AELO coordinates the space, the protocol, the technologies and the measurement with the hotel's teams, who have been trained for it. The hotel stays in charge of its guests.
Does AELO replace our spa or our spa team?
No. The Sanctuary is a new layer within the property, alongside what already exists. The spa keeps its role and its team. The Sanctuary gives both a new one, and gives the hotel a position no neighbouring address holds.
What does the hotel need to bring?
A space, and a conversation. Every project starts with the property itself: its architecture, its guests, its ambitions. The design of the Sanctuary follows from there, whether it takes over an existing area or a new one.
How long does it take to open a Sanctuary?
It depends on the space. Converting an existing area and building a new one do not follow the same calendar. The timeline is set with the property at the first conversation, and so is the sequence: design, equipment, training, opening.
How does the business model work for the hotel?
The hotel owns the guest relationship and the revenue: it sells the sessions and the retreats as part of its own offer. AELO designs, equips, trains and coordinates. The terms of each partnership are set with the property, and every exchange stays confidential.
The guest experience
What happens during an AELO stay?
Four steps, always in the same order. Point Zero, a baseline of wellbeing indicators on arrival. The Five Movements, a personalised protocol across five dimensions of regeneration. The Journey, sessions orchestrated day by day and adjusted to how the guest responds. The Longevity Log, handed over at departure: entry score, exit score, the measured gap.
What is Point Zero?
The starting point. On arrival, a set of wellbeing indicators is recorded: the reference from which everything else is measured. It is not a medical examination. It is the first page of the guest's Longevity Log.
What are the Five Movements?
Five dimensions of regeneration, each with its own technologies. Recovery: deep rest and cellular restoration. Thermal: contrast and heat to activate circulation. Kinetic: adaptive movement and precision strength. Cryogenic: whole-body cold to reduce inflammation and speed recovery. Regeneration: light, sound and energy to integrate the session.
What is the Longevity Log?
The document the guest receives at departure: the entry score, the exit score and the gap between them. On paper and in digital form, it stays with the guest and continues on every return, so the second stay starts where the first one ended.
How long is a longevity retreat?
Three, five, seven or ten days. Three days restore sleep and energy. Five let the protocol settle into a rhythm. Seven cover a full cycle across the Five Movements. Ten allow the deepest work and the clearest measured gap. The full programme is described in The Longevity Retreat.
Can a guest use the Sanctuary without booking a retreat?
Yes. The retreat is the complete form of the experience. Single sessions and shorter sequences also fit within an ordinary stay, and how the hotel offers them is part of the design conversation.
The technologies
Which technologies does a Sanctuary use?
Up to 23, across four disciplines: spa, cryo, fitness and body shaping. Among them, hyperbaric oxygen, whole-body cryotherapy, red and near-infrared light, infrared heat combined with movement, and the AeloX capsule. The protocol draws on them as needed, never as a menu to work through. Each one is presented in The Collection.
What is the AeloX capsule?
AELO's own longevity capsule, a world first. It combines 360 degrees of red and near-infrared light, a zero-gravity position, dual-mode salt therapy and eight AI-guided programmes, and delivers a complete session in under 30 minutes.
Does a hotel have to install all 23 technologies?
No. The collection is a reservoir, not a shopping list. The selection follows the property: its space, its guests, the dimensions of regeneration it wants to lead on. AELO curates the set for each Sanctuary.
Who trains the hotel's teams?
AELO. Before opening, the teams who will welcome guests and run the sessions are trained on the protocol, the technologies and the measurement. AELO then stays alongside them to coordinate the Sanctuary as it settles into the life of the hotel.
Where AELO is open, and how to begin
Where is AELO already open?
In two sanctuaries. At Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden, Germany, part of the Oetker Collection. And at Regen Gray, inside the Croisette Gray d'Albion in Cannes, France.
Which properties is AELO designed for?
Grand hotels, palaces, luxury resorts and private estates: addresses where guests already expect time, beauty and service, and where a measured longevity experience extends what the property stands for.
Does AELO work outside France and Germany?
Yes. AELO is built for luxury hospitality worldwide. The first two sanctuaries are in Germany and France; every new project begins with the property itself, and with a conversation.
How do we start a conversation with AELO?
Write to AELO through the contact page or at founders@aelolife.com. Tell us about the property and what you want to achieve. AELO replies within 48 hours, and every exchange stays confidential.
Who we are, and why we build this: About AELO. What a Sanctuary changes for a property: Longevity for Hotels.
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