Notes. What still needs doing.
A live working document — the outstanding items on the way to a complete proposal. Grouped by workstream. Not comprehensive proposal prose; a checklist. This page is where the "we still have to think about this" lives, so the rest of the site can commit to the decisions that have been made.
Update the four programme detail pages.
Build the four programme detail pages to sit under the parent Programmes page, each carrying the same Mati / Focus / movement-standard architecture as the parent — read as a proper standalone page a guest or prospect can move through end-to-end.
- A Long Weekend — build around the spine (Naya + Prakriti + Pathya Mati consultations; Nidana Tier 1; Deha DEXA; Kaya movement with FMS + grip + one Bala; Nidra sleep analysis; 1-2 Hima cryo; take-home protocol). No Focus at this tier. Day-by-day for a 2-3 night stay.
- The Long Pause — build around all four Mati consultations + Nidana Tier 2 + Deha + Kaya (with force-plate and video-capture) + two Bala sessions + Hima across the stay + up to two Focuses the guest picks at booking. Day-by-day for the 5-night stay.
- The Long Reset — the flagship. Full Mati arrival + mid-week + departure; Nidana Tier 3 with three draws; arrival + departure Deha; full Kaya assessment battery with re-measure; 3-4 Bala sessions; Aruna sessions across the stay; daily Hima; daily sauna/steam/ice-plunge; GI-MAP microbiome; up to three Focuses; two post-stay video calls. Day-by-day for the 5-7 night stay.
- The Long View — the deep tier. Full Mati across arrival, mid-stay, departure and posted 3-month; Nidana Tier 4 with cancer markers and Styku scans; three Deha scans; full Kaya toolkit at three time points; 5-7 Bala sessions with 12-week take-home training programme; daily Aruna and Hima; GI-MAP + Organic Acid Test; up to four Focuses; automatic Long Club membership; fortnightly video follow-up across 8 weeks. Day-by-day for the 10-14 night stay.
- All four pages need the Focus architecture surfaced — how the guest picks, cross-Focus deduplication rule, and how a chosen Focus reshapes their day-by-day. Practical guidance for the guest and for reception, not just marketing prose.
The physical layout — what still needs planning.
- Assign the 8 clinic rooms. Sama Clinic has eight rooms on the first floor of the Spa Wing. Need to decide which room is which — Nidana blood-draw and Deha DEXA are single-purpose (fitted for their equipment); the other six flex between Mati consultation types (Naya / Prakriti / Manas / Pathya / Kaya) and specialist stream sessions (Agni / Kanti / Klesha). Draft an assignment plan with clear room labels.
- Square footage — lower and upper ground floors. Measure the available square footage on the lower and upper ground floors to plan the placement of Bala, Ojas, Prana, Aruna, Deha, Hima, Ninada, and the Mati consultation rooms. Confirm which rooms fit where without conflicting with existing hotel operations (Healthhaus, back-of-house, etc.).
- Suite-count and mix decisions. Confirm the plan to move from 129 rooms to 72 suites. Explore whether 15 of the 72 suites should instead be small apartment-style offerings with kitchenettes — for longer-stay guests, returning members, or the specific persona that wants to bring family or partner in a more self-contained space.
- Pricing models by suite characteristic. Consider different pricing tiers for time of year, view, balcony availability, and suite size — given the renovation plans will not produce a homogeneous room stock. Work through the pricing matrix once the renovation floorplans are firmed.
Existing team vs Long Hotel needs — the net picture.
- Compare current Hotel de France employee data against Long Hotel needs. Pull the existing HR data (headcount by department, contract type, salary bands) and lay it against the required staffing for the Long Hotel operation. Identify which departments grow, which shrink, and what the net headcount change looks like once the new clinical hires (Medical Director, dietitian, Manas psychologist, kinesiology scientist, DEXA operator, nurse, health coach, plus the fractional clinical team) are added.
- Factor in agentic AI software impact. The Software page describes the AI-assisted operational infrastructure the hotel is being built with. Model how that changes the traditional hotel workforce — front-office, revenue-management, guest-services, back-office admin — and by how much. Net that against the clinical hires to produce a proper delta.
The equipment list, room refurb specs, capex and amortisation.
- List all clinical and consultation equipment. Every room-by-room fit-out spec — DEXA machine (Deha), LN2 cryotherapy chamber (Hima), LED panels (Aruna), surround-sound system (Ninada), Kanti aesthetic equipment (HIFU, RF microneedling, fractional laser, IPL, LED beds, pico laser), Nidana blood-draw fit-out, Mati consultation-room furnishings, examination-couch spec across all six flex rooms.
- Room refurb requirements per equipment. Which rooms need IRR-17 spec (Deha)? Ventilation and gas monitoring (Hima's LN2 room)? Power draw and cooling (Kanti laser rooms)? Acoustic treatment (Ninada, Prana)? Document per-room.
- Estimated capex and amortisation. Machine-by-machine capex, expected service life, annual amortisation cost. Feeds into the Forecast page's capex block.
Bala, Prana, Ojas — loose equipment estimates.
- Bala Gym equipment estimate. Strength (squat rack, cable machines, dumbbells, kettlebells, plate stack), cardio (rowers, assault bike, treadmill, VO₂ testing station), functional (sled, plyometric, mobility), plus the grip-strength and force-plate stations shared with Kaya. Loose capex range.
- Prana equipment estimate. Sprung wooden floor, underfloor heating, mats/props/cushions/blankets storage, wall-mounted audio for pranayama and yoga nidra playback, and any specific installations (mirrors, sound treatment).
- Ojas equipment estimate. The recovery room — mobility floor with foam rollers and myofascial tools, breathwork stations, quiet-zone furnishings, restorative-yoga props. Note: contrast therapy (sauna, cold plunge, steam) lives in the spa, not in Ojas — see the separate Spa section below.
The existing spa (Ayush) — refurbish, expand, add treatment rooms.
- New larger sauna. Replace the existing sauna with a larger one — spec, cost, install lead-time. Coordinated with the wider spa refurb plan.
- Expand and renovate the existing steam room. Larger footprint, refreshed finishes, updated steam-generator spec.
- Refurbish the spa treatment reception / waiting area. Front-of-house upgrade to match the wider hotel repositioning.
- Convert the post-spa relaxation room into two more treatment rooms. Take the treatment-room count from 8 to 10. Post-treatment relaxation isn't strictly needed since programme guests can walk back to their own suites; the extra treatment capacity is more commercially valuable than the shared relaxation space. Confirm this with Dr Prasanna and the Ayush team before locking it.
- Cost estimates. Get contractor and equipment-supplier estimates for all of the above so it flows into the Forecast page's capex block.
Equipment and renovation across food, ferment, and the guest lounge.
- Sandhana fermentation equipment. Kit-out estimate for the ferment cellar inside the Sandhana Fermentation operation — temperature-controlled shelving, 20 L glass vessels for kombucha (~6 vessels), kefir grains stations, sauerkraut and kimchi crocks, miso barrels, bottle storage for the second-ferment carbonation, cool cellar temperature-and-humidity control. Also the sourdough bakery side — commercial mixer, proving cabinet, deck oven or combi upgrade to what the existing back-of-house kitchen carries.
- Kitchari Kitchen cooking-class stations. Loose estimate for the guest-cooking teaching setup in the front-of-house Kitchari Kitchen space — induction stations (probably 4–6 for small-group classes), prep surfaces, ingredient storage, ventilation upgrade, storage for guest aprons and take-home recipe packs.
- Aram lounge — renovate the current lounge bar into the Aram lounge. Sanskrit āram (आराम) = rest, ease, comfort. Renovation estimate for repositioning the existing lounge-bar space as the guest lounge for the new hotel — softer registers, non-alcoholic-forward menu (with alcohol available but not the centrepiece), quiet-conversation seating layouts, natural-light and finish upgrade. Coordinated with the wider interior-designer scope.
In-flight with third parties.
- General renovation cost estimates from the interior designer. Currently working with the interior designer on: Lobby & Reception · Restaurant · Public toilets · Lower and upper ground floor corridors · Spa / Healthhaus / Bala Gym lobby · Aram lounge (see above). Get loose estimates back for the Forecast page.
- Landscaping — waiting on design and quote. Chase the landscaping designer for the outline design and cost quote.
- Lighting design — respond to Light Designers. Reply to the lighting design firm to get quotes moving.
Rooms and functions that don't yet have a page.
- Hotel laundry room — plan the layout, equipment, and associated running costs. Given the volume of programme guests, wellness robes, spa linen, and restaurant service linen, this is a real operational room to spec properly rather than assume.
- Vipani (विपणि) — retail space. Sanskrit vipani = shop, marketplace. Plan the retail space — what is sold (Ayurvedic products, curated wellness goods, the hotel's own bakery / ferment products, skincare, books), location within the hotel, footprint, staffing model, and expected margin.
- Artha (अर्थ) — wealth consultation room. Sanskrit artha = wealth, prosperity, purpose. Plan a dedicated wealth-consultation room where wealth-advisement clients can be seen (see marketing note below about partnering with local wealth-advisement firms). Room spec, meeting-table furnishings, discretion / privacy, hours of use.
First-move partnerships and channels.
- Confirm September meeting with The Private Traveller rep. Market-research conversation with The Private Traveller — understand what the luxury-travel-buyer segment is looking for in a UK longevity destination, whether there is a natural PR / distribution partnership, and what their editorial-and-referral pipeline looks like. Confirm the date in the diary.
- Aiglon Life alumni magazine article — free coverage in the Aiglon College alumni magazine. Confirmed available; write the piece and coordinate publication.
- Contact local wealth-advisement companies. Approach Jersey-based wealth managers and family offices with a partnership offer: their clients get a discount on programmes and membership, and the wealth managers can use the Artha room to engage with clients in the hotel setting if desired. Warm, high-net-worth customer acquisition channel; low CAC once the relationships are open.
- Marketing page — needs building as a proper section of the site rather than a scattered set of references. See "pages still to build" below.
Missing pages that this proposal needs.
- Marketing page — a proper Marketing section covering channel strategy, Aiglon Life placement, wealth-manager partnerships, PR strategy (target publications), content and social strategy, referral / affiliate model, and CAC assumptions. Currently the marketing thinking is scattered across other pages.
- Forecasts page — the full financial model covering: the six-stream Sama Clinic operation, the ~£570-835k workforce total, the Deha and Hima capex, the Focus revenue architecture on Programmes, the room-mix (129 → 72 suites, potentially with 15 apartments), the sauna/steam expansion, and the Vipani / Artha revenue lines once specified.
- Phases page — the phasing plan for how everything rolls out: what happens in which order, capex per phase, time-to-open per phase, and what can overlap. Land after Forecasts, because the phasing depends on the financial picture.