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Sensei hotels
A personal guide shapes a wellbeing plan around movement, nourishment and rest throughout the stay.
Sensei builds a wellbeing stay around a personal plan for movement, food, and rest, developed with a guide when the guest arrives. Founded by Larry Ellison and Dr. David Agus, the small collection brings that approach to distinctive island and desert settings, with Nobu dining at its California estate.
1 Sensei hotel in 1 country on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Founded by Larry Ellison and Dr. David Agus
- Worldwide: 1 standalone operating retreat, Sensei Porcupine Creek; Sensei Lānaʻi and Sensei at Zadún are partner programs inside Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton Reserve hotels and are excluded from the Sensei hotel denominator. Official Sensei retreat locator
- On the atlas: 1 Core Luxury
History
Larry Ellison and Dr. David Agus wanted the hotel setting to make a personal health plan feel inviting. Guides, comfortable rooms, and carefully considered food became parts of the same approach. Nobu’s kitchen at Porcupine Creek adds a particular culinary expression, while the plan’s attention to movement, nourishment, and rest can continue beyond checkout.
Timeline
- 2019 — Sensei Lānaʻi, A Four Seasons Resort, opens in the Kōʻele uplands of Lānaʻi, the island Ellison owns. It is the first Sensei retreat, run with Four Seasons.
- 2022 — On 1 November, Ellison's private Porcupine Creek estate in Rancho Mirage opens as Sensei Porcupine Creek, the first Sensei hotel operated on its own. Agus is the medical co-founder. The estate had been his private hold since a 2011 purchase.
- 2025 — In March, Sensei at Zadún opens at a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Los Cabos, on the Sea of Cortez. It is the first Sensei address outside the United States.
- 2026 — In April, Sensei Collections launches at Porcupine Creek and Lānaʻi, starting with Metabolic Health and Cognitive Fitness, with Zadún to follow. Pūlama Lānaʻi asks to rezone land for nine more villas and five spa hales beside the existing resort. That request is a land-use filing, not an opening.
The houses to know
- Sensei Porcupine Creek, Rancho Mirage, United States — Ellison's 230-acre desert estate, opened as a 22-key Sensei on 1 November 2022.
Newest openings
- Sensei at Zadún, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve — Puerto Los Cabos, Mexico — opened March 2025 — Sensei’s first international outpost sits within Zadún on the Sea of Cortez. Its programme includes a Mexican sweat lodge and herbal treatments. A separate room count for Sensei stays has not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Opening next
- Pūlama Lānaʻi has asked the Hawaiʻi Land Use Commission to allow nine villas and five spa hales on about 11.5 acres next to Sensei Lānaʻi, inside a wider rezoning. No construction completion date was set in that request.
- Sensei has explored further sites, including Costa Rica, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean, and has spoken of many more retreats. No hotel in those places was verified with a name, a site, and a year. Those earlier guesses of a 2027 Costa Rica hotel and a 2028 European hotel are not repeated here.
Every Sensei hotel on the atlas
United States
- Sensei Porcupine Creek — Rancho Mirage · Core Luxury
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