Portrait of Elodie Dennene Crocilla, founder of EDC Spa Management, standing behind her collection of international trophies

Founder

Elodie Crocilla

Founder & President — EDC Spa Management · 30-year career · 30 international awards

In a few words

"I don't always choose what happens to me, but I always decide what I make of it."

My father died of inner suffering. My mother barely survived it. As for me, I decided to live. I chose wellbeing.

From my story, I made a profession: creating spaces where people can breathe, set themselves down, find themselves again — because I know, from the inside, what it costs not to have them.

I couldn't save my father. I helped save my mother. And myself too, in the process. Today I am at peace and joyful, winning this fight every day by helping others win theirs.

For 18 years, EDC Spa Management has cared across every continent — from Étoile-sur-Rhône to New York, from Hong Kong to Paris — in hotels, spas, institutes and beauty houses. I have trained hundreds of professionals, supported thousands of clients, created a skincare brand, written two books.

And I continue, because this profession is part of me. What I pass on today is as much expertise as a way of being — with rigour, with joy, with the certainty that life is built over time.

One life. Everything is connected.

  • Elle
  • Grazia
  • Femme Actuelle
  • Femina
  • Psychologies
  • Yonder
  • Journal des Palaces
  • CCI Drôme
  • Étoile Magazine

"I had the immense good fortune to be coached by Elodie at the start of my career, during my first role as Spa Director at the Fouquet's Barrière.

She passed on to me the keys to spa management and financial management. Not theories — concrete tools, immediately applicable."

Marlène Belvalette

Marlène Belvalette

Spa Director · Dior Spa Cheval Blanc · Ritz Paris · Hôtel de Crillon

Career

A path built in the field.

  1. 2026

    Certified Stanford Medicine · Psychology & Well-Being

  2. 2020

    Founder, Sym Biologic System · Cosmos Organic, clinically proven

  3. 2013–2015

    Founder, HES Spa & Management · 100% of graduates placed in 5-star establishments

  4. 2008

    Founder & President, EDC Spa Management · 18 years

  5. 2006

    Associate General Manager, Puresoi'e · 5 centres, 100+ employees, Paris

  6. 2004–2007

    Business Unit Director, Carita & Decléor · Shiseido Group

Author

Author · 2 works published in 2025.

Highlights

Eighteen years of distinctions, across four continents.

30 international awards

30 international awards.
In 17 years. Across 4 continents.

2026

  • Sym Biologic System · Jury's FavouritePrix Psychologies

2025

  • Hôtel du Castellet · Best Skincare Treatment in EuropeLuxe Global Awards
  • Hôtel du Castellet · Best Overall Spa Experience GloballyLuxe Global Awards
  • Sym Biologic System · Best Brand GloballyLuxe Global Awards
  • Sym Biologic System · Best Product GloballyLuxe Global Awards
  • Spa des Vignes · Best Beauty Product in FranceWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Spa des Vignes · Best Spa Product Range in FranceWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Spa des Vignes · Best Advanced Treatment Spa in Western EuropeWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Spa Georges Blanc · Best Skincare Range in EuropeWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Hôtel Georges Blanc · Best Advanced Treatment in EuropeWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Spa Georges Blanc · Best Product Range in Western EuropeWorld Luxury Spa Awards

2024

  • Hôtel du Castellet · Best Luxury Skincare TreatmentLuxe Global Awards
  • Sym Biologic System · Best Overall Skincare ExperienceLuxe Global Awards
  • Spa des Vignes · Best Skincare SalonWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Spa Georges Blanc · Best Luxury Advanced Treatment Spa, Global WinnerWorld Luxury Spa Awards

2023

  • Spa des Vignes · Best Unique Experience SpaWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Spa Georges Blanc · Best Beauty ProductWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Hôtel du Castellet · Best Luxury Anti-Ageing TreatmentLuxe Global Awards
  • Sym Biologic System · Best Overall Skincare ExperienceLuxe Global Awards

2022

  • Hôtel du Castellet · Best Advanced TreatmentWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Hôtel Georges Blanc · Best Advanced TreatmentWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Sym Biologic System · Best Beauty Product, Global WinnerWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • Hôtel du Castellet · Best Luxury Cosmetic BrandLuxe Global Awards
  • Hôtel du Castellet · Spa of the YearLuxe Global Awards
  • Hôtel du Castellet · Best Spa Brand ExperienceHaute Grandeur Global Awards
  • Spa Georges Blanc · Best Advanced Treatment SpaHaute Grandeur Global Awards

2021

  • Hôtel du Castellet · Luxury Hôtel & Spa Europe, Continent WinnerWorld Luxury Spa Awards

2019

  • Hôtel du Castellet · Luxury Countryside Spa Europe, Continent WinnerWorld Luxury Spa Awards
  • EDC Spa Management · Best Beauty VenueBeauty Forum Paris

2009

  • EDC Spa Management · World's Best SpaRelais & Châteaux — SPA Trophy

Thirty international distinctions earned between 2009 and 2026 by EDC Spa Management, its partner establishments and its Sym Biologic System brand.

Recognised by

World Luxury Spa Awards Luxe Global Awards Haute Grandeur Global Awards Relais & Châteaux Beauty Forum Prix Psychologies

Speaker & Coach

Speaker & Coach.

Speaker

Entrepreneurship, luxury, leadership, wellbeing. Elodie speaks before executive teams, management schools and professional conferences.

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Luxury
  • Leadership
  • Wellbeing

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Coaching

Personalised coaching of managers, directors and owners.

  • Le Fouquet's
  • Hostellerie Bérard
  • Plaza Athénée

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A team

Because excellence is built together.

Elodie Crocilla and Morgane Allain, the leadership team of EDC Spa Management
The managers of EDC Spa Management gathered in the gardens
The EDC Spa Management team gathered for a group photo
The EDC Spa Management team celebrating a Sym Biologic System distinction
Team members of EDC Spa Management, a moment of complicity
The EDC Spa Management team gathered at headquarters, 14 colleagues

Let's talk

Elodie and her team are here to listen.