EUROPEAN SPAS ASSOCIATION

Promoting spas and balneology in Europe

For nearly three decades, ESPA has been promoting balneology, spa medicine, wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle in Europe as a curative and preventive approach using natural remedies and education.

HEALTH

QUALITY

INNOVATION

Spa Medicine

Explore and learn from over 1,400 medical spas, health resorts and facilities for rehabilitation and prevention in Europe

Events

Meet, exchange ideas and make new connections with suppliers and hosted buyers from the spa business

Innovation Award

Confirm your excellence by entering the award for the most innovative ideas and services in the health & spa industry

Showcasing quality spa services and education since 1995

The European Spas Association was founded in 1995 in Brussels as an umbrella spa industry organisation representing 20 European countries with natural remedies.

Connecting leading health resorts, spa hotels, medical spas, rehabilitation and research centres, spa operators and investors

ESPA is an umbrella industry organisation representing 20 European countries. By becoming a member of ESPA you will be able to connect with leading industry providers, cooperate in EU working groups and search for EU calls. The membership is also the perfect opportunity to promote your innovative services and products.

ESPA MEMBERS

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MEMBER NEWS

FEATURED

Claude-Eugène Bouvier: “The Covid crisis has underlined the legitimate role of thermal medicine”

Interview with Claude-Eugène Bouvier, Board member of the European Spas Association BALNEOTHERAPY HAS A PARTICULAR ROLE TO PLAY FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE FAILED TO RECEIVE TREATMENT. Claude-Eugène Bouvier is the creator and founder of an online library, which collects all scientific studies of balneology/spa medicine in one...

LATEST NEWS

INTERVIEWS

EVENTS

The 68th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission will be held in Sofia 

The main topic of the side conference is medical and wellbeing tourism An important part of the 68th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe...

BUBSPA’s jubilee annual congress to be held in Chepelare

Pamporovo Resort will host the tenth Annual Congress of the Bulgarian Union of Balneology and Spa Tourism (BUBSPA). The event was officially announced at...

New developments in health and spa tourism taking centre stage at ITB Berlin 2023

Meet us at the Medical Pavilion Stage (HALL 26c) and at the European Spas booth 301A. From 7 to 9 March 2023 at the Medical...

Conference of German Kneipp spas and Kneipp health resorts

Kneipp spas and health resorts are officially recognized by the federal states Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr. Reiner Haseloff, who took part in our panel...

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ESPA Innovation Award

CELEBRATING INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN THE EUROPEAN SPA & HEALTH RESORTS INDUSTRY

The ESPA Innovation Award is an annual competition organised by the European Spas Association. Each year, it gives a voice and a prize to those, who developed new, outstanding, and more effective approaches for improving the quality of health & spa hotels and resorts.

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