European Spas Association

Report on the 5th Online Meeting of the ESPA Thalasso Working Group

On October 21, the fifth meeting of experts from the ESPA Thalasso Working Group took place with 19 participants. Among them was the new ESPA President, Dr. Siyka Katsarova, who joined us from Brussels, where she attended a tourism event to emphasise the role of the healthcare sector and European spas. “This Thalasso Working Group is a benchmark for health and wellness innovation. Because we...
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Transforming Spa Management Education: The SpaEdu Revolution

An Interview with Ioana Marian, Founder of SpaEdu & Wellandia, Romania — Winner of the ESPA Innovation Award for Innovative Spa Education 1. SpaEdu by...

The Future of City Wellbeing Begins in Milan

Massimo Caputi on How De Montel – Terme Milano Became Winner of the ESPA Innovation Award in the category "Innovative Spa Destination" 1. This has...

Redefining Rehabilitation: How VR is Transforming Spa Therapy

An interview with Konstantin Novikov of VR Medical, Czech Republic, Winner of the ESPA Innovation Award in the category Innovative Spa Products Your system is...

Ekaterina Zaharieva, EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

EU Commissioner Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva shares her heartfelt congratulations to the European Spas Association on its 30th Anniversary We are deeply honoured to receive this...

Programme: Thalasso online workshop, 21 October 2025

Tuesday, 21 October from 11.00 to 12.30 CET (am) Welcome to the 5th online workshop of the Thalasso Working Group! Participation at the event is...

Winners of the ESPA Innovation Award 2025

One of the most anticipated and dazzling moments of the European Spas and Balneology Congress is undoubtedly the ESPA Innovation Award Ceremony. This year,...

Anke Sponer: »Digital Health & Medical Spa Integration«

Anke Sponer is working and lecturing in the area of (health) tourism management at the European Campus Rottal-Inn, the international faculty of the Deggendorf...

Prof. Patrick Carpentier

Patrick Carpentier is Professor Emeritus of Vascular Medicine at the Grenoble - Alpes University in France, past-president of the European Society of Vascular Medicine...

Dr. Lorena Vela Iglesias: “General and epidemiological aspects”

Dr. Lorena Vela IglesiasMD, PhD in Medicine and Specialist in Medical Hydrology at Complutense University of Madrid, where she is Professor and Co-Director of...

Sara Vandamme: “Blue Health & Thermal Resilience”

Sara Vandamme is a postdoctoral researcher at the Blue Growth Research Lab at Ghent University, where she explores the intersections between ocean environments and human...

Thorleikur Jóhannsson: “Latest trends in Geothermal SPAs and Lagoons development in Iceland”

Presented by Thorleikur Jóhannsson, VERKIS Iceland, and Markos Danas, Vice-President, European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA, advisory partner of GreenSPAS). Climate Resilience and Energy Efficiency in Thermal...

Claudia Wagner

Claudia Wagner is a managing director of Fit Reisen. She is responsible for the area’s product, product development as well as hotel purchasing and...