European Spas Association

Vesela Bogdanova: “Our Greatest Luxury Comes from Nature”

An Interview with Ms. Vesela Bogdanova, General Manager of the Five Elements Hotel in Bulgaria  –  Winner of the Special Jury Award at the ESPA Innovation Awards for Innovative Spa Design Q1 Translating the five elements—earth, water, fire, air, and space—from philosophy into functional spatial design is ambitious. Can you walk us through one element and explain exactly how it manifests physically in the spa? Water is...
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Dr. Meglena Plugtschieva

Dr. Meglena Plugtschieva is the Ambassador of BUBSPA. She has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Montenegro, to...

Ing. Alina Huseynli, MBA

Alina Huseynli is the Director and Board Member of the Institute of Spa and Balneology. She is the author of the flagship project “Spa...

Innovation Highlights at the Congress

Participants of the ESPA Congress 2025 will experience the latest breakthrough from our main partner Gharieni, winner of the Innovation Award 2024. The RLX Satori...

The Art and Science of Better Sleep

One of the local partners of the ESPA Congress 20225 is SLEPT - a company dedicated to the science and craft of sleep. The...

Linda Lancere: “Virtual mental and physical health – integration aspects”

Dr. sc. ing. Linda Lancere is a digital rehabilitation expert, physcial therapist and researcher at the Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory of the Institute of Sociotechnical...

Margrét Grímsdóttir: “Long-Term Effects of Rehabilitation Following Burnout: What works?”

Mrs. Margrét Grímsdóttir is the Director of Nursing for Heilsutofnun NLFI, a Rehabilitation clinic in Iceland. She has long-term experience working with patients in...

Aleš Příhoda: “Virtual Reality – New Trend in Medical Spa Treatments”

Ing. Mgr. Aleš Příhoda is working at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering CTU in Prague and in Medical Spa Hotels and Resorts Royal Spa,...

Jana Holmar: “Digital healthtech”

Jana Holmar is an Assistant Professor of Biomarker Optics and the Director of the Department of Health Technologies at TalTech. She also serves as the...

Alar Veraksitš: “Myometric measurements practice”

Alar Veraksitš, Dr. med., is a lecturer in human physiology at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu. At the ESPA Congress,...

Kristi Kuusmik-Orav: “Active Ageing of 55+ Generation”

Kristi Kuusmik-Orav is the community leader of the hõbeKOBAR (SilverCluster) project at the University of Tartu Pärnu College and Pärnumaa Development Centre. As a...

Loora Salurand: “Digital healthtech”

Loora Salurand is a health technology professional with a background in pharmacy and academic expertise in developing digital health technologies. She has contributed to...

Mari-Liis Ööpik-Loks: “Robotics, VR and Technology Innovation”

Mari-Liis Ööpik-Loks is a board member of the Haapsalu Neurological Rehabilitation Centre (HNRK). She holds degrees in Health Sciences in Physiotherapy from the University...