The European Spas Association (ESPA) is excited to announce that Druskininkai will be the host spa town for the highly anticipated European Spas and Balneology Congress in 2024. The European spa industry will be gathering for congress, B2B workshops, and the Innovation Awards Gala from the 25th to the 27th of September, 2024 in Lithuania. The partners for this event include the Ministry of...

The organisation of the ESPA Congress and SPA-CE B2B workshop would not be possible without the contribution of local partners. Partnering with CzechTourism helped the SPA-CE B2B Workshop break the attendance record for hosted buyers. The Czech Spa tradition is one of the oldest in Europe and the Spa has long been one of the main marketing products of the CzechTourism. In campaigns to support...

The European Spas & Balneology Congress 2023 officially commenced with an opening ceremony in the legendary Imperial Spa (Kaiserbad) in Karlovy Vary. The event has been taking place for 27 consecutive years. This year, it intertwined three central pillars of the ESPA association: the ESPA Congress, the ESPA Innovation Award and the SPA-CE B2B workshop for spa and wellness tourism. Esteemed guests have addressed participants...

4–6 October 2023, Karlovy Vary, Czech RepublicKarlovy Vary Spa Industry Declaration Representatives of international organisations overarching the medical spa industry, health resorts in Europe, representatives of universities and institutions specialising in balneology research, representatives of spa towns and municipalities and other institutions involved in the medical spa industry met in Karlovy Vary as part of the European Spa and Balneology Congress to discuss the challenges...

The fourteenth edition of SPA-CE, the premier and only trade show specialising in spa and wellness tourism in Central Europe, is taking place in Karlovy Vary, where exhibitors from ten countries and hosted buyers from 14 countries have gathered. Since 2021, the event has been taking place in partnership with the central European association in this field, the European Spas Association (ESPA). The event...

On Monday, September 18, a press conference was held for the upcoming European Spa and Balneology Congress, which will be hosted by the Karlovy Vary Region. During autumn, Karlovy Vary will become an international center for health and balneology. On 4-6 October 2023, the European Spa and Balneology Congress, one of the largest and most recognized events of its kind, will take place at...

DIVE HEAD-FIRST INTO THE THERMAL WATER OF THERMAL HOTEL IN KARLOVY VARY, THE HOST VENUE OF THE ESPA CONGRESS. With its size of 10 by 15.5 metres, the thermal pool at Hotel Thermal is the largest in Karlovy Vary and one of the largest in the Czech Republic. Every day, it is filled with water from the most famous Karlovy Vary spring called Hot Spring...

From 4 – 6 October Karlovy Vary will be the hot spot of the Health & Spa industry European Spas Association invites Spa and health professionals to join the 27th Annual Congress. Congress will be organised in cooperation with the Region and the City of Karlovy Vary with its own Institute for Balneology and Scientific Studies, Czech Tourism and Czech Spa Association. The programme will be...

In breathtaking valley cutting deeply into forested hills, dwells a fairy-tale town. The most famous Czech spa, Karlovy Vary. Fabulous town houses, impressive buildings of hotels and spa resorts. No matter if you are walking along the colonnades and sipping on the healing water from one of the Karlovy Vary springs or walking along a spa path on forested slopes, you are following in the footsteps...

The 26th European Spas Congress took place in Slovakia on the Island of Health in Piestany with 130 participants and 60 hosted buyers and exhibitors at SPA-CE, 24 Innovation Award candidates and with an impressive number, more than 30 international journalists followed the news in health tourism - all segments of the spa business were represented.