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...

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 (CEE), taking place between 31 May and 2 June 2023, is the side conference, where participants will be discussing two main topics: »Europe as an increasingly popular medical and wellbeing destination« and »Education and skills in medical and wellbeing tourism«. The...

Asia Pool & Spa Expo, the leading trade fair for swimming pool, sauna, spa and bath industries in Asia, is thrilled to announce the establishment of an honorable partnership with European Spas Association (ESPA) for its upcoming edition in Guangzhou, China on May 10-12th 2023. Supported by Asian Spa and Health Promotion Committee, Guangdong Bath Leisure Association, Guangdong Hot Spring Association and the President of...

The European Spas Association is a partner in the "Health Tour" project which comprises six work packages. The main objectives of the project are to internationalize research and education in the field of health tourism, expand and stabilize the international network in this area, foster international encounters and exchanges through annual summer schools, anchor the network internally by enhancing the technical aspects, and develop...

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center (ESC) recently research paper on the impacts of Covid-19 on the Labour Force and Recovery Peculiarities. Csilla Mezosi, Secretary General of the European Spas Association is one of the authors. Together with Szilárd Szigeti, Vivien Pásztóová from the J.Selye University - Faculty of Economics and Informatics in Komárno, Slovakia they have examined the impact of Covid-19 on the labour force and recovery peculiarities in the selected...

The largest and most renowned event within the health and spa tourism industry, the ESPA Congress, will take place between 4 and 6 October 2023 in the Czech spa capital Karlovy Vary. Three core events of the ESPA Association will take place - the ESPA Congress, the ESPA Innovation Award and the ESPA SPA-CE tradeshow for spa and wellness tourism. Set to be hosted in...

Baths in spas, thalasso cures, nasal hygiene, drinking blisters: seawater has many health benefits. Studies remain rare but the sector wants to revive research. 1. The sea relieves rheumatism True. It is even the oldest recognized virtue of sea bathing. In 1899, Dr. Louis Bagot opened the first thalassotherapy centre in Roscoff, Finistère. He invented the treatment of rheumatism in heated seawater, providing a muscle relaxant and “relaxing”...

Power by the sea. New spirit for thalassotherapy - the use of sea water and marine environment. From November 1st to 5th, the annual congress of the DHV (German Medical Spas Association) took place on the German Wadden island of Norderney. It was an inspirational meeting with leading speakers and topics affecting health resorts and spas such as skilled labor shortage and long covid treatments, services...

Travel appetite on the rise in #Europe in spite of growing #costofliving concerns:- Interest in intra-European #travel reaches its peak (62%) since September 2020.- 40% of Europeans worried about rising travel costs and personal finances amidst the ongoing #economic crisis.- Holidaymakers are cutting the duration of their trips as their money does not stretch as far as it used to.- Impact of #Covid19 and the #UkraineWar on Europeans' travel plans lessens. in spite of growing #costofliving concerns: Study made by...

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.