EUROPEAN SPAS - THE WAY TO A HEALTHY LIFE
EUROPEAN SPAS & BALNEOLOGY CONGRESS
4 - 6 October 2023
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Hot spot of the health & spa industry
Where leading industry professionals come together to exchange ideas, share knowledge and network with influential business partners and media representatives.
The ESPA Annual Congress is a one-of-a-kind, multi-dimensional event for all business partner of the spa industry. The Annual Congress includes meetings, the annual Gala of the ESPA Innovation Awards, strategic thinking and knowledge sharing about the industry – an outstanding international conference to network with key stakeholders of the Spa and Health Resorts Industry.
The venues
ESPA congress & SPA-CE B2B Workshop
4 - 6 October 2023
SPA HOTEL THERMAL
A festival palace that will stand out even on the international level was the requirement for the design of the Thermal Hotel. In an architectural competition, the design by Mr. and Mrs. Machonin, combining elements of Brutalism and international style, was chosen. The entire complex, comprising of a film festival centre, an international hotel and a thermal spa, was built between 1968 and 1977.
The Thermal Hotel provides dozens of services under one roof. The unique Brutalist building houses a wellness centre, a spa, restaurants, bars, a swimming pool and conference rooms. The hotel offers accommodation in a total of 273 rooms and suites. Every year it welcomes the movie stars attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and hosts the festival screenings. Even if you stay here only once, you will remember it forever.
Get-together
4 October 2023
CISARSKE LAZNE - IMPERIAL SPA
The Kaiserbad was a 19th century bath house, built in the looks of renaissance grandeur. It is situated next to small river Teplá on the southern end of Karlovy Vary in Mírové náměstí. The Imperial Spa was considered a prestigious spa institution with the most state-of-the-art balneological facilities in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
The building of the Imperial Spa, renamed to Lázně I (Spa I) in 1918, had served balneological purposes until the 1980s. The Zander Hall was later converted into a casino. The complex was ultimately closed in 1994. In 2006 it became popular again as a film set for the famous James Bond's Casino Royale movie, when building was turned into a casino again.
In recent years, the building of the Imperial Spa has been renovated by the Karlovy Vary region as it has been declared a National Cultural Monument
ESPA Innovation Award Ceremony
5 October 2023
GRAND HOTEL PUPP
The Grandhotel Pupp is a luxurious setting that has been a meeting place and entertainment venue and synonymous with first-class hospitality for more than three centuries. Famous people like Johann S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Napoleon Bonaparte, Franz Josef I., Maria Theresa, Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka and many others were hosted by the Grand Hotel Pupp.
Nowadays hotel is known for the Karlovy Vary Film Festival as hundreds of festival guests from the ranks of the greatest films have walked through its corridors. Its historical charm and unique architecture have made it very popular with film productions.
Participants of the European Spas & Balneology Congress as well as the SPA-CE B2B Workshop will get a unique opportunity to gather and celebrate this year's ESPA Innovation Awards in the Grand Hotel Pupp.
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