Over 300 Participants from 39 Countries at the Annual European Spas & Balneology Conference in Karlovy Vary
Yesterday (Wed) the annual spa and medical tourism conference opened with active participation from Israel. At the conference, which focuses on the hot trend of Well Being sweeping Europe, new spa treatments will be presented, trends and top experts in the field will be involved.
Yesterday (Wed) the annual conference of the European Spa and Balneology Organization opened in the town of Karlovy Vary.
At this important conference, more than 300 participants from 39 countries gathered this year at the Czech spa town to hear about the latest innovations in this growing field.
The Israeli flag once again flew among the other participating countries' flags from Europe, and for the first time, there was significant representation from Israel. Passport Group is the official representative of the spa and medical tourism organization in Israel, accompanying the activities of the European organization in recent years.
Among the topics to be covered at the conference are the future of health resorts and new paths for collaboration in a joint panel of the UNWTO and ESPA, comprehensive spa treatments and new trends in spa and balneology, sales strategies and sales channels in the spa industry, post-Corona syndrome - spa medical treatment options. Additionally, in a panel of mayors, tourism perspectives and the purpose of the Balneology Research Center will be discussed.
As in every year, tonight, during the gala ceremony, the winner of the ESPA Innovation Award will be announced during a festive dinner.
The traditional Innovation Award ceremony and the festive dinner will take place at the famous Grand Hotel Pupp, the iconic hotel and architectural jewel of Karlovy Vary. The luxurious hotel has served as a meeting and entertainment place and a synonym for first-class hospitality for more than three hundred years, where usually Karlovy Vary Festival award-winning celebrities gather.
During the conference, entrepreneurship trends in spa businesses and the role of balneology in disease prevention, including mental illness, will also be discussed.
A bit about Balneology (Balneology); it is a field of expertise in medicine focusing on research into the use of healing methods through mineral spring water, gases, and mineral mud, treatments usually provided at spa resorts. Balneology uses accumulated knowledge from clinical medicine, physiology, chemistry, microbiology, geology, physics, and additional areas of knowledge. This field is a branch of expertise in physical medicine and rehabilitation and is not recognized as a separate specialty in many Western countries, although countries with many healing resorts have recognized it as an expertise or a unique field of knowledge.
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Israeli Flag in Karlovy Vary. Photo: Passport News
Karlovy Vary. Photo: Passport News
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Karlovy Vary. Photo: Passport News
Karlovy Vary. Photo: Passport News
Karlovy Vary. Photo: Passport News
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