The 35th Annual APASL Congress in Istanbul

On Monday 28 April we welcomed a group of ten students from the Bachelor's programme International Tourism Management / Health & Medical Tourism from the University of Applied Sciences in Deggendorf, Bavaria. The program is designed for international students, and because of this we had people from eight different countries visit us. The visit to Karlovy Vary was part of the practical part of their [...]

The beginning of December was marked by a major event in Tbilisi, Georgia, where the first edition of the international conference "Trends and challenges of the resorts sustainable development" took place. MUDr. Ladislav Špišák, CSc., Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Spa and Balneology, was one of the main speakers at the conference by invitation. His lecture focused on the topic "New [...]

At the Innovation 2025 conference, which was held on 30 May by the Karlovy Vary Business Development Agency in Sokolov, we presented a paper on "How VR (re)changes the spa industry". Mgr. Magdaléna Vereskova, MSc., who presented the project Centre for Spa Research (CLV) and the possibilities of using virtual reality in physiotherapy and rehabilitation. The presentation also focused on the design of a comprehensive spa care [...]