Regulatory sandboxes as an opportunity for the spa industry

On 25 April 2025, we attended the 24th International Conference History of Buildings 2025, organised by the National Technical Museum. The event took place in the premises of the Centre of Building Heritage of the National Museum of Technical Museum in Plasy. The Institute of Spa and Balneology was represented by Mgr. Karel Kůt and Mgr. Lubomír Zeman, who presented a joint paper entitled "The transformation of the architecture of Kynžvart Spa as a result of repeated [...]

The Karlovy Vary Region was visited by the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic, Prof. Vlastimil Válek, M.D., MBA, EBIR, and we had a great opportunity to present the project of strategic importance "Spa Research Centre". The discussion with the Minister gave us the opportunity to share our vision, results to date and to define directions for further development. It is undeniable that focused and rational balneological research is an essential [...]

Today, we had the honor of welcoming the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, to our premises, accompanied by the Mayor of Karlovy Vary, Andrea Pfeffer Ferklová, MBA, and the Governor of the Karlovy Vary Region, Petr Kubis. We introduced the Prime Minister to the activities of the Institute of Spa Medicine and Balneology, our current research projects, and gave him a tour of the laboratory preparation area and the demonstration laboratory. […]