Together for a just transformation: we visited the REFRESH project in Ostrava

Did you know that while the number of spa accommodation facilities is declining in Bavaria, it is growing significantly in Czechia? This trend was discussed at the XB-CON 2025 international conference in Františkovy Lázně, where we, together with the Faculty of Economics of the University of West Bohemia, presented the latest results of the Spa Research Center project. What did the research show? Doc. Jaroslav Dokoupil and Mgr. Daniel Bečvář presented a comparison of spa locations in […]

Our director, Alina Huseynli, MBA, attended the general assembly of the Association of Spa Towns, which took place today, March 27, in Poděbrady. She presented our research and other activities to the association’s members as well as to Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch, MHA. In her presentation, she focused primarily on current research projects, international cooperation, and the role of the spa industry in modern […]

We have successfully completed the second year of the course “Physiotherapy in Spa Medicine,” designed for students in the bachelor’s and master’s programs in Physiotherapy at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague. The course was held in two sessions—on February 20 and 27—in Karlovy Vary.  The first block was opened by MUDr. Ladislav Špišák, CSc., who gave the students an introduction to balneology and physical therapy, […]