Country Briefing Papers
In previous years, c-suite delegates contributed country briefing papers on wellness developments in their regions, providing valuable grassroots insights that enriched our discussions. After a brief hiatus, we are excited to bring this tradition back to the Global Wellness Summit (GWS). Review past briefing papers below by country, and we’ll share the 2024 contributions after this year’s Summit. Here is the link to the 2024 form for contributing a country brief.
Country Briefing Papers Archive
Below you will find Country Briefing Reports aggregating all the submissions we received over the past years and the individual reports by country.
AGGREGATED PAPERS PER YEAR
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AUSTRALIA
2016 Dr. Karen Coates, Managing Medical Director, Cassia Wellness Clinic
2016 Sharon Kolkka, General Manager and Wellness Director, Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
2016 Brook Ramage, General Manager, Peninsula Hot Springs
2015 Samantha Gowing, Founder, Gowings Food Health Wealth
2015 Brook Ramage, General Manager, Peninsula Hot Springs
2015 John Toomey, CEO, Australian Wellness Education and Training Pty Ltd
2014 Angie Kleeman, Director of Luxury Brand, The French Beauty Academy
2014 Melanie Gleeson, Co-Founder & Director, endota spa
2013 Charles Davidson, Co-founder & Director, Peninsula Hot Springs
2013 Lyndall Mitchell, Founding Director, Aurora Spa’s & Aurora Spa Rituals
2012 Professor Marc Cohen, Program Leader, Online Master of Wellness Program, RMIT University
2011 Charles Davidson, Founder, Peninsula Hot Springs
2011 Sharon Kolkka, General Manager, Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
2011 Megan Larsen, Founder, Sodashi
2010 Dr. Marc Cohen, RMIT University & Charles Davidson, Australasian Spa Association
AUSTRIA
2016 Eva Adamer-König, Chair and Dr. James Miller, Vice-Chair, Institute of Health and Tourism Management, FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences
2016 Tom Bauer, COO, VAMED VITALITY WORLD
2016 Karl Brüggemann, Managing Director, Interalpen Hotel Tyrol
2016 Christina Feilmayr, Student in Health management in tourism, University of Applied Sciences, FH JOANNEUM
2016 Chris Keen, CEO and Heinz Schletterer, Chairman, Medical Spa & Wellness Group
2016 Dr. Imke König, Medical Spa Director, Schloss Elmau GmbH & CoKG
2016 Michaela Hösch, Head of Spa, Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences
2016 Lisa Maracher, Director, Ayurveda Resort Sonnhof
2015 Robert Ranzi, CEO & Founder, Cluster Wellness Tyrol
2013 Dr. Franz Linser, Founder & CEO, Linser Hospitality
2012 Thomas Roessler, Managing Director, TAC GmbH
2011 sha., CEO & Owner, sha. Vertrieb GmbH
2011 Thomas Roessler, Managing Director, TAC IT GmbH
2009 Dr. Franz Linser, Founder, Linser & Partner GmbH
BARBADOS
2015 Patricia Berry-Greenidge, Principal & Spa Consultant, PBHC Clinic & School of Holistic Therapies Inc.
2015 Dr. Juliet Skinner, Medical Doctor, Barbados Fertility Centre
BHUTAN
2014 Ingo Schweder, Chief Executive Officer, GOCO Hospitality; Managing Director, Horwath HTL Health and Wellness
BELGIUM
2014 Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder and CEO, TIP TOUCH International
BRAZIL
2016 Gustavo Albanesi, Partner and President, Buddha Spa, Smart Spa, Spa Week and Brazilian Spa Association
2016 Marianne Novaes Brepohl, Director, Lapinha Spa
2015 Rochele Silveira, Co-Owner & Director, Kurotel Longevity Medical Center and Spa
2013 Marianne Brepohl, Co-Owner, Lapinha SPA
2013 Dr. Mariela de Silveira, Board of Directors, Kurotel – Medical Longevity Center and Spa
2012 Marianne Novaes Brepohl, Owner & Marketing Director, Lapinha SPA
2011 Gustavo Albanesi, President, Brazillian Spa Association and Owner, Buddha Spa
2010 Gustavo Albanesi, President, Brazillian Spa Association and Owner, Buddha Spa
BULGARIA
2015 Bistra Dimitrova, President, Global Water Health- Framework Platform
2010 Stanley Stankov, Chairman, National Association for Spa & Wellness Tourism
2009 Stanley Stankov, Chairman, National Association for Spa & Wellness Tourism
CANADA
2018 Jessica Timberlake, Public Relations Manager, Eminence Organic Skin Care
2016 Jennifer Findlay, Founder, Core Essence
2015 Noel Asmar, Founder and CEO, Noel Asmar Uniforms Inc.
2015 Simone Dobson, Spa Operator, Euphoria Wellness Spa
2015 Andrée Perreault, President, L’Esprit du Lieu
2014 Noel Asmar, Founder and CEO, Noel Asmar Uniforms Inc.
2014 Fayez Tamba, Owner, Fayez Tamba
2013 Donna Holtom, President and Director of International Relations, Holtz Spas – Leading Spas of Canada
2012 Lucie Brosseau, President & CEO, Alliance Spas Relais Santé
2012 Donna Holtom, Director – International Relations, Leading Spas of Canada
2011 Michael Deres, Director, SpaSoft
2011 Donna Holtom,President, Leading Spas of Canada
2010 Brigitte Diem-Guy, General Manager, SpaSoft, PAR Springer-Miller System
2009 Frank Pitsikalis, Founder & CEO, ResortSuite
CHINA
2015 Joy Menzies, Managing Director, Destination Spa Management China Ltd.
2014 Clive McNish , General Manager , GOCO Retreat Niutuo
2013 Tan Lily, General Manager, Ocean City Hot Spring
2011 Fifi Kao, Chief Editor, SinoMedia Co. Ltd.
2010 Fifi Kao, Editor-in-Chief, SpaChina
CROATIA
2016 Leila Krešić-Jurić, Director of Tourism Sector , Croatian Chamber of Economy
2009 Sandra Skoblar, Founder, NoviSpa Academy
EGYPT
2014 Asmaa Ahmed, Undergraduate Student, The American University in Cairo
FINLAND
2018 Mare Kuruson, CEO, Wellmonde
2016 Mare Kuruson, Co-founder and CEO, Wellmonde
2014 Susanna Saari, Senior Lecturer, Turku University of Applied Sciences
FRANCE
2018 Isabelle Charrier, Editor, Sense of WELLNESS Magazine
2016 Isabelle Charrier, Founder & Managing Editor, EMOTION SPA Magazine
2016 Jean-Louis Poiroux, CEO and Danielle Rouault, Business Development & Export Director, Cinq Mondes
2016 Morgan Lefrancois, International Director of Spas, Clarins
2016 Françoise Périer, Journalist, Les Nouvelles Esthétiques
2016 Laure-Anne Vilaine, Editorial Advisor, Palindrome Edition- AQUAE
2015 Isabelle Charrier, Founder & Managing Editor, EMOTION SPA Magazine; Aldina Duarte-Ramos, Global Director, Well-being Product, Accor Hotels, Luxury & Upscale Brands; Jean-Luc Pleuvry, Director, Thalazur Group Operations; Danielle Rouault, Business Development & Export Director, Cinq Mondes; Ghislain Waeyaert, Managing Director, Deep Nature
2014 Aldina Duarte-Ramos, Director, Global Well-Being Product, Accor
2013 Jean-Claude Baumgarten, Chairman and CEO, Crewe Associates
2013 Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder & CEO, TIP TOUCH International
2013 Bertrand Thiery, CEO and Co-Founder, THEMAE
2012 Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder & CEO, TIP TOUCH International
2011 Christopher Norton, Chair-Global Spa Task Force, Four Seasons
2009 Ghislain Waeyaert, International Director of Spa, Clarins
GERMANY
2018 Annabelle Countess von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff, Owner, Graflicher Park Health & Balance Resort
2018 Alexander Behrens, Head of International Sales SnowRooms, TechnoAlpin Deutschland GmbH
2016 Michael Altewischer, Managing Partner, Wellness-Hotels & Resorts GmbH
2016 Hildegard Dorn-Petersen, Journalist & Consultant, AHGZ Wellness Summit
2016 Wilfried Dreckman, Spa Project, Managing Director
2016 Matthias Voit, Executive Elite Interiors, Dornbracht International
2015 Sammy Gharieni, CEO & Founder, Gharieni Group
2014 Wilfried Dreckmann, Managing Director, Spa Project
2014 Hildegard Dorn-Petersen, Freelance Journalist, Editorial Team AHGZ Wellness Summit
2014 Emlyn Brown, Director, Spa Operations, GOCO Hospitality
2013 Hildegard Dorn-Petersen, Freelance Journalist, Editorial Team AHGZ Wellness Summit
2012 Matthias Voit, Chief Executive, Dornbracht
2012 Anne Biging, Managing Director, Healing Hotels of the World
2012 Adrian Egger, Managing Director of Spa Division, Klafs
2011 Anne Biging, Managing Director, Healing Hotels of the World
2011 Adrian Egger, Managing Director, Klafs
2011 Dietmar Muller-Elmau, Owner, Schloss Elmau Luxury Spa
2011 Michael Schummert, President, Babor
2011 Matthias Voit, Chief Executive – Elite Interiors Divison, Dornbracht GmbH & Co.
2010 Anne Biging, Managing Director, Healing Hotels of the World
2010 Joerg Demuth, President, The Organic Spa
2010 Hildegard Dorn-Peterson, Freelance Journalist, Hotel Consultant
2010 Adrian Egger, Managing Director Spa Division, Klafs
2010 Paul Haslauer, General Manager, Haslauer GmbH
2009 Dagmar Rizzato, CEO, Rizzato Spa Consulting
GHANA
2010 Dzigbordi K. Dosoo and Kenneth Kpodo, CEO/COO, Allure Africa, Ltd.
2009 Dzigbordi K. Dosoo, CEO, Allure Africa, Ltd.
GREECE
2016 Victoria Yanakova, Co-Owner, Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort
2011 Vivian Patkos, Le Convivial Luxury Suites & Spa, President & Owner
GUATEMALA
2015 Victor Urbina, General Manager, Santa Teresita, Hotel & Spa Termal
HONG KONG
2012 Jeff Matthews, President & Chief Operating Officer, Mandara Spa & Vice President, Elemis and Bliss
2012 Andrew Gibson, Group Director of Spa, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
2011 Catherine Feliciano-Chon, Chairman & CEO, Catchon & Co. Ltd.
2011 Andrew Gibson, Group Director of Spa, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
2011 Ed Ng, Director, AB Concept
2011 Sharon Codner,Regional Spa Director,The Peninsula Hotels
2011 Sheila McCann, Corporate Director of Spa, Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
2011 Steve Courso, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, A.F. Dornbracht
2010 Andrew Gibson, Group Director of Spa, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
2009 Neil Orvay, CEO, Sense of Touch Spas
HUNGARY
2018 Dr. Tamás Várhelyi, CEO, Agria Regional Development nonprofit Kft
2016 Dr. Tamas Varhelyi, College Professor, Eszterházy Károly College
2015 Dr. Tamás Várhelyi, College Professor, Eszterházy Károly College
2014 Dr. Tamás Várhelyi, College Professor, Eszterházy Károly College
2012 Dr. Tamás Várhelyi, Associate Professor, Szolnoki Foiskola
2012 László Puczkó & Melanie Smith, The Tourism Observatory for Health, Wellness and Spa
2011 Dr. Tamás Várhelyi, Professor, Szolnoki Foiskola
2010 László Puczkó, Managing Director, Xellum Advisory Ltd.
2010 Dr. Tamás Várhelyi, Professor, Szolnoki Fioskola College
2009 Dr. Tamás Várhelyi, Professor, Szolnoki Fioskola College
INDIA
2018 Vijay Kumar Karal, CEO & Founder, Grannus Premier Wellness Services Pvt Ltd
2016 Rekha Chaudhari, Managing Director, JCKRC Spa Destination
2016 Dr. Harish Kalathil, Director Spa & Group coordination and Training, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd
2016 JC Kapur, Managing Director, JCKRC Spa Destination
2016 Dr. Talavane Krishna, Founder & President, Indus Valley Ayurvedic Centre
2015 Dr. Rekha Chaudhari, Medical Doctor, JCKRC Spa Destination PVT. LTD
2015 Vijay Kumar Karai, Founder & CEO, AyurUniverse
2013 Sandhya Chipalkatti, Editor & Publisher, SpaMantra
2013 Dr. Deepika Gunawant, Head Integrative Health & Wellbeing, Vana Retreats
2013 Deepa Misra Harris, Senior Vice President – Sales & Marketing, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
2013 Ashraf Husain, M.B.A. Student, Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad (IHM-A)
2013 Ashok Khanna, Managing Director, Ananda in the Himalayas
2013 Ruchika Mehta, Director, Public Relations & Corporate Communications, The Park Hotels
2013 Parineeta Sethi, Chief Editor and Publisher, Asia Spa India
2012 Sandhya Chipalkatti, Editor & Publisher, Spa Mantra
2012 Rekha Chaudhari, Managing Director, JCKRC Spa Destination Pvt. Ltd.
2012 Parineeta Sethi, Editor in Chief, AsiaSpa India
2012 Jesper Hougaard, Managing Director, Serena Spa Pvt. Ltd.
2011 JC Kapur, Cofounder & CEO, JCKRC Spa Destination Pvt. Ltd.
2011 Rekha Chaudhari, Managing Director, JCKRC Spa Destination Pvt. Ltd.
2010 Rekha Chaudhari, CEO, JCKRC & CO.
2009 Jeff Butterworth, Jumeirah Group Wellness Director, Jumeirah
INDONESIA
2015 Bali Spa and Wellness Association
2014 Bali Spa and Wellness Association
2011 Judy Chapman, President, Judy Chapman Consulting
2011 Jeff Matthews, President, COO, Mandara Spa
2011 Dr. Bra Mooryati Soedibyo, President, PT. Mustika Ratu, Tbk.
2011 Windiyati Nugroho, COO, Pacific Beauty Industry Group
2011 Martha Tilaar, Founder, Martha Tilaar Group
IRELAND
2011 Mark Walton, Managing Director, VOYA
2010 Anita Rawat Geoghegan, Standards Development Office, Failte Ireland
ISRAEL
2018 Amir Alroy, Partner, SZ Ventures
2015 Amir Alroy, Owner & CEO, Cloud 9 Wellness Clubs
ITALY
2018 Nicola Angelo Fortunati, Therme & Spa General Director, Italian Hospitality Collection
2018 Manuela Tesei, Area Manager, EFFEGIBI
2016 Gayane Avetisyan, Sales Manager and Fabian Franz, Junior Partne, VITALIS Dr. Joseph GmbH
2016 Patrizia Bortolin, Spa Director Vair, Borgo Egnazia
2016 Alina Hernandez, Head of Strategic Initiatives, Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation
2015 Barbara Gavazzoli, International Marketing Education Director, [ comfort zone ]
2014 Barbara Gavazzoli, International Marketing Director, [ comfort zone ]
2011 Barbara Gavazzoli, Marketing Communication & Education Director, Comfort Zone
2010 Daniela Steiner, CEO, Steiner Cosmetics
JAMAICA
2015 Patrick Huey, Corporate Director of Spa, Fitness and Tennis, Red Lane Spa & Sandals Resorts International
JAPAN
2018 Tomonori Maruyama, Chief Research Consultant, Mitsui Knowledge Industry
2018 Yoshikuni Kato, Founder & CEO, LONGNOW K.K.
2016 Tomonori Maruyama, Manager/Chief Research Consultant, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
2015 Tomonori Maruyama, Manager & Chief Research Consultant, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
2015 Yoriko Soma, CEO, Conceptasia Inc.
2014 Tomonori Maruyama, Chief Research Consultant/Manager, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
2014 Tae Kawasaki, Founder and CEO, The Day Spa Co., Ltd.
2013 Tomonori Maruyama, Manager and Chief Researcher, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
2012 Tomonori Maruyama, Manager and Chief Researcher, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
2012 Tae Kawasaki, President, The Day Spa Corp, Ltd.
2012 Hirokazu Iida, President, Shuei Wellness Co., Ltd.
2011 Tomonori Maruyama, Chief Researcher, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co.
2011 Tomoaki Okada, Head Director, Nippon Spa Association
2010 Hirokazu Iida, President, Shuei Wellness Co, Ltd.
2010 Tae Kawasaki, President, The Day Spa
2010 Tomonori Maruyama, Chief Researcher, Mitsui Knowledge Corp.
2010 Yoriko Soma, President SpaFinder Japan
2009 Tomonori Maruyama, Chief Researcher, Mitsui Knowledge Corp.
LATVIA
2016 Alla Sokolova, Founder & CEO, Inbalans
2013 Alla Sokolova, Co-founder & General Manager, Inbalans
2012 Alla Sokolova, Co-founder & General Manager, Global Balans
2011 Alla Sokolova, General Manager, IWC Balans
LEBANON
2015 Alice Edde, Chairman, Eddé Sands Hotel & Wellness Resort
LITHUANIA
2016 Rokas Navickas, Chief Medical Officer, Board Member, SPA Vilnius
MALAYSIA
2016 Sandra Wong, Chief Executive Officer, Vitulen Sdn Bhd
2014 Trent Munday, Vice President, Steiner Spa Consulting; Regional Vice President, Mandara Spa
MALDIVES
2013 Jeff Butterworth, Chief Spa and Wellness Officer, LUX* Resorts
MAURITIUS
2015 Chase Webber, Corporate Spa Director, Constance Hotels & Resorts
MEXICO
2018 Gina Diez-Barroso, President & CEO, Diarq
2018 Sara Jones, Managing Director, Spa & Wellness MexiCaribe
2016 Gina Diez Barroso de Franklin, President & CEO, Grupo Diarq
2016 Sara Jones, Managing Director & Editor, Spa & Wellness México
2015 Diana F. Mestre, Owner, Mestre & Mestre Spa Consulting
2015 Viviana Quesada, Senior Spa Director, Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita
2015 Carloslucio Ramos, Editorial Director, Golf&Spa* Magazine
2013 Gina Diez Barroso de Franklin, President & CEO, Grupo Diarq
2012 Diana F. Mestre, Owner, Mestre & Mestre Spa Development
2010 Roberto Arjona, Chief Executive, Rancho La Puerta
MONACO
2018 Cynthia Hoddeson, Director, Monaco Government Tourist Office
2010 Cindy Hoddeson, Director of Meeting & Incentive Sales, Monaco Tourist Office
MOROCCO
2016 Caroline Bauchet-Bouhlal, Group Development Director, Es Saadi Gardens & ResortChase Webber, Corporate Spa Director, Constance Hotels & Resorts
2014 Majda Berrada, President, A-SPA-MAROC
2011 Raoul Andrews, President, Aspen Resorts International
2009 Majda Berrada, Founder, Moroccan Spa Association
NAMIBIA
2015 Mariane Akwenye, Founder, Nomad African Spa
NEW ZEALAND
2014 Hon Steve Chadwick, Mayor of Rotorua
PHILIPPINES
2015 Catherine Brillantes-Turvill, President, Nurture Wellness Village
POLAND
2016 Hotel Wellness ProVita
2013 Arkadiusz Dawidowski, Managing Director, ForSpa / European Spa Foundation
PUERTO RICO
2015 Mitchel Rivera, CEO, YeloSpa San Juan
QATAR
2016 Abdulla Hassan Al Mehshadi, Chief Executive Officer, Msheireb Properties
2016 Tajana Trtanj, Managing Director of Business Developments, CTBA group
2013 Naomi Wiesmann, Fast Track Management Trainee, Six Senses, Six Senses Spa at Sharq Village & Spa
RUSSIA
2018 Nina Tsymbal, Spa Consultant
2018 Tatiana Dolbilova, Head of Representative Office, OSA GmbH
2016 Elena Bogacheva, Founder and President, Spa and Wellness International Council (SWIC)
2016 Liubov Prigozhina, Owner and CEO and Nina Tsymbal, Spa Consultant, Crystal Spa & Lounge
2014 Elena Bogacheva, Founder and President, Spa and Wellness International Council (SWIC)
2013 Elena Bogacheva, Founder & President, Spa & Wellness International Council (SWIC)
2012 Elena Bogacheva, President, Spa & Wellness International Council (SWIC)
2010 Elena Bogacheva, CEO, SpaPriori
2009 Elena Bogacheva, CEO, SpaPriori
2009 Nina Tsymbal, Independant Spa Consultant
SAUDIA ARABIA
2016 Talal Mohammed Bin Ali, Founder & President, Enaya Care International Co. Ltd.
2015 Talal Mohammed Bin Ali, Founder & President, Enaya Care International Co. Ltd.
2014 Talal Mohammed Bin Ali, Founder & President, Enaya Care International Co. Ltd.
2013 Talal Mohammed Bin Ali, Founder & President, Enaya Care International Co. Ltd.
SINGAPORE
2013 Suzanne Ng, Senior Academic Staff, Republic Polytechnic
2012 Darani (Winnie) Tsao, Director, Paradigm Wellness
2012 Michael Bartura, Project Manager, East West Learning Center
2011 Darani “Winnie” Tsao, Director, Paradigm Wellness
2010 Jennifer Ng, Director, Business Development, Spa Botanica
2009 Jennifer Ng, Director, Business Development, Spa Botanica
SOUTH KOREA
2014 Ku-Jeom Chung, PhD, Professor, Youngsang University, Busan, S. Korea; Founder, Founder, The Wellness Foundation of Korea
SPAIN
2016 Valérie Le Mao, Editorial Advisor, Wellness & Spa, Esthetic World
2016 Fedra Mainetti, Global Key Account Director – Hospitality, FLUIDRA SA
2015 Alfredo Bataller Pineda, CEO, SHA Wellness Clinic
2015 Joaquin Serra, Senior VP & Chief Business Development Officer, Natura Bissé International; Partricia Fisas, Senior VP, Marketing and Product Development
2010 Maria Jose Caldenty, Editor, EsetheticSpa Magazine
2009 Joaquin Serra, Senior Executive Vice President, Natura Bisse International
SRI LANKA
2015 Vickum Nawagamuwage, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Santani
SWEDEN
2018 Anna Bjurstam, Six Senses
2018 Krister Persson, Senior Sales Director, TyloHelo ABK
2012 Anna Bjurstam, Managing Director & Owner, Raison d’Etre Spas
2011 Anna Bjurstam, Managing Director, Raison d’Etre Spas
2011 Kerstin Florian, President & Founder, Kerstin Florian
SWITZERLAND
2018 Christine Peter, Project Manager, Switzerland Touris
2016 Roland Lymann, Lecturer, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Institute of Tourism
2015 Martha Wiedemann, Wellness Advisor, Badrutt’s Palace Hotel
2014 Mark Baier, CEO, Clinique La Prairie
2014 Hildegard Dorn-Petersen, Freelance Journalist, Editorial Team AHGZ Wellness Summit
2013 Therese Martirena, Operations Manager, The Dolder Grand Kurhausstrasse
2012 Martha Wiedemann, Wellness Advisor, Badrutt’s Palace Hotel
2011 Simone Salzmann, CEO, AsiaSpa GmbH
2010 Martine Fehr, Group Spa Director, Victoria-Jungfrau Collection
2009 Martine Fehr, Group Spa Director, Victoria-Jungfrau Collection
THAILAND
2018 Matthew Brennan, Chief Financial Officer, Kamalaya Koh Samui
2016 Matthew Brennan, Director, Horwath HTL Health and Wellness, Director of Finance, GOCO Hospitality
2016 Vanessa Stoessel, Director of Wellness & Spa Projects, MSpa International
2013 Ingo R. Schweder, Chief Executive Officer, GOCO Hospitality; Managing Director, Horwath HTL Health and Wellness
2012 Thanisr Chaturongkul, Chief Financial Officer, Chiva-Som International Health Resort
2012 Sonu Shivdasani, Chairman & CEO, Six Senses Resorts & Spas
2012 Ingo Schweder, CEO, Spatality International
2011 Paul Linder, General Manager, Chiva-Som International Health Resorts Co. Ltd.
2011 Karina Stewart, Co-Founder, Brand/Concept Director, Kamalaya Koh Samui
2009 Naim Maadad, Managing Director, Mspa International
THE NETHERLANDS
2016 Saskia Kunst, Managing Director, SBM Offshore NV
TURKEY
2016 Thomas Klein, CEO and Susan E. Docherty, COO, Canyon Ranch
2013 Mehmet Kabas, President, Promet Spa Wellness and Aysegul Sungur, General Manager, Promet Spa Wellness
2010 Umit Yasar Atalay, General Manager, Richmond International Hotel Management
2010 Mehmet Kabas, President, Promet Spa Wellness
2010 Gerhard Struger, Regional VP, Turkey & Eastern Europe, Swissotel
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
2018 Louise Molloy, Head of Consultancy, The Wellness
2014 Shekhar Malkotia, Manager – Spa Operations, GOCO Hospitality
2013 Tina Ghafurian, General Manager, Tips & Toes Beauty and Spa Centre LLC
2013 Neil Hewerdine, Vice President, Spa Services, Kerzner International – Atlantis The Palm
2011 Albert Ng, Spa Development Director, Emirates Airline
2010 Jeff Butterworth, Wellness Director, Jumeirah
2009 Elmar Nagele, Thermarium Baeder Bau, Abu Dhabi
UNITED KINGDOM
2018 Erin Lee, Managing Director, Drom UK LTD
2018 Hannah Hoang, Senior Health & Safety Officer, University of Manchester
2018 Lara Morgan, CEO, Scentered
2018 Colin Stanwell-Smith, Chairman, Floataway
2016 Irene Forte, Brand Manager, Rocco Forte Hotels
2016 Oriele Frank, Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, ELEMIS
2016 Jacqueline Kneebone, Regional Director of Spa & Retail London, Morgans Hotel Group
2016 Diane Nettleton, Owner, Spa Director, Nettleton Holdings Ltd
2016 Barry Smith, Director and Co-Founder, Dröm UK Ltd
2015 Emma Roberts, Head of Sales and Business Development, VOYA Senior VP, Marketing and Product Development
2015 Muriel Zingraff-Shariff, CEO, Aromatherapy Associates
2014 Kicki Carlsson, CEO, Drom UK Ltd
2013 Nora Elias, Editor, Professional Spa & Wellness
2013 Geraldine Howard, Co-Founder and President, Aromatherapy Associates Ltd.
2012 Stella Photi, Managing Director & Founder, Wellbeing Escapes
2012 Corinna Yap, Director of Sales – COMO Shambhala, COMO Hotels & Resorts
2011 Kate Percival, Director, Naturally Healthy Women Limited
2011 Henk Verschuur, Managing Director, Thermae Bath Spa
2010 Lopo Champalimaud, CEO, Wahanda
2010 Kevin Turnbull, Chief Executive, SpaFinder Europe
2009 Kevin Turnbull, Chief Executive, SpaFinder Europe
UNITED STATES
2018 Karen Ballou, CEO, Immunocologie
2018 Jennifer Hawkins, President, Hawkins International
2018 Mitchel Rivera, CEO, Cloud Spa
2018 Lynn Curry, President & Co-Owner, Resources for Leisure Assets
2016 Anne Bramham, President, Advanced Spa Therapy Education Certification Council (ASTECC)
2016 Mike Bruggeman, OM4 Organic Male, CEO
2016 Leah Burton, Change Agent, Burton Enterprises
2016 Lynn Curry, Principal, Curry Spa Consulting LLC
2016 Kristi Dickinson, Executive Board Member, Advanced Spa Therapy Education Certification Council (ASTECC)
2016 Annbeth Eschbach, CEO & President, Exhale
2016 Dr. Russell Greenfield, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UNC-CH School of Medicine
2016 Clive McNish, Glen Ivy Hot Springs, General Manager
2016 Stephanie Moore, Health-in-Hand, Clinical Nutritionist & Health Coach
2016 William Wesley Myers, Director of Spa & Wellness, The Langham, Chicago – Langham Hotels & Resorts
2016 Mim Senft, President and CEO, Motivity Partnerships
2016 Nell Waters, CEO, SOAK
2015 Laura Boss, Founder, Twig Concepts LLC
2015 Anne Bramham, Owner & Founder, American Spa Therapy Education Certification Council
2015 Timothy Busch, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Hospitality Group
2015 Cord Coen, Founder, ZENTS
2015 Mogli Cooper, Co-Owner & Founder, Iron Mountain Hot Springs
2015 Lynn Curry, Principal, Curry Spa Consulting LLC
2015 Dr. Jonathan Paul De Vierville, Professor Emeritus of The Humanities, History and Social Sciences; Owner and Director, The Alamo Plaza Spa at the Historic Menger Hotel
2015 Kristi Dickinson, Executive Board Member, Advanced Spa Therapy Education Certification Council (ASTECC)
2015 Annbeth Eschbach, CEO & President, Exhale
2015 Paul Evans, CEO, Mammagard
2015 Samer Hamadeh, CEO, Zeel Networks Inc.
2015 Milana Knowles, Senior Director of Spa Development, Clarins
2015 Karen Koffler, MD, Medical Doctor, Carillon Hotel & Spa
2015 JoAnn Kurtz-Ahlers, President, Kurtz-Ahlers & Associates, LLC.
2015 Mia Kyricos, Chief Brand Officer, Spafinder Wellness, Inc.®
2015 Patricia Ladis, Physical Therapist, Co-founder, CEO, KIMA Center for Physiotherapy & Wellness
2015 Ilana Moses, Founder & CEO, Florida Spa Association
2015 Nancy Nemer, President, Red Cashew, Inc.
2015 Cheryl Patella, Managing Director, Spa Innovators, Inc.; Spa Director, Williams Island Club
2015 Nicolas Ronco, Founder & CEO, Yelo Spa
2015 Nancy Trent, Founder & President, Trent and Company
2015 William Wesley Meyers, Director of Spa, Chuan Spa at The Langham Chicago, Langham Hospitality Group
2014 Lynn Curry, Principal/Certified Management Consultant, Curry Spa Consulting LLC
2014 Mogli Cooper, Co-Owner, Iron Mountain Hot Springs
2014 Mia Kyricos, Chief Brand Officer, Spafinder Wellness, Inc.
2014 JoAnn Kurtz-Ahlers, President, Kurtz-Ahlers & Associates, LLC
2013 Michael Bruggeman, Founder & CEO, Organic Male OM4
2013 Joseph P. D’Antonio, Director, Business Development, Oakworks
2013 Rick Duarte, General Manager and Director of Spa Operations & Development, Sundara Inn & Spas
2013 Sallie Fraenkel, Executive Vice President, Global Spa & Wellness Summit
2013 Linda M. Howard, CEO, Alturnative
2013 Jhana
2013 June Jacobs
2013 JoAnn Kurtz-Ahlers, Owner & President, Kurtz-Ahlers & Assoc., L.L.C.
2013 Charmaine T. Lang, Owner, The Madison Collection
2013 Ella Stimpson, Executive Director of Spas, Wynn Las Vegas; Chairman, International SPA Association
2013 Josef Woodman, Founder and CEO, Patients Beyond Borders
2012 Thomas Steinhauer, Regional Vice President, Four Seasons Resorts (Maui at Wailea)
2012 Sylvia Sepielli, Founder, SPAd (Sylvia Planning And design)
2012 Su Gibson, Lecturer, CN Hilton College & University of Houston
2012 Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel, Directors, The Creativity Workshop
2012 Sharon Ullrick, Marketing Manager, Leading Hotels of the World
2012 Sharilyn Abbajay, Founder, Abbajay & Associates
2012 Rianna Riego, Principal & Founder, Global Spa Vantage
2012 Nicolas Ronco, Founder & CEO, Yelo Spa
2012 Nancy Nemer, Founder & CEO, Red Cashew
2012 Nancy Griffin, Principal, Contento Marketing
2012 Michael Tompkins, President & General Manager, Miraval Arizona
2012 Mia Kyricos, Vice President & Consultant, Core Performance
2012 Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, CWP, Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies
2012 Lynne McNees, President, ISPA
2012 Lori Hutchinson, Founder & Co-Owner, Hutchinson Consulting
2012 Leslie Glover, President, Aspen Spa Management
2012 Dr. Jonathan Paul De Vierville, Director & Owner, SpaCultures.com
2012 Joanne Berry, Founder & CEO, Spa Remedies LLC, Director of Spa Education and Recruitment, Bellus Academy
2012 JoAnn Kurtz-Ahlers, President, Kurtz-Ahlers & Associates, LLC.
2012 Jeremy McCarthy, Director of Global Spa Developments and Operations, Starwood Hotel & Resorts
2012 Jay Williams, Physiologist & Medical Nutritionist, Healthy Aging Resources Inc.
2012 Dr. Hillary Lampers ND, Northwest Neuro-Cranial Medicine
2012 Ella Stimpson, Chairman, International Spa Association & Executive Director of Spa and Salon Operations, Wynn & Encore Las Vegas
2012 Deborah A. Smith, Principal, Smith Club & Spa Specialists
2012 Beth Stewart, VP – Business & Brand Development, Naturopathica
2012 Barry McCaffrey, National Sales Director – Spa Division, Clarins USA
2012 Anne Bramham, President & Founder, American Spa Therapy Education, Certification Council
2012 Amy McDonald, Owner, Under a Tree Associates
2012 Alex Glasscock, Owner & CEO, The Ranch at Live Oak – Malibu
2011 Joanne Berry, Director of Spa and Wellness, Bellus Academy
2011 Mayank Bhardwaj & Rahul Koul, Co-CEO’s, Sundari
2011 Pete Ellis, Chairman & CEO, SpaFinder, Inc.
2011 CG Funk, VP/Industry Relations & Product Development, Massage Envy
2011 Don Genders, Managing Director, Design for Leisure
2011 Lori Hutchinson, Founder & Co-Owner, Hutchinson Consulting
2011 JoAnne Kurtz-Ahlers, President, Kurtz-Ahlers
2011 Dr. Howard Murad, Founder, Murad
2011 Nancy Nemer, Founder & CEO, YeloSpa
2011 Nicolas Ronco, Founder & CEO, Yelospa
2011 Lisa Williams, Senior VP Global Sales & Brand Development, Kerstin Florian
2010 Anthony DiGuiseppe, President/CEO, DiGuiseppe Architecture
2010 Sallie Fraenkel, COO, SpaFinder, Inc.
2010 Lori Hutchinson, Founder & Co-Owner, Hutchinson Consulting
2010 Daniel Lizio-Katzen, Managing Director, SpaBooker
2010 Kimberley Matheson-Shedrick, President & Owner, Natural Resources Spa Consulting
2010 Dr. Howard Murad, CEO & Founder, Murad, Inc.
2010 Nancy Nemer, Founder & CEO, Red Cashew
2010 Lisa Starr, Director of Community, SpaTrade
2010 Mindy Terry, President, Creative Spa Concepts
2009 Susie Ellis, President, SpaFinder, Inc.
