Meeting Of The International Spa Business Associations - 28th October 2017, Montegrotto Terme

Meeting Of The International Spa Business Associations
- 28th October 2017, Montegrotto Terme

PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE SPA INDUSTRY

9:00 a.m. - Introductory speech On. Iles Braghetto
(already composed Euro Parliament)

9:15 - 9:45 a.m. - Current application of EU Directive 24/2011
Ennio Gori – OMTh President

9:45 - 10:15 a.m. - Legislative proposal regarding the regulation of the spa sector
in Italy and the establishment of the Italian National Spa Day.
Mr. Edoardo Fanucci - Member of the Italian Parliament
Mrs. Vanessa Camani - Member of the Italian Parliament

9:45 - 10:15 a.m. - Spa business in Latin America
Hugo Ficosecco – ALATh President – Latino American ThermalAssociation
Fabio Lazzerini – Scientific Director of the Brazilian Spa Business Association

10:15 - 10:45 a.m. - Development of the spa industry in China
Pier Francesco Bernacchi – OMTh Managing Committee Advisor

10:45 - 11:15 a.m. - The spa industry in North Africa
Mohamed Benmakhlouf – AMSTM President
Moroccan Spa Business Association

11:15 - 11:45 a.m. - The spa industry in the Balkan Region
Izkok Altbauer – Director of Slovenian Spas Association

11:45 - 12:30 a.m. - Roundtable

BREAK

The role of the international associations in the spa business today and tomorrow.

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Andres Campos - SITh President

3:00 - 3.30 p.m. - Giuseppe Bellandi - EHTTA (European Historical Thermal Town Association) President

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. - Pedro Cantista - ISMH President

4:00 - 4:30 pm. - ESPA Representative - Izkok Altbauer

4:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Roundtable

5:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Final remarks