Speakers & Topics

Emcee

Being on the Board of Advisors for the Asian Spa institute, running her own spa consulting firm, as well as being a popular spa and wellness writer for key publications provides Melinda Yon with key insights in the latest trends and demands of our industry.

 

Seminar

Ecological medicine: the interdependence of human and environmental health

As the world hurtles into the globalize collapse of both natural and human systems, we face a public health crisis of unprecedented proportions. In his presentation, Kenny Ausubel makes the case that solutions are largely present, inspired by how nature does it.

 

The global economic slowdown: impacts on Asia Pacific travel and tourism

Specializing in the collection and analysis of travel and tourism statistics, John Koldowski offers invaluable information and insights to help you stay on top in the current global economic climate. Discover how to identify and appeal to the markets that can yield impressive and profitable results.

 

Creating and sustaining environmental wellness: it's not what you build, but how it's built

Learn the importance of creating the right spa environment through design. Dan Bube is one of the world's leading experts on creating buildings, gardens and spaces which heal, embrace and inspire. Now allow him inspire you.

 

Cultivating connection and community: the heart of personal and planetary wellness

New cutting-edge findings in neuroscience, ecology and psychology keep validating what we already intuitively know: we are inextricably interdependent. How can we re-prioritize healthy relations, within ourselves, with each other and with the rest of life on Earth? Nina Simons will explain how we can develop our capacities to align our work and our lives with that most crucially important of all transformations.

 

Wellness and the Community: how responsible business practices can enhance brand image and spa profitability

Andrew Jones shares his wealth of experience in hospitality to bring you practical strategies to create responsible business models and practices that can improve return on investment, while creating loyalty and stability in the workforce.

 

Green luxury design

Interior design guru Clodagh inspires with green design principles. Learn how to bring joy and comfort to your clients in the knowledge that each holistic treatment they take in a sustainable environment will spread healing and prosperity far beyond the walls of your spa.

 

What really keeps us well: lessons from a Global Medicine Hunter®

Dr. Meg Jordan, author, speaker, international health journalist, medical anthropologist, behavioral medicine specialist, and registered nurse, addresses the need for creating spa communities that are relevant to a new generation of health-conscious consumers, whose ideas of luxury and comfort are shifting to a quest for preservation.

 

The new R&R: rhythm and ritual in the Circadian Spa

Sleep specialist, Dr Rubin Naiman, delivers an innovative presentation outlining a new, essential framework for 21st century spa services that integrates rhythm and ritual as a foundation for the Circadian Spa.

 

Winning with retail

Retail is often the best way to increase sales without increasing payroll. Learn how key aspects of retail can be implemented for maximum benefit from one of Asia's most experienced spa consultants, Samantha Forester.

 

Branding for success, in the midst of change and challenges

In an increasingly crowded marketplace with a looming global economic downturn, the branding stakes have just gotten higher. Learn from marketing expert Cathy Chon what it will it take for your brand to succeed today.

 

Workshops

Circumstances unforeseen ... the human scale of reliability and liability in the spa ... an interactive risk management workshop for the spa & wellness industry

In the spa, people are our biggest ultimate responsibility – the safety and security of our guests and staff is paramount. Two leading spa and wellness industry development and training specialists will lead an interactive workshop that will focus on positive planning for viability and reliability.

 

The physiological and mental benefits of happiness: Strategies from the field of positive psychology

Hosted by inspirational speaker Kim Serafini and two world leaders in the field of positive psychology, this 3-hour workshop will provide you with insights into why it is our personal responsibility to raise our mental, physical, social and environmental wellbeing and thus, our happiness level.

 

Creativity in motion: exploring the true essence of SPA and WELLNESS by integrating Eco materials and Bio textiles

Discover the hottest trends in Barefoot Luxury and Organic/Tropical Chic, including spa architecture, interior design, considerate product and material design. Eco experts Motti Essakow and Fatemeh Eskandarypur conduct a 3-hour interactive workshop designed to provoke and motivate self consciousness and creativity in all areas of carefree luxury eco spa design.

 

The transformation from spa to sanctuary: training the next generation of spa therapists

The times of pure luxury pampering are over. Increasingly, spa customers are searching for a deeper sense of meaning and for feeling whole. Frank Weckesser, a team trainer, experienced in the healing arts, will discuss new approaches to educating spa therapists to create the necessary foundation for this new development which is changing the whole industry.

 

What is a Healing Hotel?

According to Healing Hotels of The World co-founder Elisabeth Ixmeier, a healing hotel is a place to relax, rejuvenate, learn about and improve health, to reconnect and experience new dimensions of wellbeing that lead to a transformation of body, mind and soul with long-lasting effects. In a 1.5-hour interactive focus group, Elisabeth Ixmeier will explain how hotels can greatly enhance the guest experience by integrating wellbeing into each of its aspects.

 

Private Consultation

Responsible business opportunity analysis

Potential saving and efficiency gains, as well as other benefits, can be gained from this one-on-one, holistic analysis of your business. Learn how using nature as the starting point and considering the business as a natural system can move your business in a responsible and more profitable direction.