World Spa & Wellness Convention

As part of Professionalbeauty.world, the online event for hair, beauty, spa and aesthetics, Professional Beauty are hosting the online World Spa & Wellness Convention.

All sessions are completely free – to register please click here.

Tuesday 8 September

08.00 – Asia: Trends and updates part 1: Reports from the regions spa associations: Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand

Erwina Ciater, President, Indonesia Spa Associations

Datin Jeanette Tambakau, President, Association of Malaysian Spa & Chawanat Sinthukiow, Federation of Thai Spa Association 

Chawanat Sinthukiow – Federation of Thai Spa Association

CHAIR: Andrew Jacka, Chairman, Asia Pacific Spa & Wellness Coalition 

 

09.30 – Spa destinations and iconic city locations: strategies from Asia & Australasia: Host: Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder World Wellness Weekend & Tip Touch International

Emma McGrady, Director of Crown Spas

Sandie Johannessen, Senior Director of Spa, Asia Pacific 

 

11.00 – Overcoming HR challenges

Tara Hanrahan, Centara Hotels & Resorts

Amanda Teng, Hilton

Lulu Susiana Widjaja, Spa Consultant, BAS

Chair: Vikki Aquino, Director of Spas, Recreation & Kids’ Club

 

13.00 – The point of difference: Insights from the Middle East & Africa: Host: Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder World Wellness Weekend & Tip Touch International

Kerensa Langitan Group Spa & Wellness Manager, Lux* Me, Lux* Le Morne, Mauritius

Kent Richards, Corporate Operations Director, Six Senses Zighy Bay Resort and Spa, Oman

Julanda Marais, Regional Director of Spa, Talise Ottoman Spa, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Dubai, UAE 

 

16.00 – The GM debate: spa space does matter: Host: Emma Baron, Deputy General Manager, Professional Beauty GCC

Vincent McGrath, General Manager, Caesars Bluewater, Dubai

Cecilia McKay, General Manager, Irene Country Club, Pretoria

 

18.00 – Lesson from the Americas: Operating in a Covid environment: Host: Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder World Wellness Weekend & Tip Touch International

Philipp Knuepfer, General Manager Mandarin Oriental Boston

Patrick Huey, Chairman ISPA Group Spa Director, MONTAGE 

Rocco Bova, General Manager, Chablé 

Wednesday 9 September

 

08.00 – Asia: Trends and updates part 2: Reports from the regions spa associations: Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan 

Shenyn Wang, President, Taiwan Spa Association

Vanessa Main, Founder, Mangaing Director, The Loft Studio (Australia)

Ana Crawford, Founder, Managing Director, Spa Evolution Limited (New Zealand) 

CHAIR: Andrew Jacka, Chairman, Asia Pacific Spa & Wellness Coalition

 

09.30 – Keynote: Insight into travel trends

David Vu, APAC Commerical Strategy & Operations, TripAdvisor, Singapore 

 

11.00 – Digital: Did Covid-19 finally push our industry over the online border

Sirinit (Nod) Virayasiri (Country Marketing Manager Facebook Thailand)

Paradee Sinthawanarong (Country Chief Marketing Officer Lazada Thailand)

CHAIR: Kevin Maes, Welify

 

13.00 – Wellness destinations: navigating unchartered water: Host: Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder World Wellness Weekend & Tip Touch International

John Stewart, Co-founder, Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary & Holistic Spa, Thailand

John T G Nielsen, General Manger, Fivelements Retreat Bali, Indonesia;

Sonia Spring, Director of Marketing and PR, Clinique La Prairie Spa & Wellness Center, Switzerland

Andrew Gibson, Chairman, Wellness Tourism Association

 

16.00 – One size fits all: Health is wealth: Host: Emma Baron, Deputy General Manager, Professional Beauty GCC

Andy Barge, Director of Wellness, Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman

Emlyn Brown, Global Vice-President of Wellbeing, ACCOR, France

Herchell Cabrera, Director of Spa & Fitness, One & Only Rethi Rai, Maldives

 

18.00 – Ethical hospitality: Community Carbon and conscious luxury: Host: Jean-Guy de Gabriac, Founder World Wellness Weekend & Tip Touch International

Thor Holm President Green Spa Network, Spa Director Osmosis Spa

Reena Sheth Director Of Spa & Salon – The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai

 

Thursday 10 September

 

08.00 – Asia: Trends and updates part 3: Reports from the regions spa associations: Cambodia, China, Philippines and Vietnam

Chea Sarin, Founder, Champei Wellness, Cambodia

Khuong Anh Van, President, Menard Vietnam

Atho Dela Cruz, Corporate Spa Manager, Savoy & Belmont Hotel, Philippines

Dianna Liu, President, China National Spa Association

CHAIR: Andrew Jacka, Chairman, Asia Pacific Spa & Wellness Coalition

 

09.30 – Environmentally friendly sanitisation: Electro-chemically activated water

Derek Braden, Director, ECA Australasia Pty. Ltd.

CHAIR: Andrew Jacka, Chairman, Asia Pacific Spa & Wellness Coalition

 

11.00 – Treatment disruptors: How technology is impacting our sector 

Anne Battersby, CEO, Intelligenz Solutions (Australia)

Dr. Yinhsu Liu – BlissNow Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Kent Wiley – CEO, BMAsia (Thailand)

CHAIR: Andrew Jacka, Chairman, Asia Pacific Spa & Wellness Coalition

 

13.00 – Spa strategies from across the border: Best practice from Europe

Erica D’Angelo, Spa Director, Vair Spa, Italy

Becky Woodhouse, CEO, Pure Day Spa Group, UK

Tara Moore, The Spa at Galgorm, Northern Ireland

 

19.00 – Off the shelf: the retail strategy: Host: Emma Baron, Deputy General Manager, Professional Beauty GCC

Rosemary Read-Larson, Director of Wellness, Atlantic, The Palm, Dubai

Marisa Dimitriadis, Managing Director, The Spa Consultants 

More speakers and topics will be announced soon!

 

For more information on our speakers, click here.

 

Click here to register to attend the online sessions for free.