The next step on the GSS journey was a post summit trip from Interlaken to Lausanne for a visit to the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne. This is like no other university you have ever experienced! Walk into the main building – half the students are suited and booted reflecting the ‘front of house’ part [...]

The Summit is like no other conference! Modeled loosely on the annual World Economic Forum at Davos – participation mandatory; movers & shakers only; by invitation only; everybody pays – this is a true global strategy session, not a talking heads get-together. Kicking off with 25 – that’s 25 – individual country reports on the [...]

Travelling from Zurich to Interlaken, the venue for the Global Spa Summit, we are subjected the pleasure of the Swiss rail system – part of an integrated approach to transport that is a joy to behold! Zurich – change at Bern by exiting train, walking 3 metres and joining the connection almost immediately – then [...]

2009 marks the 3rd year of the Global Spa Summit – an annual conference for the great and the good of the global spa industry who have accepted the daunting challenge of providing leadership and insight into the future direction of the spa sector. As spa irresistibly moves from niche to mainstream this is an [...]