Photo: Global Spa & Wellness Summit held in Bali, Indonesia in 2011
The 2013 Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) is scheduled to be held at The Oberoi Gurgaon from October 5-7, 2013. This year being the summit’s seventh edition, focuses on the theme ‘A Defining Moment’ and one of the main topics that would be addressed this year would be the growing importance of wellness tourism worldwide.
The inaugural Global Wellness Tourism Congress, a congress dedicated to wellness tourism, will be held in conjunction with the Summit taking place on October 5, 2013. The Congress will bring together ministers of tourism and other wellness tourism thought-leaders.
“We are happy that an Indian city has been selected as the location for the 2013 Global Spa & Wellness Summit and look forward to sharing India’s rich and diverse wellness offerings with delegates and media persons from all corners of the world,” said Dr. K. Chiranjeevi, Minister of State for Tourism. “The GSWS is a major force behind innovative and healthy growth in the spa/wellness industry, and we think that India, with its ancient history of wellness, is the perfect location for global leaders to gather.”
Susie Ellis, Chairman and CEO of the GSWS said, “The government of India has taken a leadership role by identifying wellness and wellness tourism as important contributors to a nation’s economy. As the birthplace of yoga, mediation, and Ayurveda, India is an ideal location to explore the historic roots of spa and wellness, as well as examine new global markets and revenue opportunities.”
The First Global Destination Spa Forum for ‘destination spas’, will also take place on October 5, 2013; wherein leaders from the 1,500-plus destination spas worldwide will collectively strategize on how to best solve their biggest challenges and capitalize on their biggest future opportunities.
Co-chairs of the 2013 Summit are Emanuel Berger, founder, Berger Hospitality Management GmbH, Switzerland; Susie Ellis, president, SpaFinder® Wellness, U.S.; and Andrew Gibson, group director of spas, Mandarin Hotel Group, Hong Kong.
source: http://www.voyagersworld.in / Voyagers World, monthly / Home / May 31st, 2013
