{"id":6262,"date":"2025-08-10T12:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/?p=6262"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:54:14","slug":"wellandia-announces-partnership-with-espa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wellandia-announces-partnership-with-espa\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellandia Announces Partnership with ESPA and Innovation Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wellandia.eu\/\">Wellandia<\/a> has opened its platform to all European health, spa, and well-being destinations and spa hotels, with a focus on health.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wellandia is a complete universe &#8211; <em>Wellbeing 360\u00b0<\/em> &#8211; where customers can discover verified centers and clinics, carefully selected medical spas, relaxation spas, wellness packages, and trustworthy information on relaxation, nutrition, exercise, recovery, sleep, and modern wellness technologies. In addition, <strong>Wellandia serves as a valuable resource for spa professionals, a platform for career opportunities and education programmes for excellence in Spa <\/strong>&#8211; https:\/\/wellandia.eu\/en\/spa-professionals\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ioana Marian<\/strong> founded <strong>despreSpa.ro<\/strong> in 2010 with the goal of sharing everything she had experienced and felt about the spa\u2019s benefits. She emphasized that the spa is not merely a moment of pampering \u2014 it is true health in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 15 years of exploring the world of spa and health together, despreSpa.ro has evolved into <strong>Wellandia<\/strong> &#8211; a new name with the same dedicated team, vision, and values: promoting relaxation, natural resources, physical activity, personalized nutrition, advanced technologies, and recovery, all to inspire your journey toward well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recognizing excellence: ESPA Award winners receive 12 months of complimentary support and acknowledgment for their spa centers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>As part of its collaboration with ESPA, Wellandia will grant the winners of the 2024 and 2025 ESPA Innovation Awards a complimentary 12-month Exclusive Membership. This package includes access to a specialized recruitment platform for the European spa industry, extensive promotional opportunities, and dedicated educational programs for spa managers, therapists, and reception teams \u2014 all designed to foster excellence and growth in spa and wellness businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Exclusive Membership package includes (but is not limited to):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlimited job postings for spa or balneary therapists, receptionists, and spa managers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gamified career progression tools for employees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free experience exchange programs with other Wellandia spa partners \u2014 available to therapists as well as teams of spa managers, head therapists, and head receptionists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online promotion: a dedicated page on Wellandia featuring monthly offers, articles, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More details on the Exclusive Membership are available here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/wellandia.eu\/en\/colaborare-wellandia\/\">https:\/\/wellandia.eu\/en\/colaborare-wellandia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><br>Ioana Marian<br>Founder of Wellandia (formerly despreSpa.ro)<br>Email: office@wellandia.eu<br>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/wellandia.eu\/\">https:\/\/wellandia.eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-1024x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-1536x846.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-696x383.jpg 696w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-1068x588.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-1920x1057.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo-1320x727.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Banner_Wellandia-with-logo.jpg 1970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellandia has opened its platform to all European health, spa, and well-being destinations and spa hotels, with a focus on health. 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