Why aboutSpa?

The first spa experience in my life surprised me deeply, it overturned my beliefs about what health means and how I looked at the medical system until then, as well as the preconceptions I had about Spa. It suddenly awakened my curiosity and the need to discover the mysteries of this field, the energy and vigor to start something that had absolutely nothing to do with everything I had worked and learned up to that point. I told here

I founded despreSpa.ro with the idea of communicating to everyone about the benefits of the spa, what I felt and experienced on my own skin: the fact that The spa is not just a moment of pampering, but much more than that: it's health - in the truest sense of the word.

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Focus on relaxation and balance

Spa experiences are specifically designed to totally relax and balance you. And not yesterday, not today - but for thousands of years - ever since there have been Polynesian, Balinese, Oriental, etc. rituals that aimed to harmonize the connection of body, mind and soul.

When the 5 senses (hearing, sight, smell, smell, taste and touch) relax simultaneously, the brain has no choice but to quiet down. Not because it wants to, but simply because it's not up to it. This is why even 15 minutes is enough to totally unwind. This is why I could say that the spa is the quickest way to relax. But spa experiences generally last at least 50 minutes.

This is why a massage in a salon or at home - if the atmosphere doesn't allow for simultaneous relaxation - will have major benefits on your body - but it won't relax you mentally.

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despreSpa is the voice of the Spa market in Romania

the first platform where you can find everything you are looking for about Spa, wellness and spa - so you can save valuable time:

information about the best spas and spa experiences, as well as a range of wellness offers and services for you and your wellbeing - designed in response to requests from our readers and customers from December 2010 until today.

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Ioana

After a career of 10 years in the banking system, I decided to retrain and dedicate myself to the spa concept, which I discovered by chance. From that moment on, I studied this field tirelessly and discovered its extraordinary facets.
In 2010 I founded the portal despreSpa.ro to spread the idea that Spa is far from being just a pampering, but a very effective way to prevent illness and stay balanced.

We communicate these values on a daily basis both to the readers of despreSpa.ro and to the employees of the companies in which we run well-being programs.

For the spa market specialists in Romania, we founded in 2014 the annual SPA Business Networing Event, the current Spa Romania Annual Conference, and we founded with other professionals the SPA Romania Association in order to regulate the legislation in the field.

Since 2015 I started to get involved in various international initiatives and projects, within the Global Wellness Institute and Global Wellness Day, with the aim to better position Romania on the international map of Spa & Wellness destinations.

From 2023, together with the best Spa specialists in Romania, we founded SpaEdu - the first Spa Management Academy in Romania.
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Toma Grozavescu helps companies grow and find the most effective ways to increase sales and attract new customers.

He is one of the main promoters in Romania of the concept of growth hacking, the same marketing approach used by some of the most successful startups in the world, such as Facebook, Uber, Airbnb or LinkedIn.

In 2015 he founded SMARTERS, the first Growth Hacking Marketing Agency in Romania.
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Laura

Service & Communication Enthusiast. Passionate about Service, in the purest, British, hospitable sense of the word, but also about initiating and growing communities, developing those concepts and projects that add value to those for whom they are intended.

Her professional career has been shaped and enriched in two main areas - Hospitality, where she has fulfilled Communication and Marketing roles both at hotel level (Sheraton Bucharest) and at hotel group level (Ana Hotels Grup), and Education, where she has coordinated Customer Experience, Sales and Project Management activities (British School of Bucharest, International House Bucharest).
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Sebi

I'm 18 years old, I'm a student in 12th grade, Social Sciences, Brâncoveanu High School in Bucharest.

When I turned 4 and started to become aware of what was going on around me, my mom was just starting the aboutSpa.ro project. It was impossible not to notice how enthusiastically she was working on it.
As the years went by, I wanted more and more to be like her, to create a business from scratch and to be involved 100% in its development.

Since February 2023 I have been working 1 hour/day in the aboutSpa.ro project with various responsibilities: from publishing and SEO optimization of articles, sending Newsletter editions, some design in Photoshop etc.
As of October 2023 I will also take over the role of program coordinator in SpaEdu - the first Spa Management Academy in Romania.
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Our history

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2010
  • Launch of despreSpa.ro
  • SPA Business section launch
  • 2011
  • First Spa Market Study
  • Collaborations with specialists in various wellness areas
  • Launch of gift vouchers
  • Online spa appointments
  • First free eBooks
  • 2012
  • First corporate offers
  • Wellness specialist blogs
  • Launch cards and email vouchers
  • SPA Boutique Launch
  • 2013
  • Brosura SPA Business
  • Strategic partnerships with OPTBR and other organizations
  • Coaching launch at SPA Spaventura
  • Data centralization SPA market in Romania 2012
  • 2014
  • Launch of SPA & Wellness Romania magazine
  • First SPA Business Networking Event
  • Designing the first Corporate Wellness programs
  • Founding SPA Romania Association
  • Data centralization SPA Market in Romania 2013
  • 2015
  • Art of SPA" column in Forbes Life
  • Workshops at Asebus / Exec-Edu
  • The first ESPA (European SPA Association) partnership
  • Balancerium programs
  • First Spaventura press-trip to promote the SPA concept
  • Data centralization SPA market in Romania 2012
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day in Romania
  • 2016
  • Global Wellness Day Ambassadors in Romania
  • ESPA award for best media partner
  • SPA & Wellness Romania online magazine
  • Data centralization SPA Market in Romania 2015
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day in Romania
  • 2017
  • Global Mentorship Program Ambassador in Romania
  • Member of the Eastern European Initiative - Global Wellness Institute
  • Volunteer SPA experiences #ExperienceBucharest and #ExperienceRomania Special edition of the magazine Romania - Wellness Destination
  • ESPA award for best media partner
  • Data centralization SPA Market in Romania 2016
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day in Romania
  • 2018
  • Partnership with Travelle - Wellness Escapes
  • Launch of Travelle wellness programs & events
  • Member of the Wellness Tourism Initiative - Global Wellness Institute
  • Launch of the tourism project "Romania - Wellness Destination"
  • ESPA award for best media partner
  • Data centralization SPA Market in Romania 2017
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day in Romania
  • 2019
  • Organization of the first edition of the Romanian Spa and Spa Tourism Awards
  • Organization of the Annual Congress of Spa & Spa Tourism in Romania
  • Launching and organizing the Business Infusion event series
  • Study of Wellness tourist behavior in Romania vs the rest of the world (by Global Wellness Institute)
  • ESPA award for best media partner
  • Data centralization SPA Market in Romania 2018
  • Data Centralization Romanian Spa Market 2018
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day in Romania
  • 2020
  • Study of Wellness tourist behavior in Romania vs the rest of the world post-Pandemic
  • SPA Market Data Centralization in Romania 2019
  • Romanian Spa Market Data Centralization 2019
  • Launch of the SPA & Wellness Community Romania
  • Launch of the despreSpa.ro Initiatives: Wellness for Children, Wellness at the Office, Sustainability in Romanian Spa and Spa Centers, Recycling
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day in Romania (online, in Pandemic weather)
  • Launch SPA Management Mentoring Program - online - 100% for free
  • 2021
  • Launch of Spa Management courses for spa centers
  • Launch Anti-Aging Course for the despreSpa.ro community
  • New columns in the SPA Blog: Potrete piata Spa #CreatoriDeExperientiDeExperienti and #IoanaRecomanda
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day in Romania
  • 2022
  • Launch Spa Corner - Corporate Wellness Program
  • Partners in Spa and Wellness Tourism Congress - organized in collaboration with OPTBR
  • Partnership for growth with SMARTERS
  • #IoanaRecommend also in video format
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day in Romania
  • "Spa Ritual" column in Psychologies magazine
  • Participation at the Presentation Mission of the Italian Thermal Regions, at the invitation of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Media partner of the event series "Balneology in Transylvania"
  • 2023
  • Spa Romania Annual Conference - edition 2023
  • Spa Romania 2023 Awards - 1st edition
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day 2023 - 10th edition in Romania
  • Spa Management Mentoring Program - 3rd edition
  • Mentoring Program for Head Therapists - 1st edition
  • SpaEdu Launch - The First Spa Academy in Romania
  • Launch First Spa Management Course - 12 months
  • 2024
  • SpaEdu receives CIDESCO Training School Status
  • Launch Level 1 - Introduction to Spa
  • Launch Level 2 - for Spa Therapists and Spa Receptionists
  • Launch of Spa Business Challenge - the first challenge for Spa & Spa Professionals
  • Spa Romania Annual Conference - 2024 edition
  • Spa Awards Romania - 2024 edition
  • Organizing Global Wellness Day - 11th edition in Romania
  • Launch of Experience Exchange Program between teams of Spa Manager, Head Therapist & Head Receptionist
  • Launch SpaEdu in-house courses - We come where we are needed
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