About Hana Cathala

News

	Community Development Foundation Gawad Kalinga received at the end of the year 2011 an intervention from Hana helping developping of EcoTourisme and AgroTurisme and its adapted SPA.

	Congress of Wellness organized by VŠ Palestra takes place in Prague , in November 2011. Hana participate with a conference "Educate the client to the responsability of his health".

	Hana developped the concept of Day SPA Moana, in Arles, south of France, and restructurated it for its better profitability.

	Hana invite the therapists and fans of Wellness in nature to her village. Invitation and program

	Studijní cesta do Francie pro wellness a lázeňské odborníky 13-19.9.2010. Pozvánka ke stažení zde

	Hana came back to the Selje in Norway, 10 years after finishing there her project of the first Thalassotherapy center in Scandinavia. She up dated the center - design, programs, products, equipement, staff training.

	Hana finished her 3 years mission in Moravia, Luhacovice, SPA hotel Augustiniansky dum. In position SPA Conceptor, SPA Consultant et SPA Manager. Hotel was opened March 19th with great succes

	Hana published a Czech book; Wellness, from the exterieur movement to the interieur silence. Edition Grada, Prague, 2007.

Who is she?

Hana Cathala is an international consultant of Health tourism and communication, developing this concept and expanding it all around the world.

Professional and personal evolution

Czechoslovakia, especially Prague gave her a cosmopolitan education, human sciences knowledge, practice of thermalisme (Spa), sport training and fitness.
Norway application of rehabilitation in the natural conditions. France gave her the thalassotherapy education and approch of oriental methods and spirituality. Other countries gave her the cultural adaptation of this concept. For the past 30 years she creates programs, concepts or projects aiming - with different means - to the harmony of the human being with oneselve, their surrounding and with nature.

Range of service

She is a therapist, teacher, animator, coordinator and a manager of such centres (e.g. Spa, Thalassotherapy, Fitness, Wellness, Care for handicapped people, Senior's home, Youth).

Current activities

She organises seminars for communication, guest service, personal development (re-looking, "Create your harmony», “Wellness for everybody” etc.). From Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lettonia, Greece, Tunisia, Turkey, Norway, France, she is demanded by owners of facilities or by the public sector of education, health and tourism.

For quite a long time Hana was residing in Thessaloniki, Greece supervising ongoing "Health Tourism" projects (for example: Egnatia Palace Hotel, Myrtia Hotel and Rehabilitation Centre, and mainly Porto Carras Resort in Thessaloniki, Chalkidiki), she also cooperated with Econord (Leading Greek Spa Building Company). In position of Marketing Manager, she developed in Velichovky (medical spa for locomotor system diseases in the Czech Republic) a modern concept of SPA 1 Wellness. With her team of Czech architects she was working on number of brand new wellness & SPA projects, in Bohemia (Liberec, Machovo jezero, Ceske Budejovice, Frymburk etc.), Moravia (Studenka, Beskydy etc.) and Slovakia (Sturovo).

She wrote a SPA & Wellness book, co-created Czech Wellness association, published in professional revues and gave the courses in the professional schools of Tourism & Health.

Since 35 years she is working in positions of SPA Manager and Director of Human Ressources, recruiting and training her international staff.

She is open to study any new offer and transform this challenge to the unique, authentic, original project, totaly adapted to the place, and with the best profitability.

Curriculum vitae

English CV (2012) (pdf), English CV 2012 (doc)

French CV 2012 (pdf)

Czech CV 2012(pdf)

Awards

Reference Letters

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