About Hana Cathala
"Promoting the development of health tourism world-wide by providing expertise to create, assist, operate, date, up-grade and market spas and health resorts." |
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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. |
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Hana consult the creation and pre-opening of historical SPA Hotel Augustiánský dum in Moravian SPA town Luhacovice. Opening 1st of March 2010. |
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Hana with MUDr. Sona Hájková offer Stage „Insight“ in the mountain Krkonoše in August 2009 |
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Hana is preparing the First SPA Managers Training in cooperation with Sol Melia Hotels. |
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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. During her activities, she fulfilled the position of SPA Manager and Human resource Manager, too. Hana follows the international missions in Djerba (Tunisia, 2008).
She is available to study any offer of cooperation.
Curriculum vitae
Awards
- Sol Melia Thank you
- Master degree - Charles University of Prague
- University diploma
- Beautican diplomas (Cosmetic Services, Micromassage)
- Diploma in Thalassotherapy and Spa Management
- Certificate SOTHYS: beauty seminar and massage Digi-esthétique
- BABOR Tratments Seminar
Reference Letters
- French Award for the Best Health Tourism of the year 1996
- Tunisian Reference Letter
- Reference Letter from Porto Carras - Halkidiki, Greece
- Reference Letter from Egnatia Palace - Thessaloniki, Greece
- Attestation of seminar of University of Health Sciences and Techniques of Sousse, Tunisia
- Assesment - lázně Velichovky
- Reference Letter from Lázně Jáchymov





