SpaMeeting
Traditional Moroccan mint tea being served at the Olives restaurant
Sofi tel’s Aldina Duarte Ramos and Laboratoire’s Camylle’s Marc Massing
rganised by Beyond Beauty Events and supported by media partner European Spa, every SpaMeeting has a simple aim – to provide attendees with the individually- tailored experience that will best further their business aims. To that end, this year’s SpaMeeting Europe and Africa, held at the luxurious Mazagan resort in El Jadida, Morocco resulted in a fl urry of networking and commercial meetings.
UR Beautiful’s Mary Bell and Gharieni’s Sammy Gharieni
The latest event featured a total of 90 participants, spanning a total of 24 nationalities, with 80% from Europe and attendees from Mexico, Thailand, the US, Australia and Dubai. SpaMeeting director Valérie Vanier and her team worked hard to bring together a mixture of niche and exclusive suppliers and buyers as well as more
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well-established, premium brands. It’s this exclusivity of both buyers and suppliers that remains one of SpaMeeting’s best assets – every company is cherry- picked to ensure that each buyer and supplier has access to the best contacts on the global spa market. “In terms of buyers, our larger organisations, such as
Sofi tel and Six Senses are fantastic from a corporate perspective, while our independent and single-site operators are able to make immediate purchasing decisions,” said Vanier. “For each SpaMeeting, it’s all about fi nding the perfect balance between the two.” Every SpaMeeting event takes a simple but effective format that Vanier believes offers “the ideal structure for building relationships, developing networks and considering a range of future partnerships”. “Fundamentally,” she said, “we want to create the most
From Morocco, European Spa reports on two packed days of meetings and networking at the recent SpaMeeting Europe and Africa event
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Clarins’ Morgan Lefrancois and Themae’s Valerie Couvreux
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