magazine, Top Hotel, and is coauthor of SPA 2010. Her columns can be found in trade press such as German-based AHGZ, Austrian ÖGZ, and Gastwirt. With vast experience in the hotel industry since 1973 and stud- ies at Cornell University, she has specialized in the spa business for more than 15 years. Ms. Dorn-Petersen is a member of the German Wellness Association and is deeply involved in “Real Wellness.” She explores spas and wellness hotels as a mystery guest and is highly regarded for her criti- cal reports. Her analysis on the “Wellness Destination Usedom” contrib- uted a great deal to the recognition and growth of Usedom island on the Baltic Sea as a hot spot for spa and wellness seekers.
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ildegard Dorn-Petersen writes regularly for Germany’s leading hotel