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Speakers announced for 2017 Healing Summit in Berlin
POSTED 12 Dec 2016 . BY Luke Cloherty
US radio host Valerie Smaldone will host the 2017 Healing Summit
US radio host Valerie Smaldone will host the 2017 Healing Summit
Wellness hotel consortium Healing Hotels of the World has announced the lineup for its 2017 Healing Summit.

Held in Berlin between 6-7 March 2017, the event will showcase a number of prominent speakers addressing its Building a Global Healing Business Community theme, including:

• Valerie Smaldone (host) – American journalist and radio presenter
• Hemant Kanoria – Indian infrastructure businessman and managing director of Srei Infrastructure Finance
• Stella Photi – Founder and managing director of Wellbeing Escapes
• Nikki Costello – certified iyengar toga teacher
• Marjorie Hines Woollacott – neuroscience professor at the University of Oregon

Organisers will donate €50 (US$53; £42) from each registration fee for the Healing Summit to charity Nadia’s Initiative, which was founded by Nadia Murad, a survivor of the ISIS genocide on the Yazidi community in Iraq. The charity’s mission is to help women and children whose lives are affected by genocide, mass atrocities and human trafficking.

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Speakers announced for 2017 Healing Summit in Berlin
POSTED 12 Dec 2016 . BY Luke Cloherty
US radio host Valerie Smaldone will host the 2017 Healing Summit
US radio host Valerie Smaldone will host the 2017 Healing Summit
Wellness hotel consortium Healing Hotels of the World has announced the lineup for its 2017 Healing Summit.

Held in Berlin between 6-7 March 2017, the event will showcase a number of prominent speakers addressing its Building a Global Healing Business Community theme, including:

• Valerie Smaldone (host) – American journalist and radio presenter
• Hemant Kanoria – Indian infrastructure businessman and managing director of Srei Infrastructure Finance
• Stella Photi – Founder and managing director of Wellbeing Escapes
• Nikki Costello – certified iyengar toga teacher
• Marjorie Hines Woollacott – neuroscience professor at the University of Oregon

Organisers will donate €50 (US$53; £42) from each registration fee for the Healing Summit to charity Nadia’s Initiative, which was founded by Nadia Murad, a survivor of the ISIS genocide on the Yazidi community in Iraq. The charity’s mission is to help women and children whose lives are affected by genocide, mass atrocities and human trafficking.

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Authenticity is key for ‘Trailblazers of Wellness Tourism’


Representatives from Slovenia, Finland, Jordan and the Healing Hotels of the World consortium gathered at World Travel Market in London last week for a panel entitled “Trailblazers of Wellness Tourism,” sponsored by the Global Wellness Institute.
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