With all the recent debate about wellness in spas verses pampering in spas, I shake my head. When did spas stop being about health and esthetics with a good measure of pampering thrown in?

What's better than a soak in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland? Aaahh....now that's Spaaah. But now that Mount Eyjafjallajokull has split open, the spa delegates at SpaTec EU 2010 are stranded in Split (Croatia that is, not Iceland)...

It was an enlightening and very educational day meeting with European vendors at SpaTec EU Day 2 held in meeting rooms with serene views of the sapphire Adriatic Sea.

Starting in Sonoma, California, the destination was SpaTec EU in Split, Croatia at the Le Meridian Lav direclty on the spectacular Adriatic Sea.

Spa Concepts International's Eva M. Jensch shows how eco-friendly lifestyles are growing in popularity and becoming a priority for the spa community.