Marlies Sobczak-Boumans

Marlies Sobczak-Boumans has spent more than three decades immersed in Thalasso, and is recognised as one of Europe's leading experts in the field. She chairs the European Thalasso Working Group and serves on the Board of the European Spas Association (ESPA), as well as on the Board of ESPA's Dutch chapter, shaping the sector at both a European and national level. She was a participant in the European Tourism Manifesto, [pending: what her contribution involved]. Marlies is the author of [pending: book title], and a regular speaker at wellness conferences across Europe, where she shares her expertise on marine therapies, preventive healthcare and healthy ageing. Through Calmfidence World, she brings this decades-long expertise to a wider audience, exploring the science of the sea, the coastal climate and the sand beneath our feet as genuine, evidence-based paths to recovery.