Projects

Apart from a chance to get involved in exciting business, cultural or educational ventures, our projects offer opportunities to meet distinguished business and political figures from both the UK and Slovakia.


SlovAqua Vitae

Slovak health and therapeutic spas and investment


SlovAqua Vitae is a complex SBBC project aimed at introducing and promoting Slovak therapeutic spas to the UK market and investment opportunities into spa industry.

January 2007, The International Tourism Fair Slovakiatour ’07, Bratislava, Slovakia


Medical tourism and health & therapeutic spa themed presentations at the Tourism Business Forum at the ITF tourism fair were followed by info tour for British journalists around prominent therapeutic spas in Slovakia. The tour was organised with the support of the Slovak Tourist Board. Find more information here>>

Interested in the field of tourism and health spa industry? Find out about topical investment opportunities, and make the most of them, through the SBBC Investors’ Club .


Education Programme in Slovakia:

Supporting Cultural Heritage and Investment


The programme is aimed at owners and managers of historical properties in Slovakia, e.g. municipalities, regional and national government, and representatives of associated institutions, e.g. Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.

It is focused at preparing the owners and managers of Cultural Heritage properties for engagement with international investors and investment from abroad to maximise the value achieved. More>>


Comments From Our Speakers

Freezing Cold Outside, But Warm About The Heart

By Oliver Maurice, the former head of the National Trust

Would I be prepared to go to Bratislava and speak at the SBBC conference on the National Trust in the UK? It all started with this question. Having worked for the National Trust for 32 years, until I retired 4 years ago and set myself up as an international heritage consultant to National Trusts overseas, I felt reasonably well qualified to deliver... More>>

A Tantalising Glimpse

By Michael Taylor, Historic Areas Adviser, English Heritage, West Midlands Region

Sitting on my train on the way to the office on 13th January I could, if challenged, have found the Slovak Republic on a map of Europe fairly confidently, I could have named Bratislava as the capital and offered a few details about the Velvet Revolution and Divorce and Slovakia’s accession to the EU in 2004. That was about the limit to my knowledge of the country...More>>