{"id":5531,"date":"2024-05-17T20:13:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/?p=5531"},"modified":"2024-05-17T20:15:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:15:33","slug":"the-federation-of-state-massage-therapy-boards-fsmtb-partnered-with-the-international-spa-association-ispa-at-their-2024-conference-in-phoenix-arizona-from-april-23-25-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/2024\/05\/17\/the-federation-of-state-massage-therapy-boards-fsmtb-partnered-with-the-international-spa-association-ispa-at-their-2024-conference-in-phoenix-arizona-from-april-23-25-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) partnered with the International SPA Association (ISPA)\u00a0at their 2024 conference in Phoenix, Arizona."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><p><em>The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) partnered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/experienceispa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International SPA Association (ISPA)<\/a>&nbsp;at their 2024 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, from April 23-25, 2024.&nbsp; This partnership provided a significant opportunity for FSMTB to connect with spa industry professionals and discuss the evolving landscape of massage therapy regulation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><p><em>ISPA recognized the <a href=\"https:\/\/massagecompact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact)<\/a>&nbsp;at the event, promoting and supporting the mobility of licensed massage therapists. This additional licensing pathway will create reciprocity among participant states and reduce the barriers to license portability.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><p><em>FSMTB welcomes the opportunity to support solutions for the spa industry workforce shortage and extends a big THANK YOU to ISPA and all the attendees for making this a successful event!<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) partnered with the International SPA Association (ISPA)&nbsp;at their 2024 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, from April 23-25, 2024.&nbsp; This partnership provided a significant opportunity for FSMTB to connect with spa industry professionals and discuss the evolving landscape of massage therapy regulation.&nbsp;&nbsp; ISPA recognized the Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact)&nbsp;at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsmtb-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5535,"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531\/revisions\/5535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsmtb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}