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07 Feb 2024
US developer Olympus Real Estate Group has breathed new life into California's historic Murrieta Hot
02 Feb 2024
Wake the Tiger, the Bristol-based immersive art experience, is set to open its 1,000sq m
26 Oct 2023
For the past 30 years, historic Southern California hot springs retreat Murrieta Hot Springs Resort
13 Sep 2023
A newly opened visitor centre at White Crane Lake in Yingtan, China, has been designed
16 Aug 2023
Sir Nick Varney has been revealed as the headline speaker at this year's VAC. Taking
14 Jul 2023
VisitEngland has published its Annual Survey of Visits to Visitor Attractions for 2022, showing that
Introducing Sprung Gym-Flooring, where innovation meets excellence in the world of flooring and sports solutions.
22 Mar 2023
Visitor numbers at the UK’s leading attractions have bounced strongly, getting to 78 per cent
10 Jan 2023
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England
04 Nov 2022
A huge "film city" and visitor attraction project in Nigeria has reached a major milestone,
19 Oct 2022
California’s historic Murrieta Hot Springs has been purchased for US$50m (€51m, £44.4m) by Olympus Real
12 Oct 2022
The National Visitor Attractions Conference (VAC 2022), has been held for the 19th time. Taking
30 Sep 2022
VAC 2022 has announced the final line-up of 25 top attractions sector speakers set to
Study Active has legally acquired the name “Premier Global” and select Premier Global branding assets
01 Jun 2022
Bernard Donoghue, director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), has been awarded an
21 Mar 2022
Lobbying is gearing up in advance of the Spring Budget this week, with UK Active
24 Feb 2022
New beachfront resort Radisson Blu Zaffron Resort will open its doors on the popular Greek
06 Feb 2022
Culturespaces has announced that its new digital art centre, Fabrique des Lumières, will open in
02 Jun 2021
A coalition of global organisations and business leaders from BP, BHP, Clifford Chance, Deloitte, HSBC,
28 Apr 2021
Marine spa brand Phytomer has introduced salvation for even the driest skin with the launch
PerformX Live, the premier business of fitness event, has announced Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and
09 Apr 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in visits to the world's top 100 museums and galleries
31 Mar 2021
The UK's major visitor attractions recorded just 45.4 million visits during 2020 – a 70
22 Oct 2020
For those who missed VAC 2020 – the annual UK Conference for Visitor Attractions –
05 Oct 2020
UK tourism and heritage minister, Nigel Huddleston, delivered the keynote speech during this year's Annual
10 Jul 2020
England and Scotland have become the most recent countries to announce their spas will reopen,
30 May 2020
The fitness industry in Europe is uniting today (30 May) to launch #beactivehour, a free
15 May 2020
"When I started working at Natura Bisse, the first thing I learned from our skincare
25 Mar 2020
Police in San Antonio, Texas, were forced to shut down the city's aquarium after the
20 Mar 2020
As part of its Ten York condo development in Toronto, developer Tridel has created an
20 Mar 2020
The heads of several major organisations, including The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), the
20 Mar 2020
Therapists qualified in mental health interventions are being invited to get involved with a new,
12 Feb 2020
BIG Ideas, the technology arm of renowned architecture firm Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG), has partnered
05 Feb 2020
A new project looks to help women who are currently inactive and going through menopause
25 Dec 2019
It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been
29 Nov 2019
London-based designers Tino Seubert and Theodora Alfredsdottir have teamed up to create Corrugation Lights, a
22 Nov 2019
The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has confirmed that HRH The Duke of York,
05 Nov 2019
Aecom are creating a new waterfront public park in San Francisco that will incorporate elements
25 Oct 2019
Waechter Architecture has created a 20,000sq ft (1,900sq m) hotel and spa complex called Society
10 Oct 2019
For the first time, a woman has been crowned top aufguss master in the world
01 Oct 2019
Every museum would like to know more about what goes through its visitors minds as
06 Sep 2019
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has published its Transformation 2022 Refresh document – the second
26 Jul 2019
Huw Edwards, acting CEO of ukactive, has called on the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson,
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Although there’s much talk about working with
health services, research from SLC suggests
there’s much work to do before the sector is
ready for the challenge. Kath Hudson asks the
experts to identify barriers and solutions
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Property experts say it’s a golden moment for health and fitness operators
to secure leases, as the sector has come through the pandemic with its
reputation largely intact and clubs are seen as desirable anchor tenants.
Kath Hudson finds out why landlords want to talk
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New laws are about to come into force that will oblige health club operators to offer consumers better membership terms. It will be disruptive, but tackled well, will change the sector for the better
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Liz Terry looks at which operators
are most recognised by consumers,
using Kantar’s latest brand insight
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A new study from researchers at Yale shows HIIT can reverse nerve damage caused by Parkinson’s
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Dr Paul Bedford talks
to Jak Phillips about
the double-edged
sword of the strength
training trend and his
ambitions for the sector
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Absenteeism and presenteeism is
taking a huge economic toll, with
musculoskeletal problems and poor
mental health the biggest issues.
Can workplace wellness make
a difference? Kath Hudson investigates
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You might be tempted to skip a service, but
experts say it will cost you in the long run.
Providers tell Steph Eaves why they their work
is important to the management of assets
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Founder, Physique 57“Our ‘why?’ is to improve the lives of our clients, not to make them feel defeated”
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Remember when there was mass hostility about London hosting the 2012 Olympics? Huw Edwards, CEO of UK Active, was there. He talks to Kath Hudson about the lessons he learned
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