Belfast news
13 Apr 2026
The fourth Hello GoodLife Health & Wellbeing Hub has opened in Ireland to meet increasing
11 Jan 2024
Xponential Fitness is bringing its Club Pilates brand to the UK, with the opening of
Blk Box, a leading strength equipment manufacturer known for creating and delivering world-class training facilities,
27 Feb 2023
Reform RX has developed a new digital Pilates reformer that provides users with biometric feedback
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
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
02 Nov 2021
W5 Science Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has re-opened to the public following a £4.5m
12 Apr 2021
Health clubs, leisure centres and studios in England have opened today (12 April) for the
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
30 Jul 2020
Belfast-based gym equipment manufacturer Blk Box designs, engineers and fabricates a range of rigs for
19 Jun 2020
Belfast’s £105m Leisure Transformation Programme has been recognised for its social impact by the Royal
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
19 Mar 2020
Fitness and physical activity operators in the UK have begun closing facilities and cancelling events,
24 Feb 2020
Ireland's top attraction, the Guinness Storehouse, is to come under new leadership from April, with
21 Feb 2020
Plans for an £11m (US$14.2m, €13m) extension to The Gobbins, a famous cliff-face path at
10 Feb 2020
The future nature of Belfast Zoo is uncertain after a motion was tabled by a
09 Jan 2020
The upcoming Game of Thrones studio tour in Bambridge, Northern Ireland, will boost the country's
20 Dec 2019
Aquarium company reefLive says it has received an "overwhelmingly positive" level of community feedback to
04 Dec 2019
British astronaut Tim Peake has urged the UK government to invest more in science, education
01 Nov 2019
Two newly-built leisure centres are set to open their doors in Belfast next month as
20 Sep 2019
The Samsung Digital Discovery Centre (SDDC), a technological hub for children and young people at
18 Sep 2019
Independent hotel group Hastings Hotels has named Niamh Rice as the new spa manager at
25 Jul 2019
Proposals for a new £10m (US$12.48m, €11.21m) ReefLIVE aquarium in Belfast's Titanic Quarter are to
16 May 2019
The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards were announced in London last night (15
28 Feb 2019
A new visitor centre is in the offing for London’s famous replica of the Golden
11 Dec 2018
Northern Ireland’s only burial ground with a Jewish section is to have a visitor centre
12 Nov 2018
The Tower of London and the Imperial War Museums were among the UK attractions to
16 Oct 2018
‘Dissent: inspiring hope, embracing change’ will be the theme for the UK’s Museums Association (MA)
10 Aug 2018
Northern Irish architect Alan Jones has been elected the next president of the Royal Institute
13 Jul 2018
The current heatwave in Britain has resulted in an economic upturn for the country’s tourism
03 Jul 2018
An “outstanding” 2017 has been reported by the Northern Irish hotels industry, with record numbers
25 Jun 2018
Belfast has been stripped of its right to host the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games, after
20 Jun 2018
Property developer Olav de Linde and Danish studio C.F. Møller Architects have revealed their plans
18 Jun 2018
Interior design studio 21 Spaces have completed an extensive refurbishment of one of Dublin’s most
14 Jun 2018
Museum delegates will soon gather in London for the European edition of this year's MuseumNext
03 May 2018
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have
11 Apr 2018
A record number of 117 cruise ships are expected to dock in Belfast Harbour this
23 Mar 2018
Titanic Belfast has welcomed the soon-to-be wed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, with the visit
21 Mar 2018
Northern Ireland hotel group Hastings Hotels is set to open the Grand Central Hotel in
16 Mar 2018
Despite a decline in visitor numbers, London’s British Museum is still the UK’s most visited
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Social fitness the missing link to member engagement, according to a new Myzone report
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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Matt Parker
MD, Brio“We’ve reduced the level of council investment over the last three years by 40 per cent and increased our turnover by 9 per cent”
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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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Shaping the future of the sector with a clear mission,
unified voice and open channels of communication.
This is the ambition of UK Active’s new chair
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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A new report puts physical activity
at the heart of healthcare, says Muir Gray
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World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe talks to Liz Terry
about the launch of Run X in partnership with Technogym
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Shaun Grove
Owner, Stride Fitness“My goal was to invest in where fitness is going, not where it’s already been”
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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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