Blackpool news
22 Jun 2026
The owner of one of Australia's best-known waterparks has acquired a major competitor,
16 Jun 2026
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
25 Apr 2025
Physical participation figures are the highest ever, but inequalities remain with the same groups still
27 Feb 2025
Sport England has announced investment into 53 areas highlighted in the top 10 per cent
08 Feb 2025
BBC news reader and star of Strictly Come Dancing, Angela Rippon, has launched a UK
25 May 2024
Merlin Entertainments has launched its new Hyperia rollercoaster at Thorpe Park to celebrate its 45th
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
05 Dec 2022
Merlin Entertainments has named Fiona Eastwood as chief operating officer for its midway attractions and
12 Sep 2022
Merlin Entertainments has secured a contract to operate Blackpool Sandcastle, the UK's largest indoor waterpark.
07 Sep 2022
Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be honoured at the IAAPA Expo Europe, being held in London
07 Sep 2022
Michelle Donelan has been appointed secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport by
19 Dec 2020
Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part
28 Nov 2020
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has revealed the winners of its 2020 Thea Awards. Winners
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
09 Nov 2020
Hundreds of heritage attractions and organisations in England will share a £103m government rescue fund
22 Oct 2020
For those who missed VAC 2020 – the annual UK Conference for Visitor Attractions –
29 Dec 2019
It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been
19 Nov 2019
The development of a global safety standard for the attractions industry is high on the
17 Oct 2019
A £13m (US$16.8m, €15.1m) project to create a museum that celebrates Blackpool's role in the
02 Sep 2019
Leisure industry veteran David Lloyd has secured a second site for his family-oriented Adrenalin World
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
29 Mar 2019
The UK government has come up with a £36m (US$47.2m, € 42m) fund to help
29 Mar 2019
The Dungeon attraction at Merlin’s Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire has now officially opened
24 Jan 2019
More than 20 coastal projects around England are to benefit from a share of almost
08 Jan 2019
Zoologist Johnpaul Houston is in advanced talks with a local council to create a zoo
14 Dec 2018
First images of the new Eden Project North are released, Blackpool transforms it's Golden Mile,
10 Dec 2018
A “world-class”, £300m (US$376.2m, €330,9m) visitor attraction based on Swiss author Erich Von Däniken’s Chariots
13 Nov 2018
David Rosenberg will become the first representative of the zoo and aquarium sector to lead
29 Oct 2018
Merlin-owned UK theme park Alton Towers is set to open a Dungeon attraction next year
01 Oct 2018
Ken Whiting, president of Whiting's Foods, will lead IAAPA as its chair in 2021 following
31 Jul 2018
Merlin Entertainments has partnered with Jutexpo, a creator of ethically-produced bags, to develop a line
25 May 2018
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has debuted its highly-anticipated steel launch coaster – Icon – which opens
31 Jan 2018
West Midland Safari Park has announced a series of events to celebrate the release of
21 Dec 2017
In a year of ups, downs, loops and scoops, Attractions Management looks back at some
06 Dec 2017
Eleven locations from across the north of England have bid for a share of £15m
15 Nov 2017
The Spa at Gleneagles by ESPA has been named the best UK spa at this
11 Oct 2017
Amanda Thompson OBE will become only the third woman to chair IAAPA in its 100-year
04 Oct 2017
The Bannatyne Group is continuing with its aggressive investment programme, pumping £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) into
22 Aug 2017
The Bannatyne Group has expanded its spa portfolio with a £1m refurbishment of the Colchester,
10 Jul 2017
The Bannatyne Group has started work on a £80,000 new spa at its Bannatyne’s Health
05 Jul 2017
Former professional footballer Brett Ormerod and his wife, Lisa, have opened an Anytime Fitness gym
15 Jun 2017
Cornwall has retained its crown as the UK’s most popular staycation destination, with more than
27 Mar 2017
League One football club Gillingham has called on its local council to support its aspirations
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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us, says the activity advocate
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He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Researchers have long known that the brain changes as a result of exercise. Now researchers believe this process is actually driven by the brain
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recent health club flooring
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