Club Industry news
23 Oct 2025
Physiologist and co-founder of Future Practice and Pillar Wellbeing, Oli Patrick opened the HCM Summit
26 Sep 2025
Events company Questex has introduced a new umbrella brand called Be+Well for its activities across
08 Feb 2025
BBC news reader and star of Strictly Come Dancing, Angela Rippon, has launched a UK
11 Sep 2024
Citius Retreats, a specialist in sports medicine and wellness, is set to launch a series
09 May 2024
Fast Fitness Japan, master franchisee of Anytime Fitness in Japan, has acquired Eighty-8 Health &
13 Apr 2024
Planet Fitness has become the subject of a hate campaign by certain groups of consumers
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
11 Apr 2024
Recovery, social wellness and longevity were talking points at PerformX recently, tipped by many speakers
New UK Active membership council revealed – Dave Courteen to chair and also join the UK Active board
17 Feb 2022
Industry body, UK Active, has revealed a new council to represent the voice of members
16 Aug 2021
The Global Health and Fitness Alliance (GHFA) has commissioned Deloitte to produce a major new
29 Jul 2021
The US fitness industry lost around 58 per cent of its revenues during 2020, due
11 May 2021
Jan Spaticchia, founder and chair of énergie Fitness has died aged 51 following a short
22 Mar 2021
The German health club industry has weathered the effects of the pandemic better than many
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
17 Mar 2021
The government has said it has no plans to fund a Work Out to Help
27 Nov 2020
Ilana Moses, founder of the Florida Spa Association (FSA), has recently announced new alliances with
19 Oct 2020
Globally, gyms have, on average, seen nearly 70 per cent of their pre-lockdown members return
03 May 2019
India's health club industry is ripe for growth, though its people are yet to embrace
02 Apr 2019
The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa in Texas will undergo a US$45m renovation later this
05 Mar 2019
Many a family business has looked to keep itself fresh by handing control down from
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
28 Dec 2018
European fitness leaders are "extremely confident" about the current economic and marketplace conditions for the
14 Jun 2018
Fast-growing economies and the prospect of future growth are fueling Asia Pacific's fitness sector, according
12 Oct 2017
More than 66 million people used gyms in the US in 2016 but a new
09 Aug 2017
US-based gym operator Genesis Health Clubs has closed Fitness 2000 after it purchased all its
01 Jun 2017
The health club industry generated US$83.1bn (€74bn, £64.6bn) in revenue worldwide in 2016, slightly up
20 Apr 2017
More than 66m Americans used a gym in 2016, a record high since the International
01 Dec 2016
The leisure centre and health club industry needs to embrace the potential of the digital
31 Oct 2016
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) will launch an advisory council on technology
27 May 2016
Health clubs worldwide saw revenues slip to US$81bn (€72bn, £55bn) in 2015, despite an increase
18 May 2016
Upmarket London gym chain Third Space will debut its new boutique studio concept next week
16 Mar 2016
The Gym Group doesn’t appear tempted to follow health club rivals such as Pure Gym
07 Mar 2016
Having conquered the country’s capital, Britain’s booming boutique fitness sector looks set to spread its
03 Feb 2016
1Rebel’s new collaboration with hip activewear brand Sweaty Betty is the catalyst for the boutique
26 Jan 2016
US researchers have launched a new study which will explore prevalent marketing trends in the
26 Jan 2016
The founder and CEO of The Gym Group believes that the UK’s budget gym sector
11 Dec 2015
Mid-market gyms are in need of a radical overhaul of their traditional models if they
22 Oct 2015
The international health club market saw revenues grow by 5.3 per cent last year, according
18 Jun 2015
Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18
08 Jun 2015
Hans Muench has announced that he will leave his position as IHRSA’s director of Europe
05 Jun 2015
Health clubs worldwide brought in total revenue of more than US$84bn (€74m, £55m) in 2014,
02 Feb 2015
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) is urging health club operators around the
26 Jan 2015
Moving tributes have been paid to Lifestyle Fitness chair and founder Baron Carl Gripenstedt, who
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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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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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Stephen Price
Founder, SP&Co Group
“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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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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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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