EHFF news
16 Apr 2026
EuropeActive interim president, Marcel Boots and host, TV presenter and former Paralympian, Denise Schindler, have
15 Apr 2026
EuropeActive CEO, Kai Troll, opened the European Health and Fitness Forum (EHFF) in Cologne this
19 Apr 2025
Fitness First has entered into a strategic partnership with smart fitness technology specialist, EGYM, to
16 Apr 2025
Celebrating its 40th anniversary last week, FIBO – the world’s biggest trade show for health,
16 Apr 2025
Growing the Health and Fitness Sector Together was the theme of this year’s EuropeActive European
09 Apr 2025
Memberships of health clubs in Europe increased by almost four million in 2024 and revenues
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
03 Apr 2025
The UK health and fitness industry is growing exponentially, with revenue up by 8.8 per
19 Apr 2024
The HCM team were busy at the recent FIBO Global Fitness event in Cologne, Germany,
15 Apr 2024
Having redefined the model of public-private collaboration in Spain, Go Fit is now expanding into
10 Apr 2024
Industry experts are gathering in Cologne for today's European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF), followed
14 Apr 2023
European fitness operators have seen a strong return to growth, with member numbers and income
14 Apr 2023
Fitness franchise operator Anytime Fitness has launched a new app, offering members 24/7 engagement with
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
21 Apr 2022
After a three-year hiatus, FIBO’s return on 7-10 April 2022 heralded a strong restart for
06 Apr 2022
The number of people with a gym membership in Europe increased by 1 million (or
06 Apr 2022
The ninth European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF) has kicked off at the Koelnmesse in
On the 6th April, the day before the FIBO international trade show officially begins, the
22 Sep 2021
Sibec Europe, scheduled to take place in Cologne, Germany, from 2 to 5 November 2021,
26 Jul 2021
The world's largest fitness trade fair, FIBO, has been rescheduled again and will now take
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
07 Apr 2021
Questex, owner of industry buyer event, Sibec EU, has announced it will partner with FIBO
25 Feb 2021
The world's largest fitness trade fair, FIBO, has been rescheduled to November. The event will
16 Dec 2020
FIBO has announced its 2021 show will be postponed due to increasing concerns in Germany
30 Sep 2020
Industry body EuropeActive has published a sectoral manifesto which outlines the aims and objectives of
30 Sep 2020
European fitness operators will face increased consolidation, accelerated digitalisation and the new reality of creating
21 Jul 2020
The team at Reed Exhibitions has announced FIBO Köln will not run as a live
22 May 2020
HCM can report that Europe Active's annual thought-leader conference, the European Health and Fitness Forum
05 Mar 2020
The FIBO team has announced new dates for the global fitness behemoth, following its postponement
28 Feb 2020
The Cologne edition of FIBO, the world's largest trade show for fitness, wellness and health,
03 Apr 2019
The European fitness market continues to grow at a steady rate, according to the latest
07 Mar 2018
Reed Exhibitions has confirmed the dates and venue for the first ever FIBO USA fitness
31 Jan 2018
Staff retention, leadership culture, professionalisation and quality standards will come under the microscope at this
12 Apr 2016
The organisers of FIBO 2016 have hailed its “exceptional position” in the health and fitness
12 Apr 2016
The European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport told delegates at last week’s European
06 Apr 2016
The budget gym sector increased its dominance in the European fitness market in 2015, according
06 Apr 2016
FIBO, the world's largest trade show for fitness, wellness and health, kicks off this morning
30 Mar 2016
The European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF), the annual curtain raiser for FIBO, will take
20 Oct 2015
“Driving membership growth through innovation in fitness” will be the theme for the third European
23 Jun 2015
Fitness First has abandoned plans to sell off its German division after offers failed to
13 Apr 2015
Last week’s FIBO trade show for fitness, wellness and health in Germany’s Cologne attracted a
10 Apr 2015
The sale of Fitness First Germany is still alive, according to its managing director Stefan
09 Apr 2015
The rapid advance of technology is democratising fitness, giving consumers more choice than ever before
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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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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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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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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deena Gillan
Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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