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07 Apr 2025
London-based family members’ club, Little Houses Group (LHG), is set to expand following new investment
10 Dec 2024
A Kickstarter campaign is underway to fund a fully automated wearable nutrition tracker which takes
23 Aug 2022
Drop Fitness has launched its first club – a 25,000sq ft space – in the
22 Oct 2021
The pandemic has had an "unprecedented" impact on physical activity levels in England, with 1
13 May 2021
The International Spa Association (ISPA) has revealed its annual five key spa industry financial indicators
30 Apr 2021
Sport England has reported a drop of 710,000 in the number of people classed as
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
22 Feb 2021
Merlin Entertainments has revealed details of the new Croc Drop attraction, set to open at
08 Aug 2019
Despite its domestic parks achieving record revenue over the last three months, it's been a
16 May 2019
Orlando entertainment complex Icon Park is investing in two new attractions which will both rank
01 Oct 2018
Italian skincare company Comfort Zone has partnered with leading hormone-health specialist Dr Alyssa Burns-Hill to
30 Apr 2018
Sunderland Athletic Football Club (SAFC), which has suffered a spectacular fall from grace with two
16 Mar 2018
Despite a decline in visitor numbers, London’s British Museum is still the UK’s most visited
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
27 Dec 2017
Record levels for Britain's inbound tourism are set to continue into 2018, after VisitBritain forecast
23 Nov 2017
The estate for Michael Jackson has filed a trademark application indicating future plans to open
21 Sep 2017
Predictions of a fall in visitors to the US following the election of Donald Trump
14 Sep 2017
John Glen, Britain’s minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism at the Department for Digital, Culture,
08 Jun 2017
With a weakened pound keeping British visitors away from Ireland, the country’s national tourism body
31 May 2017
Funtime has completed an installation of its Skyfall drop ride at Dollywood, Tennessee. The ride,
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
09 May 2017
Ardent Leisure chief executive Deborah Thomas is to step down from her position and take
02 May 2017
A weakened pound is keeping British visitors away from Ireland, halting double digit growth spurred
06 Apr 2017
Have you heard about the International SPA Association’s (ISPA) initiative dedicated to sharing the amazing
14 Mar 2017
Global skincare brand L’Occitane has developed an algae and plant-based anti-ageing range and facial treatment.
27 Feb 2017
US President Donald Trump’s highly-controversial travel ban has caused a 6.5 per cent drop globally
10 Feb 2017
Hangfast Adventure Engineering has completed work on Gravity, a multi-level outdoor adventure installation at Lancaster’s
23 Dec 2016
Half the number of people advised by NHS practitioners to go on exercise programmes to
16 Dec 2016
Sport England has ushered in a new era of governing body funding, with director of
01 Nov 2016
The International SPA Association (ISPA) recently launched a new initiative dedicated to sharing the amazing
25 Aug 2016
People living in and around Ingleby Barwick in Stockton-on-Tees are being invited to give their
07 Jul 2016
Taking part in pre-school activities such as swimming and dancing not only improves a child’s
25 Feb 2016
Merlin Entertainments has released its end of year results, showing generally robust earnings as pre-tax
16 Feb 2016
While Disney might be riding high on its Star Wars successes, things aren’t looking so
11 Nov 2015
Alton Towers is to cut around ten per cent of its work force following a
06 Nov 2015
SeaWorld continues to struggle in the wake of Blackfish as profits for the operator’s parks
23 Oct 2015
Four Seasons has opened a 3,000sq m (28,000sq ft) Amnis Spa at its city centre
12 Aug 2015
The Football Association (FA) will invest a record £260m into grassroots football over the next
08 Apr 2015
Not-for-profit wellness provider Nuffield Health will make its customised wellbeing memberships a core focus of
04 Mar 2015
British efforts to court Chinese tourism through a major Shanghai business festival launched by Prince
17 Feb 2015
In addition to having the world’s tallest rollercoaster, Orlando’s International Drive has announced a second
17 Feb 2015
The tourism industry racked up record inbound figures for 2014, with the latest figures showing
29 Jan 2015
A huge decline in the number of people swimming once a week has been blamed
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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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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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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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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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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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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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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Julie Cramer highlights
recent health club flooring
upgrades, as top suppliers
give their advice
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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Celebrating its milestone 5th anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable
gathering of the Health & Fitness industry’s most influential leaders.
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