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23 Oct 2025
It’s been a great morning at the sell-out HCM Summit in London, with six inspirational
05 Jun 2022
The World Leisure Organization (World Leisure) has launched a podcast series as part of its
18 Aug 2021
The 17th World Leisure Congress will take place in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 12 to
13 Apr 2021
World Leisure Organization (WLO) has opened the entry process for its International Innovation Prize. Now
13 Nov 2020
The 16th World Leisure Hybrid Congress, taking place in April 2021, has been given the
08 Apr 2019
World Leisure Organization (WLO) is now accepting applications for the 8th edition of the World
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
10 May 2017
Pool and plant design expert World Leisure has bagged the contract to provide a 20m
08 Mar 2016
Freedom Leisure has begun a new nine-site operator contract in Wrexham which came into effect
09 Jan 2014
Plans to build a new £12m leisure centre in Wrexham will rely on the closure
06 Mar 2013
World Leisure Organisation (WLO) is offering the opportunity to sponsor its prestigious International Innovation Prize
05 Apr 2011
Health suites at the Plas Madoc and Waterworld Leisure and Activity Centres in Wrexham, North
24 Aug 2010
Real estate tycoon turned philanthropist, Eli Broad, has confirmed a downtown Los Angeles site as
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
26 May 2010
The deadline looms for nominations for the World Leisure Organisation's Westland Humanitarian Award. Named after
24 Feb 2009
The World Leisure Organization (WLO) has unveiled its strategic planning initiative for the next five
24 Feb 2009
Phase one plans for the £160m St Georges development in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter have been
04 Mar 2008
World Leisure is calling for applications for its innovation prize. The award seeks to recognize
10 Jan 2008
Plans for an ambitious £160m redevelopment of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham has been granted
16 May 2007
A trust fund has been established in honour of the late George Torkildsen, often described
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
14 May 2007
Urban Regeneration Company Newport Unlimited plans to build a new hotel in central Newport, as
10 Jan 2007
Construction is about to begin on a 131-room Ramada hotel at the Chase Park business
24 Mar 2006
The winners of the inaugural World Leisure Innovation Prize have been announced at the meeting
21 Oct 2005
George Torkildsen, guru of the leisure industry, died yesterday (20 October) at the age of
01 Jul 2005
The first ever World Leisure EXPO will open in Hangzhou, China, on 22 April 2006
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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
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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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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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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
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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