expansion news
01 Mar 2021
Kempinski Hotels has completed the acquisition of Resense Spa SA as part of the expansion
28 Feb 2021
Longwood Gardens, a botanical visitor attraction near Philadelphia, US, has revealed plans for a US$250m
23 Feb 2021
US-based skincare company Heyday has announced a US$20m (£14.2m €16.5m) Series B round of funding
19 Feb 2021
The financial performance of health club operator SATS in the last quarter of 2020 was
17 Feb 2021
Hotel operator The Lux Collective has opened the doors to Lux* Chongzuo, Guangxi Resort &
16 Feb 2021
Barbara den Bak, Tom Moos, and Clare Stobart have been announced as speakers for ukactive's
23 Dec 2020
Pulse Fitness has recently completed a refurbishment of the fitness facilities at iGym London. Using
15 Feb 2021
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help
12 Feb 2021
Europe’s largest fitness chain, Basic-Fit, has secured a €150m bridge facility, which it says will
19 Jan 2021
Leading wellness supplier Klafs has been acquired by independent pan-European investment company Egeria. With Egeria
15 Jan 2021
The Gym Group has brought in Rio Ferdinand and Wais Shaifta as non-executive directors, signalling
12 Jan 2021
Book4Time, a leading cloud-based business management solution for the global hospitality, spa and wellness industry,
03 Jan 2021
UK-based boutique operator TRIB3 will open its first site in The Netherlands next year. Due
23 Dec 2020
Heading into 2021, storytelling will be a key trend among fitness content creators and connected
15 Dec 2020
Therme Group and strategic food, hospitality and tech consultancy, Russell Partnership Collection (RPC), have announced
14 Dec 2020
Wellness tech platform, Spa Space, has launched a turnkey technology solution to improve operating efficiencies
09 Dec 2020
Fitness Time, the largest network of sport and fitness clubs in Saudi Arabia, is embarking
22 Nov 2020
Grayshott Spa, an icon of the UK wellness industry, has succumbed to the pandemic, announcing
18 Nov 2020
Building work has begun on a new year-round, indoor water park at Swedish theme park
19 Nov 2020
Matrix Fitness has announced an exclusive partnership with Primal Strength to target an increased strategic
23 Oct 2020
Red light therapy equipment supplier, Red Light Rising has partnered with Aidan Robinson of ITRM
11 Nov 2020
The government has been forced to make a U-turn and to spend more than £400m
11 Nov 2020
Functional training gym, The Shredquarters, has moved into franchising, partnering with Physical Company to support
05 Nov 2020
Hong Kong-based luxury operator, Langham Hospitality Group will open a new hotel and spa in
28 Oct 2020
Hyatt Hotels has revealed plans to unveil a luxury Carribean resort in St. Lucia, scheduled
23 Oct 2020
Global lifestyle brand Nobu Hospitality, founded by Robert De Niro, Nobu Matsuhisa and Meir Teper,
21 Oct 2020
Be Military Fit (BMF) has completed a restructuring project, designed to transform the outdoor fitness
20 Oct 2020
Rod Hill, former president of TRIB3 and director general of Anytime Fitness Iberia, has signed
09 Oct 2020
Italian wellness supplier, Starpool, has revealed its newly renovated headquarters in the heart of Trentino
07 Oct 2020
Dr Vishal Patel has recently been appointed as new director of wellness research at Sensei,
06 Oct 2020
Malcolm McPhail, group CEO of social enterprise Life Leisure, has stepped down from the role
28 Sep 2020
Two functional fitness franchises are continuing their legal battle over a dispute relating to patents.
28 Sep 2020
Xponential Fitness has entered the Saudi Arabian gym market with the launch of five boutique
23 Sep 2020
The UK's best-known film studio, used for the filming of blockbusters such as the James
11 Sep 2020
PureGym has secured a £100m cash injection from shareholders to help deal with both the
04 Sep 2020
Buyer event company, We Work Well, has announced the launch of We Work Well EMEA,
04 Aug 2020
US massage franchise, MassageLuXe, has appointed Kristen Pechacek as chief growth officer, to its executive
03 Aug 2020
Following approval to build a £250mn wellbeing resort in Manchester, Therme Group has revealed plans
29 Jul 2020
Six Senses has announced plans to open a new Italian resort at a historic castle
23 Jul 2020
Luxury hotel and spa destination, Galgorm Spa and Golf Resort, has unveiled its newly enhanced
14 Jul 2020
Rainer Schaller, the founder of budget gym megabrand McFIT, has added iconic franchised chain Gold's
09 Jul 2020
WTS International has snapped up Todd Walter as its new president, following the demise of
30 Jun 2020
Franchise operator Club Pilates has shown that there is growing confidence in the US fitness
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Research
“Fitness operators who seek to pull through this random and cruel era of COVID-19 will need to embrace change. Not cosmetic change, but deep-down foundational change”
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Editor's letter
There’s never been a more important time for us all to be focused on lobbying, as the industry fights for its work and potential to be recognised and supported
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Welcome to the world of creative fitness, where exercise and fun merge to change the way we train
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Interview
The duo have joined forces to launch a free virtual ‘couch to exercise’ programme called RISE. They talk to HCM about what they’ve learned from collaborating on Sport Relief and how they’re using this knowledge to deliver the new not-for-profit
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Profile
Fitler Club is Philadelphia’s newest private lifestyle club,
boasting premium health and wellness facilities, along
with a hotel, workspaces and refined culinary venues.
Steph Eaves talks to the club’s founder about his creation
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Policy
Muir Gray has a vision for a world where exercise professionals help people live longer, better lives into old age
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When Geoff Whitington started
to see his life unravel as a result
of diabetes, his sons Anthony and
Ian gave up their jobs to help him
change his lifestyle. This resulted
in a new lease of life for all of them.
Anthony Whitington, co-creator
of BBC documentary, Fixing Dad,
speaks to HCM’s Kath Hudson about
the journey the family has been
on, their mission to inspire others
to engage with their health and the
launch of new initiative, Fixing Us
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Most of the world is dealing with some form of disruption to daily life, work life and
finances, as well as navigating an uncertain world. Even those who enjoy robust mental
health are finding themselves suffering from stress, anxiety, low mood and insomnia.
What can the health and fitness industry do to help? Kath Hudson reports
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Tracking consumers’ sentiment in relation to lockdowns gives valuable insights into members’ priorities. Leisure-net surveyed the first two UK lockdowns and is currently working on the third. Dave Monkhouse reports on results from the lockdown 2 survey
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Third Space members embrace new digital app, viewing 75,000 workouts in just three months
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More than 1,700 industry professionals from 47 different
countries joined the virtual Retention Convention recently,
making it one of the sector’s largest online events of the year
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Resistance training is just as beneficial for women over the age of 50 as it is for men, according to a new study from the University of New South Wales
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HCM People
Scott O’Shea
Founder, Station Mill“Coming from a personal training background, my experience has taught me that people hire the trainer before the training
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Adam Tranter
Founder, #Bike is Best and Cycling Marketing Board“If we could get bike journeys up from 2% to 4% it would make a huge impact on emissions, people’s health and mental wellbeing”
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Venueserve Fitness is working with the Health Club Collection to drive its digital customer engagement
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HCM People
Kate Little / Paula Harris
Kate Little & Paula Harris; regional retail managers, Everyone Active“All products have been priced competitively, using Amazon as a benchmark, to ensure the shop can thrive in a competitive market”
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