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Yas Waterworld in Abu Dhabi has launched a major expansion, adding more than 20 new
19 Feb 2025
Four Seasons has announced plans to expand its presence in the UAE with a new
28 Apr 2023
Set to launch on 23 May, SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will feature eight different realms offering
11 Apr 2022
Construction work is set to be completed later this year (2022) on the world's largest
16 Jun 2021
Discount rail and bus travel and £10m in vouchers to key attractions – funded by
06 Apr 2021
Bob Rogers, the founder of BRC Imagination Arts, has predicted that the visitor attraction industry
Strength training has never been more important for member retention, facility differentiation and long-term commercial
21 Aug 2020
Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has become one of the first signatories of the Global
24 Mar 2020
With certain turbulent times for the global tourism and visitor attractions sectors, governments around the
09 Dec 2019
London Resort Holdings Company (LRCH), operator of the upcoming London Resort theme park and entertainment
18 Dec 2018
HBO has plans to turn the shooting locations and sets of its popular Game of
22 Nov 2018
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is to work with real-world games developer Niantic in a
25 Jun 2018
Tourism bosses in Edinburgh are hoping to reach 3.5 million young people across Europe with
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10 May 2018
Holidaymakers could one day pay "significantly" more for flights in order to offset their carbon
17 Apr 2018
Fulfilling one of its first objectives, the newly founded Wellness Tourism Association has created a
17 Apr 2017
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has announced its curated agenda for the Wellness Travel Symposium,
10 Apr 2017
Spain has been ranked top of a global tourism study measuring sustainable development of the
24 Mar 2017
SeaWorld Entertainments biggest shareholder, Blackstone, is selling its 21 per cent stake in the theme
24 Jan 2017
New research suggests global tourism is worth more than US$7,581bn (€7,075bn, £6,088bn) with the market
13 Dec 2016
SeaWorld has finally confirmed the location for its Middle Eastern attraction, announcing a partnership with
09 Nov 2016
SeaWorld Entertainment reported a 2 per cent decrease in revenue for the quarter year on
20 Jul 2016
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced it will debut its W Hotels brand in Scotland
27 May 2016
A new UNESCO report has identified climate change as the biggest threat to World Heritage
08 Mar 2016
Travel Leaders Group – which includes more than 6,500 company-owned, franchised and affiliated travel agencies
05 Nov 2015
Al Ahli Holding Group (AAHG) and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products have announced a licensing
17 Apr 2015
The Green Party has become the second national political party to commit to reducing VAT
15 Jan 2015
Susie Ellis, chair and CEO of the Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS), is encouraging
11 Nov 2014
John Bevan, managing director of Spafinder’s European division, has outlined his vision for the future
19 Sep 2014
The global spa industry has grown by 58 per cent since 2007 and is now
22 Aug 2014
A pod of whale sharks based in the Maldives is proving to be a hugely
20 Aug 2014
The eighth Global Spa and Wellness Summit (GSWS) is fast approaching – due to take
20 Jun 2014
Nearly 300 nominees for the world’s first Wellness Travel Awards were announced yesterday (19 June)
09 May 2014
Spafinder Wellness 365 has announced the first ever awards programme totally dedicated to spas, hotels,
15 Apr 2014
A rapidly ageing Chinese society could be a new growth engine for health tourism in
30 Jan 2014
The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) announced today (29 January) that it has appointed
20 Jun 2013
Details have been released for a new 160-bedroom, £700m (US$1.08bn, €819.4m, ¥6.64bn) hotel development in
20 Jun 2013
Details have been released for a new 160-bedroom, £700m (US$1.08bn, €819.4m, ¥6.64bn) hotel development in
20 Jun 2013
Details have been released for a new 160-bedroom, £700m (US$1.08bn, €819.4m, ¥6.64bn) hotel development in
03 Apr 2013
Industry intelligence group Research and Markets predicts moderate growth for the next two years in
07 Mar 2013
The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) has announced that a dedicated Global Wellness Tourism
07 Nov 2012
Growth in the global tourism industry in 2012 will be broadly in line with expectations
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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