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08 Jun 2026
Purpose Brands has announced its entry into the Italian market, having sold the franchise rights
19 Mar 2026
Virgin Limited Edition, a brand by Virgin Hotels Collection, has announced it will open a
07 Oct 2025
Sonu and Eva Shivdasani, who are known for establishing ultra-luxury sustainable hospitality brands Soneva and
28 Jul 2025
Kent Richards has announced a new business venture called Wellness World Global after more than
18 Jul 2025
Lifestyle mega-estate Steyn City, in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa has announced the
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
14 Jul 2025
Industry professionals gathered to celebrate Les Nouvelles Esthétiques' South African Spa Awards in Cape Town
09 Jul 2025
The World Avocado Organisation (WAO) has warned Wimbledon that banning avocados from its menus will
06 May 2025
The Auberge Resorts Collection has opened the luxurious Collegio alla Querce in Florence, its first
Welltech, South Africa’s premier AI-driven wellness destination, has introduced roboSculptor®*, a next-generation robotic therapy system
27 Jan 2025
Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts is set to launch its “most significant wellbeing offering” to date
GAIA Skincare, a luxury UK-based organic skincare brand, is thrilled to announce its new partnership
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
05 Dec 2024
Dubai-based luxury hotel operator Jumeirah has announced a new partnership with Thanda Group, marking its
25 Sep 2024
The sixth annual Destination Deluxe Awards recently took place in Bangkok, Thailand, to honour the
24 Sep 2024
Auberge Resorts Collection has announced that reservations are now open for Collegio alla Querce, Auberge
08 Apr 2024
A boutique safari and wellness escape will open in Botswana’s wildlife-rich Okavango Delta this May,
05 Mar 2024
The World Travel & Tourism Council 's (WTTC) Hotel Sustainability Basics verification (Basics) has achieved
19 Jan 2024
Kerzner International has officially opened the doors to its striking new vertical resort, One&Only One
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
05 Sep 2023
Premium South African spa and skincare brand Terres d’Afrique* has announced new partnerships with four
23 Aug 2023
New research from Flinders University in Australia has found that breast reduction surgery can change
09 Mar 2023
Body Bike and Gym 80 have launched a range of co-branded bikes which are available
03 Nov 2022
Antonio Iozzo, founder and CEO of Body Action Gym in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced
21 Oct 2022
Babylonstoren, a historic converted Cape Dutch farm estate with a boutique hotel, spa and winery,
06 Jul 2022
Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to open a health club and wellness
23 Jun 2022
A new report by Deloitte, outlining the social and economic value of the global health
21 Apr 2022
After a three-year hiatus, FIBO’s return on 7-10 April 2022 heralded a strong restart for
25 Jan 2022
Two Asian-inspired wellness sanctuaries by Banyan Tree will open on luxury private islands off the
28 Oct 2021
Premium hotel brand Bulgari Hotels & Resorts has signed plans to launch a new luxury
22 Oct 2021
A puppet of a refugee girl has 'walked' across Europe on a 5,000km (3,100m) journey,
21 Oct 2021
Luxury resort operator One&Only Resorts and international skincare and spa brand ESPA have partnered to
31 Aug 2021
Fitness is the world's most popular physical activity and more than 50 per cent of
30 Aug 2021
Auberge Resorts Collection has been appointed by Leeu Collection to manage Collegio alla Querce, Auberge
26 Aug 2021
Johnson Health Tech (JHT) has acquired its distributor, Matrix Fitness South Africa. Following the deal,
03 Aug 2021
The Ozen Collection has launched a brand new spa and wellness concept called Ele |
21 Apr 2021
Undertaking regular physical activity could cut the risk of dying from infectious diseases – such
11 Feb 2021
Virgin Active investors are understood to be preparing a £60m+ funding injection into the fitness
23 Dec 2020
The Leeu Spa at Leeu Estates, Leeu Collection’s flagship property, has re-opened under the management
21 Oct 2020
Be Military Fit (BMF) has completed a restructuring project, designed to transform the outdoor fitness
31 Mar 2020
Spa software company, Zenoti, has produced insights into the impact coronavirus is having on its
03 Mar 2020
Fox Browne Creative have created a treehouse-like overnight retreat for the &Beyond Ngala Private Game
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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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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Performance Health Systems, manufacturer of Power Plate,
has a new CEO, with an ambitious vision for the company
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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New insight from Deloitte and Grant Thornton shows record growth, but the real shift is towards identity and perceived value, revealing opportunities to deepen engagement with members
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers
confirming the event’s largest-ever drinks reception as registrations continue to run more
than 10% ahead of last year.
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