visitor attractions news
30 Sep 2021
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has named Melissa Ruminot as its president-elect. Ruminot, a current
01 Sep 2021
Simworx has appointed Paul Kent as its global business development manager. Kent joins the media-based
29 Jul 2021
The Jorvik Group has launched a major global art project which will connect 14 cities
27 Jul 2021
IAAPA is offering visitor attractions, museums and theme park industry professionals the opportunity to take
14 Jul 2021
IAAPA has joined a range of US travel and tourism trade organisations in calling for
14 Jul 2021
Merlin Entertainments has been busy with a raft of new openings and future project announcements,
12 Oct 2021
FitnessOnDemand (FOD) [IHRSA BOOTH 1509] the leader in on-demand content from the world’s most innovative
01 Jun 2021
Attractions Management understands that MackNext, the innovation department of Mack Group, is working on a
24 May 2021
Visitor attractions designer Extreme Engineering has secured a US patent for a coaster design which
11 May 2021
Compagnie des Alpes has appointed Delphine Pons as general manager of its Parc Astérix theme
16 Apr 2021
Health clubs and gyms will be able to open their doors to individual training sessions
09 Apr 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in visits to the world's top 100 museums and galleries
07 Apr 2021
The Chinese visitor attractions market is set to bounce back from the pandemic with significant
03 Sep 2021
“At least 40 per cent of all businesses will die in the next 10 years
06 Apr 2021
Bob Rogers, the founder of BRC Imagination Arts, has predicted that the visitor attraction industry
02 Apr 2021
Global entertainments and events firm IMG has signed a contract to operate the Chimney Lift
31 Mar 2021
The UK's major visitor attractions recorded just 45.4 million visits during 2020 – a 70
11 Mar 2021
The UK's travel, tourism and visitor attractions markets have been "decimated" by COVID-19 – and
28 Feb 2021
The restoration of the Grade II*-listed Power Station in London is nearing completion, with the
25 Feb 2021
The pandemic cost the US visitor attractions an estimated US$23bn in economic losses during 2020,
07 Sep 2021
The best in class of the physical activity sector have been revealed at the ukactive
22 Feb 2021
Merlin Entertainments has revealed details of the new Croc Drop attraction, set to open at
22 Feb 2021
Most outdoor attractions in England – including zoos and theme parks – will be allowed
15 Feb 2021
ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help
19 Jan 2021
Broadcaster and natural historian, Sir David Attenborough, will front a new virtual app which will
12 Jan 2021
ILMxLAB – a subsidiary of Lucasfilm – has launched a new virtual reality (VR)-based experience
23 Dec 2020
Heading into 2021, storytelling will be a key trend among fitness content creators and connected
19 Nov 2020
Three specialist companies have joined forces to create new development opportunities for themed attractions in
10 Nov 2020
Experience UK has completed a merger with ALES UK – the industry body for manufacturers
09 Nov 2020
Hundreds of heritage attractions and organisations in England will share a £103m government rescue fund
05 Nov 2020
Investigations by HCM have revealed a correlation between countries with lower obesity rates and those
29 Oct 2020
LA-based experience design studio, BRC Imagination Arts, is the creative force behind the new Glenkinchie
23 Oct 2020
Six creative companies have teamed up to launch the Vigilante Group, described as a "rebellious
22 Oct 2020
For those who missed VAC 2020 – the annual UK Conference for Visitor Attractions –
05 Oct 2020
UK tourism and heritage minister, Nigel Huddleston, delivered the keynote speech during this year's Annual
01 Oct 2020
The team at Red Raion, the CGI studio specialised in media-based attractions, are happy to
09 Jul 2020
The hospitality and attractions sectors will benefit from a temporary cut to VAT as part
23 Jun 2020
UK spas will continue to remain closed until further notice, following an announcement by Prime
23 Jun 2020
Pubs are to open before gyms, to the bitter disappointment of the health and fitness
15 Apr 2020
OPINION TOURISM IN A POST-CORONAVIRUS WORLD By Ken Robinson CBE, tourism expert. Coronavirus is devastating
30 Mar 2020
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), has launched TEA Digital – a new online initiative designed
24 Mar 2020
With certain turbulent times for the global tourism and visitor attractions sectors, governments around the
20 Mar 2020
The heads of several major organisations, including The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), the
HCM Magazine
Statistics
“An extremely confident return to the gym has been seen in Brazil with 116 per cent return rate when compared with pre-pandemic numbers”
HCM Magazine
Insight
Dr Davina Deniszczyc talks us through the findings of the first
Nuffield Healthier Nation Index, which has benchmarked activity
levels and attitudes to exercise among the UK population
HCM Magazine
Tokyo Olympics
GLL is best known for running leisure
facilities on behalf of local authorities
across the UK, but a lesser-known
part of its remit is its GLL Sport
Foundation which supports Olympic
hopefuls. Liz Terry finds out more
HCM Magazine
Research
Changes to DNA which occur during exercise give protection against a wide range of diseases, according to new research from the Univesity of Copenhagen
HCM Magazine
Hybrid
The Gym Group has taken its digital hybrid strategy full circle,
piloting in-gym workout pods and studios with its home workout
delivery partner, Fiit. HCM talks to the team driving the project
HCM Magazine
Running
Running booms when health clubs and gyms are closed.
Could this enthusiasm result in treadmill training
becoming the new spinning? Kath Hudson reports
HCM Magazine
Interview
David Lloyd Leisure has not only regained its pre-pandemic member
numbers, it’s also seeking acquisitions, going hard on digital and continuing
to upgrade its portfolio. Its CEO talks to Kate Cracknell
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“We start with people’s pain points and give them a pathway to move away from that – to heal and be a force for good in their own lives”
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HCM People
Danielle Obe
Chair, The Black Swimming Association“Our vision is a future with ethnic diversity in aquatics”
HCM magazine
This year’s edition of the IHRSA Global Report which addresses performance from 2020, is a valuable record of the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector, creating a benchmark from which to understand the recovery. Kristen Walsh reports for HCM
HCM magazine
Research firm Qualtrics surveyed 12,157 consumers across
15 countries in seven languages to create the Les Mills 2021 Global
Fitness Report, highlighting the ways consumers are choosing to work
out as we emerge from the pandemic. Jak Phillips reports
HCM magazine
In this issue, we’re focusing on sharing insights and thought leadership to highlight opportunities for the development of the sector in terms of both markets and offerings
HCM magazine
HCM People
Tim Mayer
MDL Fitness“Screens display power generated from each piece of equipment, allowing people to compete against each other for kilowatt hours produced”
HCM magazine
“I’d like to see the gym sector help champion the social prescribing agenda, as a route to getting more people engaged in physical activity”
HCM magazine
David Minton says the healthy movement industry
is ten times bigger than the health club sector,
and the care industry four times bigger and
ask why we’re not rushing to collaborate?
HCM magazine
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