Guoman Hotel has invested £250,000 in building a new health club at its Charing Cross hotel as part of a strategy to invest £150m in its London properties over the next three years.
The Precor equipped gym includes cardiovascular machines, plasma screen televisions, stretch mats and a weights area.
The 239-bedroom Victorian Charing Cross hotel also includes nine meeting rooms, a lounge, a restaurant and bar.
Guoman, owned by Brierley Investments which also operates the Thistle Hotels division, plans to also refurbish the grade I-listed Royal Horseguards hotel in Whitehall. The company plans to relaunch two Thistle hotels in London – The Grosvenor and the Thistle Marble Arch – under the Guoman brand as part of the investment scheme.
Guoman Hotel has invested £250,000 in building a new health club at its Charing Cross hotel as part of a strategy to invest £150m in its London properties over the next three years.
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
Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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.
Celebrating its milestone 5th anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable
gathering of the Health & Fitness industry’s most influential leaders.
UK Active has announced the next phase of its Digital Futures programme, supporting organisations
across the physical activity sector to develop their digital capability.
The Fitness Group, the UK's leading fitness education training provider, has announced a
strategic partnership with Serco Leisure, one of the UK's leading national operators of
leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities.
Guoman Hotel has invested £250,000 in building a new health club at its Charing Cross hotel as part of a strategy to invest £150m in its London properties over the next three years.
The Precor equipped gym includes cardiovascular machines, plasma screen televisions, stretch mats and a weights area.
The 239-bedroom Victorian Charing Cross hotel also includes nine meeting rooms, a lounge, a restaurant and bar.
Guoman, owned by Brierley Investments which also operates the Thistle Hotels division, plans to also refurbish the grade I-listed Royal Horseguards hotel in Whitehall. The company plans to relaunch two Thistle hotels in London – The Grosvenor and the Thistle Marble Arch – under the Guoman brand as part of the investment scheme.
Guoman Hotel has invested £250,000 in building a new health club at its Charing Cross hotel as part of a strategy to invest £150m in its London properties over the next three years.
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
Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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
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
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
Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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.
Celebrating its milestone 5th anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable
gathering of the Health & Fitness industry’s most influential leaders.
UK Active has announced the next phase of its Digital Futures programme, supporting organisations
across the physical activity sector to develop their digital capability.
The Fitness Group, the UK's leading fitness education training provider, has announced a
strategic partnership with Serco Leisure, one of the UK's leading national operators of
leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities.