Seatrade Cruise Global, the trade event for cruise lines, destinations, suppliers and innovators, has added an experiential zone called the Wellness Oasis to highlight the evolving nature of the industry.

Throughout this week, industry consultant and founder of Trouble Global, Emma Barry, is inviting fitness professionals to a free online summit with a line-up of 25 industry heavyweights.

From brain training and body sculpting, to ‘gesture tech’ and binaural beats, HCM predicts the trends that will impact and shape the sector

With one in six people in the world set to be aged over 60 by 2030, the demand for healthy ageing and longevity services is expected to rise. We talk to operators active in this space and ask how their premium offerings can filter down to the mainstream

We go behind the scenes at Surrenne, the exclusive new wellness facility inside London’s latest hotel from The Maybourne Group, The Emory in Hyde Park

As the UK health sector struggles with demand, health clubs are now stepping in to offer medical service support

HCM Handbook editorial director, Liz Terry, predicts key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape the sector, including nocturnal living, gesture tech, brain training and small cost concepts

Life Fitness has reimagined cardio with the launch of its Symbio line which has been designed with advanced biomechanics and offers deep levels of customisation

Steph Eaves looks at how health assessment devices are being reinvented to keep up with industry trends and rising consumer expectations

Newcomer to the market, Lunar Health Clubs, is gearing up to open its first high-end club this April, in Marlow UK.

Surrenne, a luxury hotel wellness club gym and spa, dedicated to longevity, launches in London in April, with membership costing £10,000 a year.

Could health assessments be the ultimate retention solution, asks Steph Eaves

Body scanning can improve the motivation and engagement of members, while providing a healthy source of secondary income for clubs. Frances Marcellin reports

Peloton Commercial, which includes the Precor brand portfolio, is proud to be working with a new distributor – Eleiko Group AB – to provide Precor-branded equipment across the Nordic regions in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

Working the glutes is vital for balance, power and wellbeing. Tom Tawell reports

Celebrity fitness trainer Tracy Anderson is offering free, two-week trials to her Tracy Anderson Method online.

Booty Builder is set to make its UK debut following a new distribution partnership with Reach Fitness.

One in five UK adults is worried about their body image. We look at how fit-tech can help to educate gym members on how to achieve a healthy transformation

In the latest of our reports on the booming cycling market, Steph Eaves looks at bike innovations

WeBuyGymEquipment.com (WBGE), the online bidding platform for fitness equipment, has appointed Adie Meyer as UK national sales manager – a newly created role for the business.

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has appointed four new members to its board of trustees.

WeBuyGym Equipment.com, a UK-based online bidding platform, has announced two new staff appointments after revealing plans to expand into the European and US markets.

Cardio equipment is generally the largest expense that a club makes, but it is often hard for operators to quantify their return on investment.

Equipment and software supplier eGym has appointed Eric Wenig as its European director at the same time that its UK head Jochen Michaelis is leaving the company.

Perfect weather greeted twenty brave skydivers from 1Life leisure management company as they prepared to jump to raise money for British Wheelchair Sport charity WheelPower.

The coming together of sport and fitness – encapsulated in the new DCMS strategy – marks a huge opportunity for health clubs and leisure centres to play to their strengths and tap into new funding streams, says Kate Cracknell

The CEO of Jatomi Fitness talks to Kate Cracknell about building a business around the consumer, and the lessons fitness can take from the fast food sector

How can health clubs broaden the appeal of indoor cycling? Kath Hudson asks the experts involved in this ever-growing sector

Gwyneth Paltrow and her diet and exercise mentor Tracy Anderson have created 3 Green Hearts – a food take-out company in the US that will offer juice, quinoa, kale ravioli, as well as something called ‘frosting shots’. The third ‘green heart’ and member of the company is Maria Baum – who is CEO of Tracy Anderson’s fitness empire.