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Fitness First UK is embracing digital wellness technology by installing Kip’s tap-to-activate phone controls across its UK estate.

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.

As the sober curious movement grows, how can health clubs best support members wanting to make this shift?

Novak Djokovic, one of the most successful tennis players in history, is serving up an ace in the wellness world, backing an innovative wellbeing chamber set to hit the market soon.

Palace Merano, the Italian medi-spa has launched a new programme called The Sport Recovery Lab which focuses on physical recovery while also revealing a new tie-up with French football legend Zinédine Zidane.

A wellness-focused mega development in London has received full planning consent, with the scheme expected on-site this year and a completion date of 2030.

FIBO 2025, which yesterday partnered with EuropeActive for the 12th European Health and Fitness Forum and the launch of the European Health and Fitness Market Report with Deloitte, opens its trade show today in Cologne Germany, with a record attendance expected across 11 halls of equipment and services.

Leading industry conference, Elevate will return to ExCeL London from 18-19 June 2025 as the UK’s leading trade event for physical activity, fitness and sports therapy.

With a growing focus on recovery to help members achieve peak performance and results, Steph Eaves asks what equipment health clubs should install

The PGA Catalunya resort in Spain has launched a 360-degree wellness programme based on a smart business model, as Neena Dhillon discovers

Twenty Four, a new automated gym and sports facility, where all equipment is self-powered, has opened in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The new addition is part of Urban Harbor, a 200,000- square metre industrial area that is being transformed by Max Maier Urban Development to become Europe’s first climate-neutral urban district.

Lockdown wasn’t good for the nation’s health, and the bad habits forged in lockdown one have endured. Dr Felix Naughton talks to Kath Hudson about the findings from the UEA’s research

The CEO of KX and KXU on taking the brand to New York in partnership with Casa Cipriani

The co-founder of Next Health on helping people optimise their health and his plans for global growth

PT Talilla Henchoz has leveraged her social media following to create an online club based on five pillars of sustainable health

A top trend for 2020 is retreats, as fitness operators such as Third space and Dime partner with boutique travel operators to extend their relationship with members beyond the club

Saturday, 8 June 2019 will mark the eighth annual Global Wellness Day (GWD), and thousands of locations across the world – including hotel/spa chains, fitness centres, yoga studios, associations, foundations, hospitals, schools and senior living centres, along with governments, businesses and celebrities – will be celebrating GWD with free, non- commercial, health and wellness activities for the public.

Dave Asprey, Silicon Valley hacker and the creator of Bulletproof coffee has developed a boutique fitness studio, which uses technology to upgrade members’ health

As a Lagree studio opens at the Nobu Hotel in London, the founder shares his vision of creating a better world for all through wellbeing and health

France-based Core Motion Group (CMG) has launched a new club under its CMG Sports Club brand in Paris, France. The 3,000sq m ONE Saint-Lazare club opened its doors on 28 April and is described as a new concept by Benoit Mazerat, CMG’s director for business development.

Fitness has a major role to play in the fast-changing global landscape, both in terms of harnessing the power of technology and shielding us from its more harmful aspects, Randi Zuckerberg told delegates at IHRSA 2016 today (23 March).

Architecture studio YOD Lab have renovated and modernised a Soviet-era building in a Ukrainian pine forest to create a nature-inspired spa and leisure complex.

Fitness presenter Rachel Holmes is launching a new pop-up fitness concept which will see three week ‘Transformation Studios’ offer fitness, food and lifestyle advice in empty shopping spaces.

A new health and fitness development in London is using inspirational music to help push exercisers further when taking part in its specially-curated cycling workouts.

A destination resort in the hills of northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai is combining spa treatments with a military-themed boot camp to tempt wellness tourists from across the globe.

What is billed as East Africa's first yoga festival is scheduled to take place next year at Lamu, one of the oldest towns in Kenya and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Residential developers are incorporating wellbeing facilities in their schemes to enhance exclusivity and add value, reports Neena Dhillon

Spa management and skincare company ESPA revealed ESPA Life, its brand new spa concept, at the five-star, 294-bedroom Corinthia Hotel London, UK, yesterday (4 July 2011).

The new Grand Millennium Al Wahda hotel has opened what's said to be Abu Dhabi's largest health club and spa.