Therme Group’s Romanian bathing resort Therme Bucharest is currently hosting its Herbarium Festival (4-17 May), offering guests a chance to explore sauna and steamroom experiences performed by 92 aufguss sauna masters and therapists from 26 countries.

Polar has launched Polar Loop, a screen-free wristband that tracks activity, recovery and sleep, showing how every active choice contributes to overall health.

Armah Sports CEO introduces his new smart club, B_fit, which uses AI, VR and Amazon Alexa

Therme Group’s CEO explains the rollout of the company’s 100,000sq m wellness resorts around the world

Construction on The Wave, a £37m indoor water park and leisure centre in Coventry, is in its final stages and the complex will be opened in phases over the next three months.

Bannatyne is on a roll. Its CEO explains how creating “affordable luxury” has allowed the brand to grow and set its sights on extending into Europe

Technology in today’s health clubs is being increasingly geared towards creating an ultra- convenient, intelligent workout experience.

Elan Spa at Mallory Court Hotel is the first standalone facility of its kind in the eight-strong Eden Hotel Collection - and its flagship property.

Looking for a software solution to track memberships while increasing client numbers and revenue?

Escape Fitness has recently launched the FunXtion Interactive Platform, a cloud-based, multi-device solution designed for use in functional training areas.

When it comes to improving operations and member experience, Gantner’s NFC Club Management system offers a modular, easy-to- expand solution that’s entirely one-of-a-kind.

Training solutions provider Escape Fitness will be debuting the FunXtion Interactive Platform in the US at The Cliffs at Mountain Park in Asheville, North Carolina.

National gym operator Xercise4Less will kick off a month-long partnership with blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan beginning with an open weekend at all of its 47 clubs to coincide with World Cancer Day on Saturday (4 February).

The new GAT Eco.Lock is an easy retrofit solution for fitness clubs, looking to upgrade their existing lockers to a Near-Field-Communication (NFC) electronic locker system.

Are you looking for an effective way to automate access control? Then Gantner’s new, multifunctional access control terminal, GAT Access 6600, is the solution you seek.

Wearable tech firm Fitbit has launched its latest fitness wristbands - Charge 2 and Flex 2.

Vicki Loomes of trendwatching.com outlines five consumer trends your business should be embracing in 2016

A growing number of clubs across the UK are working with Ojmar to upgrade their traditional keyed locking systems to electronic solutions

Vicki Loomes of trendwatching.com outlines five key consumer trends your health and fitness business should be looking to embrace in 2016

Operator Places for People Leisure (PfPL) is working on an innovative partnership with a London university, gathering evidence to build the case for swimming to be prescribed by GPs.

The world has gone wearable tech crazy over the past couple of years, but Jawbone CEO Hosain Rahman believes the future of health tracking will place gadgets inside the body.

A ‘wellness ring’ that uses health stats to make lifestyle suggestions has taken crowdfunding website Kickstarter by storm, raising more than double its US$100,000 (€88,601, £63,737) target in a matter of days.

Spotify has sought to tackle the often-tricky task of finding a decent playlist that will help runners pick up the pace through the launch of Spotify Running.

A striking, larger than life-size display in the shape of a smartphone, FunXtion Interactive has been designed to make fitness fun.

MyFitnessPal, the health and fitness tracking app which boasts 85 million users, has today (5 May) launched a new upgrade aimed at helping fitness enthusiasts move beyond step- counting and take their wellness regimes to the next level.

Apple has unveiled a new software framework called ResearchKit, which it hopes will enable 700 million iPhone users worldwide to participate in health studies and access diagnostic tools at the touch of a screen.

We’ve had smartwatches, smart glasses and even smart shoes. Now the humble skipping rope is the latest age-old object to be reinvigorated as a fitness-focused piece of wearable technology, with not one, but two companies currently crowdfunding to bring skipping ropes into the 21st century.

Wearable technology pioneers will launch the next generation of sports and fitness devices at next month’s Wearable Technology Show, which takes place from 10-11 March at ExCeL in London.

Sportswear giant Under Armour has made a major play into the fitness tracking sector, acquiring popular apps Endomondo and MyFitnessPal.

Gantner’s RFID system has helped a swimming complex in Norway become fully automated. We take a closer look at the project