Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK. 

Lisa Nandy, secretary of state at the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) gave a speech to the sector this week at a summit hosted by Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum. She spoke about plans to use her department to unlock growth.

Portugese footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, has launched a health and wellness app that harmonises advice on fitness, nutrition and mental wellness in one seamless experience.

Global wellbeing organisation Therme Group US and Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser have signed a deal to work together toward identifying a site for a new Therme facility.

The much-loved tennis star is building his Rafa Nadal Academy brand, combining education with training, fitness and sport, with the most recent opening in Kuwait

Global developer and wellbeing destination operator Therme Group is one step closer to breaking ground on its upcoming £250m (US$287.6m, €299m) thermal wellbeing and leisure resort development in Manchester, UK.

The UK government has announced it will be scaling back financial support to businesses as part of the updated Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS).

Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to provide a new sports and wellness centre at Milan’s Bocconi University. The building has been designed by Pritzker-prize winning architects architects SANAA, renowned for creating iconic constructions such as the New Contemporary Art Museum building in Manhattan and the Christian Dior building in Tokyo.

Global developer and operator of wellbeing destinations Therme Group has inked a deal with Peel L&P for a new location in Glasgow called Therme Scotland.

The chair of the Black Swimming Association on how operators can support people of colour in getting fitter

Leisure trust Vivacity, which terminated its contract with Peterborough City Council council last week, has confirmed it's lost £8m as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Architectural icon, Peter Cook, and his business partner, Gavin Robotham, co-founders of Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau (CRAB), have revealed they're working on an innovative leisure and recreation project in Mumbai.

An analysis of London’s supersize fatberg has revealed worryingly high levels of illegal performance-enhancing drugs present in the city’s sewers

As a new year approaches, CLAD brings you our list of some of the most anticipated leisure buildings expected in 2019, from museums and restaurants to spas, theatres, and resorts.

A disused tower block in central São Paulo has been converted into a vibrant fitness, sport and leisure destination

The police confiscate a ton of knives in London every month. Pia Fontes and Ben Wintour have set up Steel Warriors, a charity that re-forges them to make urban gyms for the community

Brazilian design studio MMBB Arquitetos and legendary architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha have collaborated on the transformation of a disused tower block in central São Paulo into a vibrant leisure destination for the city.

Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair, replacing Dugald Mackie after four-and-half years in the role.

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has introduced health and fitness sessions before public opening hours, offering its audience the chance to go on a two-mile journey as they dance their way through the museum’s exhibits.

Virgin Active has launched its latest full-service Collection club in the re-generated Silo District in Cape Town, South Africa.

Some of the UK’s top visitor attractions are failing when it comes to serving healthy food to children, according to new research.

Culture, health and movement are the focus at MVRDV’s new community centre in Copenhagen, which encourages adults and children alike to enjoy a better quality of life through physical activity.

Leisure services supported by public funding are facing significant challenges after it was announced that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) administrative budget is to be cut by 20 per cent over the next four years, with the department's overall budget falling 5 per cent.

In a historic day for the UK health and fitness industry, The Gym Group has successfully completed an IPO. CEO John Treharne rang the bell on the London Stock Exchange this morning (9 November) as the shares began trading under the ticker GYM.

With dementia a growing concern in our rapidly ageing society, fitness and leisure operators must learn to cater for people with this condition, says Kate Cracknell

Meet the winning health and fitness clubs, announced at the recent Health Club Awards, as voted for by club members around the UK

Nicky Jobson reports on all the news, excitement and product launches from this year’s Leisure Industry Week, which took place at the Birmingham NEC

Birmingham’s Motorcycle Museum was the scene for the glittering Members’ Choice Health Club Awards 2014 this evening (30 September), which saw a cross-section of top-performing operators collect accolades based solely on the views of their members.

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science (formerly known as the Miami Science Museum), which is nearing the halfway stage of moving to a new US$275m (€212m, £168.5m) facility in downtown Miami, has received a donation of US$5m (€3.9m, £3.1m) to fund health and wellness programmes when the new facility launches in 2016.