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Luxury health and wellness brand The Ranch is gearing up to open its first East Coast destination in the Hudson Valley near Tuxedo Park, New ... More

Equinox has raised US$1.8 billion in cash to refinance US$1.5 billion of maturing loans. The deal will also boost cashflow and give it a chunk ... More

According to a pilot study by Yale School of Medicine, exercise can not only slow down the neurodegeneration associated with Parkinson’s Disease, there is evidence ... More

Populous have unveiled their plans for a state-of-the-art e-sports arena, designed to stand as a central landmark in Qiddaya City’s gaming and e-sports district, Saudi ... More

US massage and wellness franchise Massage Heights is under new leadership with the return of co-founder Shane Evans as company CEO. Effective immediately, Evans takes ... More

Huafa Snow World, a 131-hectare sport and entertainment destination in Shenzhen, China, designed by architecture firm, 10 Design is slated to open in 2025. The ... More

Five-star Tuscan retreat Castelfalfi has celebrated the relaunch of its spa with a partnership with integrative wellness and medical retreat RAKxa based in Bangkok, Thailand. ... More

The speakers have been confirmed for this year's Surf Park Summit - the global event dedicated exclusively to the surf park industry. Taking place at ... More

Six Senses is set to open a new tropical island retreat on a stretch of secret beachfront in Belize by mid-2025. Six Senses Belize will ... More

Global online architecture platform Architizer has spotlighted innovative spa and wellness architecture concepts around the world as part of its 11th Annual Architizer A+Awards. Founded ... More

Delegates from across Europe and the US gathered from 3-5 May 2023 for the Themed Entertainment Association’s SATE conference at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany. The ... More

Nonprofit trade association GSN Planet has appointed Michael Bruggeman, CEO and chief formulation officer for OM4 Organic Male + haia, and Helen Brown, principal of ... More

Global architectural firm Woods Bagot has completed its comprehensive renewal of the Continental Sorrento in Victoria, Australia, with a luxury underground spa and bathing retreat. ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) is gearing up to host its second annual Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium at JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters ... More

Nancy Griffin, founder of podcast Glowing Older and principal of Contento Marketing, has launched an initiative to create awareness about ageism in the spa, wellness ... More

Traditional Roman bathing and Greek mythology have inspired the new spa launching at Six Senses' first Italian outpost, Six Senses Rome. Located inside an original ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has announced the appointment of two international wellness thought leaders to its Advisory Board. Amir Alroy is co-founder of Welltech ... More

Arch Amenities Group (AAG) has announced the appointment of Blake Feeney, a spa industry veteran, as vice president of spa business development. Feeney joins AAG ... More

Hutchinson Consulting has been acquired by Arch Amenities Group (AAG), a global provider of hospitality management and consulting services for commercial and residential properties, hotels, ... More

The second annual International Wellness Tourism Conference has been postponed to 29-30 November 2022, following Hurricane Fiona. “Taking place in the Dominican Republic, the two-day ... More

California’s historic Murrieta Hot Springs has been purchased for US$50m (€51m, £44.4m) by Olympus Real Estate Group, a real estate investment and development firm with ... More

A new survey has been launched to review shifts in wages and employment in the global spa industry. Open until 7 December, the 2022 Global ... More

Hospitality and entertainment design firm HBG Design is helming the design of Michigan's new Gun Lake Casino Resort Aquadome – a glass-roofed, climate-controlled, indoor landscaped ... More

Two of the industry's leading specialists in oncology massage and skincare will host a training masterclass in London, from 24 - 26 October. The Foundation ... More

The Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care (SATCC) is working on a new spa industry training standard for the treatment of lymphoedema. Lymphoedema is ... More