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Health club operators and suppliers must take urgent action if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by fitness technology, according to a team ... More

Spafinder Wellness 365 has published its twelfth edition of the annual Top 10 Global Spa and Wellness Trends Forecast for 2015 – including medi-spa prescriptions ... More

Hair and beauty apprenticeships that ensure trainees are ‘salon-ready’ when they qualify have been given government approval. Statistics from the Hair and Beauty Industry Authority ... More

Being severely obese can cut a person’s life short by up to eight years and cause decades of ill health, according to a study carried ... More

When SPATEX 2015, the UK’s number one pool and spa expo, opens its doors at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena Jaguar Exhibition Hall from Sunday 1 to ... More

The fifth annual Spa Life UK event took place on 18-19 November at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, featuring a jam-packed schedule of talks from industry ... More

Spafinder Wellness 365 will lead a wellness tourism programme in association with the Global Wellness Tourism Congress (GWTC) across three days of the World Travel ... More

The fifth annual Spa Life UK event will take place on 18-19 November at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, featuring a jam-packed schedule of talks from ... More

Walking could be just as important as biological imperatives like eating, providing the key types of movement the body needs to remain healthy, according to ... More

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE)’s new guidelines for commissioners regarding exercise on referral schemes have been praised by ukactive for helping ... More

Around 12,000 cases of cancer each year are caused by people being overweight or obese, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical ... More

Software provider Refer-all, which specialises in solutions to enhance the efficiency of exercise referrals from GP to leisure provider, has launched a new foundation designed ... More

The cream of the health and fitness industry gathered in Telford this week, as 14 awards and three special accolades were distributed at the highly-anticipated ... More

ukactive’s annual Flame Conference got underway in Telford today (1 July), with operators and suppliers alike no doubt anxious to discover if they will be ... More

Nearly 300 nominees for the world’s first Wellness Travel Awards were announced yesterday (19 June) – a competition set up to honour hotels, resorts, destination ... More

The food and wine-based Evangeline Spa has opened at the gastronomy-focused Epicurean Hotel in South Tampa, Florida. Spa consultants, WTS, organised the layout and interior ... More

UK entrepreneur, writer and co-founder of Green & Black’s chocolate, Jo Fairley has teamed up with perfume expert Lorna McKay to launch a website and ... More

English tourism industry leaders gathered in anticipation at Cheltenham Racecourse this week, as they vied for the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2014. A total of ... More

Delivering training for the next generation of active leisure workers is a great responsibility. Choosing which awarding organisation to go with can play a significant ... More

Spa industry experts have highlighted the lack of training centres in the Middle East and declared that it is now their responsibility to deliver effective ... More

Spas in the United Arab Emirates need to do more to cater for stressed-out males travelling across the world, according to industry experts speaking at ... More

Protein First has developed a range of protein ice creams with help from food industry experts and Teesside University. The ice creams are fortified with ... More

SPATEX 2014 hosted a dedicated and free Leisure Operators' Day at Coventry Ricoh Arena’s Jaguar Exhibition Hall. as part of the UK’s leading three-day pool ... More

The international show Piscina Barcelona will showcase a complete wellness centre as part of the Wellness and Spa Experiences Event, from 15 - 18 October. ... More

London hotel industry experts anticipate a potential slump this summer, according to discount travel website Hotwire.com. Hotwire said that although the British government predicted that ... More