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Following a five year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has announced that its popular sleepover experience is ... More

Nordic Hotels and Resort has told Spa Business it's planning to add a spa to its 'At Six' hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, because the property ... More

Laszlo Puczko, CEO of Health Tourism Worldwide (HTTWLife), has initiated a new conversation about the evolving role of men in wellness. Through his Wellness of ... More

Sport England has announced that Tim Hollingsworth will stand down as CEO at the end of July, after six years at the helm. Hollingsworth has ... More

Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People Survey for the academic year 2023-2024 has found that one of the biggest determinants of physical activity ... More

The Bear Grylls Adventure activity site in Birmingham’s NEC Centre, UK, is set to close on 11 December 2024, after six years of operation. The ... More

Fitness First’s turnaround is off to an encouraging start, with like-for-like revenues to 31 March up by 12 per cent to £38.4 million and the ... More

Universal has revealed it will be adding new Harry Potter attractions, alongside Super Nintendo and How to Train Your Dragon worlds to its Florida resort. ... More

According to McKinsey’s latest report, The trends defining the US$1.8 trillion global wellness market in 2024, the market for wellness is being driven by consumers ... More

For the past 30 years, historic Southern California hot springs retreat Murrieta Hot Springs Resort has been out of action and closed to the public. ... More

A new global industry organisation dedicated to touchless wellness therapies has been launched by industry consultant Erin Lee. Called the Touchless Wellness Association (TWA), the ... More

Improved mental health is now a stronger motivation for Brits to exercise than staying in shape. More than half of respondents (54 per cent) to ... 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

Brothers Christian and Sean Mackin are taking touchless therapy a step further by creating one of the first life-sized massage robots. They’re co-founders of tech ... More

The Lake Nona Impact Forum will see leaders from health, wellbeing, technology and business gather in Florida during 8-10 March 2023. The annual event brings ... More

The parents of Kaylea Titford, a disabled 16-year-old girl, have been found guilty of her death by allowing her to become fatally obese. The prosecution, ... More

Wearable technology is 2023’s number one worldwide fitness trend according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), which has released a list of 20 ... More

German fitness operator, Life Fit Group, led by Martin Seibold, has snapped Loft Holding GmbH and its fitness brand Fitness Loft. The company has also ... More

Children’s and young people’s activity levels are back to pre-pandemic levels, confirms Sport England in its annual Active Lives Children and Young People Survey 2021-2022. ... More

Shanghai Disneyland theme park will reopen to visitors on Thursday 8 December, following a temporary closure due to COVID-19 restrictions. Last month, all visitors to ... More

Disney is set to undergo a "major restructuring" following the shock return of CEO Bob Iger. Iger, who steered Disney as CEO from 2005 until ... More

Sport for Health, a collaboration between The World Health Organization (WHO), FIFA and Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health, has released an app called Gen Move ... More

The first Blue Zones Center is set to launch in Miami, Florida, and showcase the next generation of longevity medicine. The facility is underpinned by ... More

The declining health of Britons is stalling the nation’s economic growth. This is the key message from Andy Haldane, chief executive of the Royal Society ... More

Global health and wellness holding company XWell has partnered with Clockwork to launch AI-driven robot manicures in select US XpresSpa airport spas. Beginning in Q1 ... More