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Palazzo di Varignana, in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, has created a new tailored health programme designed specifically for families. Families with young children ... More

Wilderness, an operator of 60 safari camps across eight African countries, has unveiled the second spa under its new concept called The Sanctuary, at Wilderness ... More

Of the 60 companies chosen by the UK government to be vanguard employers in the Keep Britain Working Review, seven are from the fitness industry. ... More

Nobis Hospitality Group’s wellness destination, Hagastrand, Autograph Collection, has launched in Stockholm, Sweden, with an immersive gong experience at its spa. Hagastrand is a 215-key ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has released its full agenda for the conference’s 19th annual edition, which will be held at the Mandarin Oriental in ... More

Pub and hotel Ffolkes has revealed a destination spa that has cost just under £4 million (US$5.41 million, €4.60 million) to build in Norfolk, UK. ... More

The 2025 HFA Global Report, which looked at almost 30 markets, shows that around the world more people are joining gyms and seeing fitness as ... More

The Spa at Dunluce Lodge in Northern Ireland, has partnered with local retreat company Seascape Wellness Studio and Irish seaweed skincare company Seabody to launch ... More

Engineering entrepreneur, Matt Harford, has launched a new fitness, physical activity and community concept called Sostena, in Cornwall, Uk with plans to scale nationally. “If ... More

Thermal baths and spa complex Thermen and Badewelt Sinsheim in Germany has opened an immersive cinematic experience called “Breathing Planet” to offer multi-sensory guided breathing ... More

A new bathing experience called Basin Glacial Waters will open at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, on 15 September. Basin Glacial Waters takes ... More

As iconic fitness brand Crunch celebrates its 35th birthday, CEO Jim Rowley tells HCM about building it up from the ashes and his aspirations to ... More

The president of Crunch Fitness, Chequan Lewis, says the company is accelerating its growth plans as it celebrates its 35th anniversary. Crunch has 460 sites ... More

More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to party leaders to commit to making the nation the most ... More

US private equity fund, Providence Equity Partners, is acquiring a majority stake in VivaGym from Bridges Fund Management, which will exit as a shareholder. Financial ... More

PureGym saw revenues rise by 15 per cent in 2023, with the company announcing plans to develop 200 new clubs in the next three to ... More

London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), the company behind plans to build a theme park resort in Swanscombe, Kent, has called in administrators with the aim ... More

Immersive cinema specialist SimEx-Iwerks, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023, has created its first custom-production fly film in collaboration with CGI Specialist, Red Raion. ... More

Industry body, UK Active, has revealed a new council to represent the voice of members to its board. The group will be chaired by industry ... More

"Dozens" of gyms in Liverpool, UK, have defied the government and stayed open for business – despite being ordered to shut their doors – with ... More

Indoor cycling brand Flywheel is to discontinue its Flywheel At Home subscription service after settling a legal case with rival Peloton. A 2018 lawsuit by ... More

Liverpool FC has revealed updated KSS -designed plans for the expansion of the Anfield Road stand at its Anfield stadium and has begun a second-stage ... More

The Casa Madrona Hotel and Spa in Sausalito, San Francisco, has undergone a US$2.5m dollar redevelopment and refreshed its treatment menu. The 3,000sq ft spa ... More

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) and Thomas Juul-Hansen have designed a $300m (€270m, £230m) apartment tower for Bangkok, Thailand, that will boast 2,500sq m (27,000sq ft) ... More

The Rugby Football League (RFL) has been awarded £660,000 from the Youth Endowment Fund to launch and evaluate Inspiring Futures – an initiative aiming to ... More