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Luxury hospitality and wellness pioneer Jeremy McCarthy has launched Leisure Alchemy, a digital platform that will provide professionals with strategic guidance on how to build ... More

Nuffield Health’s free programmes delivered social value of £166 million in 2025 and the company is now aiming to generate £2 billion by 2030. According ... More

Spanish preventative health operator, SHA, has formed its Global Scientific Advisory Board, comprising experts from around the world who will guide the evolution of the ... More

A comprehensive review of studies on the health effects of collagen supplements has found benefits such as relief from osteoarthritis symptoms and better skin health, ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has announced the 20th anniversary edition of the event will take place at Angsana Laguna Phuket in Thailand between 10-13 ... More

EuropeActive has announced the launch of Next Level Leaders, a world class executive development programme, delivered in partnership with IESE Business School.  Reimagined from the ... More

How exercise makes you feel is one of the strongest predictors of whether people will stick with it long term, according to behaviour change expert, ... More

After 25 years at non-profit academic medical group practice, Mayo Clinic, Dr Dawn Mussallem has become chief medical officer at US longevity clinic company, Fountain ... More

The impact of weight loss drugs on skeletal muscle mass and the importance of exercise and strength training has been revealed in a new report ... More

Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the 2024-25 academic year. Physical activity among children and young people ... More

Mary Tabacchi has been recognised with the Global Wellness Summit’s (GWS) coveted annual Leading Woman in Wellness Award in Dubai, UAE. Tabacchi is a spa ... More

The Great Spa Towns of Europe (GSTE) Association discussed the spa towns’ legacies at the first general assembly under the leadership of new chair Oliver ... More

The McKinsey Health Institute has highlighted the ways in which various stakeholders can play their part in accelerating the science behind biomedical interventions that affect ... More

Sani Resort, the luxury holiday destination in Kassandra in the Greek region of Halkidiki, will introduce a new wellness programme called Sani Elixirium between 12-16 ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has revealed a list of some of the speakers that have been selected to speak during the longevity-themed conference in ... More

The Global Wellness Summit has revealed that the 2025 theme for its 19th annual conference will be “Longevity Through a Wellness Lens”. The conference will ... More

The luxury Salobre Hotel Resort and Serenity on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria is launching a sleep wellness programme called Tempo, in collaboration with ... More

Wedding celebrations for multi-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former TV journalist Lauren Sanchez have taken place in Venice, Italy. Despite protests against overtourism and ... More

Rimini Wellness has launched again this year in the Rimini Expo Centre, Italy, bringing wellness, fitness, healthy nutrition and sport professionals together until 1 June. ... More

Active IQ is preparing to launch a Level 3, nested wellbeing qualification that covers coaching for positive behavioural change, mental resilience and lifestyle programming. MD ... More

Loughborough University in the UK has teamed up with Vitality to launch a Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub. Headed up by Professor Jo ... More

Don’t wait for the government, or the NHS, to provide the solutions or the budget, just get on with it was a key takeaway from ... More

Insurance company, Vitality, has published a report into the exercise habits of British women, and explores the critical barriers preventing many from meeting physical activity ... More

The UK’s largest healthcare charity and a leading research university have teamed up to create a scalable intervention to use physical activity to treat chronic ... More