Austria news

As part of its first hotel partnership, Mayrlife – the medical health resort company known for its site in Altaussee, Austria – has launched a ... More

Basic-Fit has received permission to operate 24/7 staffless clubs in France, a change which is expected to save the high-value, low-cost operator at least €10 ... More

LifeFit Group CEO, Martin Seibold, has been presented with the Global Leader Award by the Health & Fitness Association.   This award recognises his significant ... More

Medical health resort Vivamayr in Maria Wörth, Austria, has introduced a new way to package and experience modern Mayr medicine, with a base programme and ... More

LifeFit Group continues its buy-and-build strategy with the acquisition of Just Fit, which has 20 studios in the Cologne metropolitan area and one in Moenchengladbach.  ... More

The US, China, Germany, Japan and the UK have the top five largest wellness markets in the world, according to a new report by the ... More

RSG Group has announced plans to franchise its legacy brand, McFit, in order to tap into new markets internationally. Formed in 1997, the 230 McFit ... More

Family-owned Alpine resort Hotel Lürzerhof in Austria’s SalzburgerLand has revealed plans for a €10 million (US$10.9 million, £8.5 million) expansion. The resort will be closed ... More

In its fourth transaction of the year, Germany’s LifeFit Group has acquired three Elixia premium clubs in Berlin. Each 5,000 square foot club features modern ... More

One of Europe’s largest operators of health spa hotels, Ensana, has announced its plans to double its international portfolio by 2030. Founded in 2019, the ... 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

Lefay Resort and Spa Lago di Garda in Italy has topped a new list of the world’s 50 best spas, curated by The Times and ... More

Basic-Fit has acquired German franchise, Clever Fit, taking its estate to 2,150 clubs and making it Europe's biggest owner-operator of gyms by number of sites. ... More

European holistic wellbeing and health resort operator Lanserhof Group has received an investment worth €95 million (US$105.2 million, £80.7 million) to fuel its global expansion. ... More

After a networking breakfast, Leisure Media CEO, Liz Terry and PureGym chair, Humphrey Cobbold, have just opened the HCM Summit at the Queen Elizabeth II ... More

Fitness First has become Germany’s first national training club partner of fitness race organiser, Hyrox, adding a premium sports format with a competitive edge to ... More

Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) has launched its first wellbeing collection and also published a survey that found travel is perceived as an ... 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 Naturhotel Forsthofgut resort has opened a health-focused extension to its existing spa in the forests of Salzburg at the base of the Asitz mountain ... More

Spa season 2025 will be launched this weekend in the historic spa town of Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, as members of the Great ... More

Palace Merano, the Italian medi-spa has launched a new Sport Recovery Lab which focuses on physical recovery while also revealing a tie-up with French football ... More

French football legend, Zinédine Zidane has been revealed as the new ambassador for Palace Merano, the Italian medi-spa known for its Revital Method which blends ... More

LifeFit Group has agreed its largest transaction to date, with the acquisition of FIT/One Group, which will give it a platform to build on in ... More

Nearly 100 students gathered in Baden bei Wien, Austria, last week to take part in the first-ever youth project hosted by the Great Spa Towns ... More

The multi-million revamp of McFit continues, with the completion of its first new-look studio in Munich Laim, which will soon be followed by three more ... More