Award news

Expo 2030 Riyadh is being planned as a permanent visitor destination, with organisers confirming the six-million-square-metre site will become a Global Village after the event ... More

The UK spa review and discovery platform for consumers, the Good Spa Guide, has announced it will host the Good Spa Guide Awards 2026 during ... More

PureGym Group has announced that group chief financial officer, Alex Wood, is taking over the role of CEO, as Clive Chesser steps down. Wood has ... More

Freedom Leisure and Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust have opened the £13 million Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion – a new community wellbeing and sports facility. Weldon Wellbeing ... More

Nuffield Health has told HCM that it takes its responsibilities towards its colleagues seriously and is committed to meeting all legal obligations after news of ... More

Technogym has announced the launch of the Run X World Treadmill Championship, the first world championship for running on connected treadmills over five kilometres.  The ... More

Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, ... More

Lithuanian care operator Addere Care has launched a “wellness care hospital” in Vilnius. It's the company’s second Lithuanian site, following a hospital in Trakai, but ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) will celebrate its 20th anniversary at the 2026 event in Phuket, Thailand, later this year with the theme: The Science, ... More

Not-for-profit trade association The Asia Pacific Spa and Wellness Coalition (APSWC) bestowed lifetime achievement awards on Julie Garrow and Lulu Widjaja during its latest annual ... More

Construction has begun on a new wellness destination in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, US, called The Shenandoah Nature Resort, which is due to open ... More

EuropeActive interim president, Marcel Boots and host, TV presenter and former Paralympian, Denise Schindler, have presented this year’s EuropeActive Awards at EHFF in Koln. For ... More

After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, Fusion Lifestyle has called in administrators after a “prolonged period of financial difficulty.” The trust said it had ... More

Managing director of awarding body, Active IQ, Jenny Patrickson, is leaving to focus on consultancy, advisory and non-executive director roles. Patrickson said about her decision: ... More

The International Spa Association (ISPA) Conference 2026 has begun today at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, where it will continue until Thursday 2 ... 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

Pendle Leisure Trust, working in partnership with Pendle Borough Council, will open the landmark project, Wavelengths Studio, in March. Pendle has been awarded £25 million ... 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

A new wellness destination called Eha is due to open in Q3 of 2026 on Estonia’s Hiiumaa Island, which is home to a UNESCO-protected biosphere ... More

Beyond Activ  APAC took place at the Crowne Conference Centre in Melbourne, Australia from 2-3 December, 2025. The event welcomed 550 delegates, representing 180 business ... More

Five star hotel, Corinthia London, has announced the relaunch of its award-winning urban spa with a new identify – Biome by Corinthia London. The new ... More

Steigenberger Icon Europäischer Hof Baden-Baden in Baden-Baden, Germany, opened earlier this year following extensive renovations and now its reimagined Vault Spa and Suites have launched ... More

Foundry has added two new clubs to its portfolio with the acquisition of Instate, an independent operator. The new sites in Cobham (Surrey) and Wandsworth ... More

The UK government has announced a National Youth Strategy, backed by £500 million, to rebuild youth services, train youth workers and other professionals to support ... More