Benelux news

On unveiling strong interim results, Basic-Fit said it will update on franchising plans before the end of the year and is also predicting positive cash ... More

Basic-Fit CEO, Rene Moos, says 2024 is “going to plan” as the low-cost operator continues to open clubs across Europe and progresses plans for franchising. ... More

Martin Seibold, CEO of LifeFit Group, has joined Les Mills as a non-executive director. Acknowledged as one of the leading club operators in the world, ... More

Basic-Fit topped four million members – a 13 per cent increase – and opened a record number of clubs in the first half year of ... More

Basic-Fit has signed up to trial Wellhub across its recently expanded Spanish network, giving access to subscribers and enabling them to use all 152 of ... More

Despite high inflation and energy costs, Basic-Fit lifted 2023 revenues by almost a third, achieved a record number of club openings and is bullish about ... More

Fitness First has filed a Court Order for restructuring at Companies House in the UK – the document is currently being processed, with details due ... More

Urban Gym Group is adding to its network of fitness clubs with the opening of a new TrainMore site in Amsterdam. Located in Tower 10 ... More

Basic-Fit has released its results for 2022 which show strong club and membership growth, a doubling of revenue and substantial increases in profitability from a ... More

Kevin Yates, founder and CEO of Trib3 has been awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. He joins eight other winners ... More

Former CEO of Anytime Fitness Neil Randall has been appointed the new CEO of TrainMore and Clubsportive at Urban Gym Group (UGG). His role will ... More

Merlin Entertainments Group has revealed plans for a new Legoland theme park near Charleroi Airport in Belgium. Set to open to guests by 2027, Merlin ... More

Multi-brand fitness chain Urban Gym Group (UGG) has raised €16m in capital. The funds will be used to drive company growth through acquisitions, branching out ... More

Over a third of real estate investors intend to buy more hotels across Europe, according to the latest research from real estate advisory firm Cushman ... More

Boutique studio operator TRIB3 has launched its own-brand range of luxury toiletries. The operator, which recently entered the Benelux market by signing a 20-site franchise ... More

TRIB3 has secured a franchise deal which will see it open 20 studios across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The boutique operator has signed the ... More

As reported in HCM earlier this month, the European health and fitness market continued to grow strongly in 2018, as the total number of health ... More

Franchise operator Anytime Fitness has revealed plans to enter the highly competitive German fitness market. The company has appointed a European-based master franchising team and ... More

Mike Sharrock has been appointed as CEO of the British Paralympic Association (BPA), succeeding Tim Hollingsworth, who was named Sport England CEO earlier this year. ... More

Architecture firm FaulknerBrowns have completed a dynamic €50m (US$61m, £44.4m) sports campus in The Hague’s historic Zuiderpark. Open to amateur and elite athletes and community ... More

Low-cost European fitness operator Basic-Fit has teamed up with TomTom in a deal that will see personal trainers use wearables to help provide gym members ... More

A record number of new club openings helped low-cost European fitness operator Basic-Fit increase its revenues by 28 per cent to €258.6million (£222.6m, US$278.6m) in ... More

Disney’s managing director for Australia and New Zealand is making a return to Europe to run Euro Disney. Catherine Powell, who previously held roles as ... More

Life Fitness has promoted UK managing director Jason Worthy to the newly-created role of managing director, Direct Business, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). According ... More

Wahanda, Europe’s largest hair and beauty marketplace, has acquired its Dutch equivalent called Treatwell for €34m (US$38m, £25m). This is the fourth European acquisition by ... More