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Results from SATS' Q4 2022 report show that membership numbers grew to record levels in 2022, reaching 721,000 overall, including an increase of 13,000 during ... More

A number of gym operators are concerned that local lockdowns could come into effect in some areas of the UK before gyms reopen, further delaying ... More

Ever since the UK's leisure facilities were closed on "lockdown day" – 20 March – the charitable trusts and social enterprises managing them have been ... More

Leisure trust GLL has partnered with foodservice company Brakes to offer a home delivery service to its members – and to create an alternative revenue ... More

TRT Holdings, the majority shareholder of Gold's Gym, has cancelled its plans to offload the gym chain. The US-based private holding company, which also owns ... More

DXB Entertainments – the owner of Dubai Parks and Resorts – has slammed the brakes on its under-development Six Flags-branded theme park in Dubai, citing ... More

Andreas Theve, park historian at the popular Grona Lund theme park in Stockholm, has urged theme park operators to adopt edutainment offerings into their annual ... More

Merlin Entertainments has been fined £5m (US$6.5m, €5.7m) after last year’s horrific Smiler crash at Alton Towers, an accident which left five visitors with life-changing ... More

Merlin Entertainments has been to court today for health and safety breaches in relation to last year’s Smiler rollercoaster crash which left two people needing ... More

David Marks, chair and designer of the recently-launched i360 vertical cable car in Brighton, UK, has apologised to its visitors after the observation pod broke ... More

Iconic camper van maker Volkswagen has set the wheels in motion for an intriguing venture into the pop-up hotel market, after teaming up with booking ... More

Gilbert, Arizona, could still become home to the “epicentre” of BMX riding in the US, if plans by the country’s national body go through and ... More

The latest addition of Chance Rides' people movers is now on the market. Chance Rides has relaunched its Sunliner after a complete redesign. The Sunliner ... More

Image: Club manager Jason Eaton with the new bikes theclub at Cadbury House, one of the largest independent health clubs in the south west, has ... More

The 146m-(479ft)high Liseberg Tower at the eponymous Swedish theme park, is to be turned into a free fall attraction. Called AtmosFear and to be constructed ... More

The Skara Sommarland water park in central southern Sweden, reported to be the largest in Scandinavia, has seen the opening of 'Tranan', the first of ... More

Middle Eastern investment company Union Properties has put the brakes on the construction of its Formula One World theme park in Dubailand. The multimillion-pound F1-X ... More

The BHA AGM and Annual Luncheon, which took place on Wednesday 25 June 2008, commended outstanding service to tourism and the hospitality industry by awarding ... More

A bright yellow-painted three-wheeled car developed by Dutch company, Trigger Technics, has become the latest tourist attraction in San Francisco. Tour company, GoCar, has purchased ... More

Presenters on ITV’s Design Wars interior design reality tv show have been equipped with their own Club Car golf car in which to travel around ... More