British Airways news

Having announced its intention to open 50 low cost gyms in the next three years, with a ROIC of 30 per cent, The Gym Group ... More

The World Travel & Tourism Council 's (WTTC) Hotel Sustainability Basics verification (Basics) has achieved a significant milestone, with over 1,700 hotels verified across 70 ... More

Online spa booking service Spabreaks.com has announced the appointment of a new managing director, Simon O'Flynn, as the company celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. O'Flynn joins ... More

Studio RHE is converting a 1.5ac (0.6ha) underground bunker that developer General Projects suggests may once have been occupied by MI5 into a subterranean mixed-use ... More

KidZania – the children's edutainment centre operator – has announced plans to expand into the US, with its first centre due to open in Frisco, ... More

The UK tourism sector is set to see a boost in the number of Chinese visitors this winter. The increase in arrivals has partly been ... More

The number of tourist arrivals from Japan to the UK is expected to reach record levels this year, following the introduction of measures to make ... More

VisitEngland has named the best Britain's tourism industry has to offer, announcing the winners of its annual Awards for Excellence. The awards, which enter their ... More

The winners of The Structural Awards 2017 have been announced, with multiple leisure projects celebrated for their design and engineering excellence. The British Airways i360 ... More

The architect David Marks, co-founder of Marks Barfield Architects, has died at the age of 64 following a long illness. Marks, best-known as the co-designer ... More

The World Architecture Festival has today (7 July) unveiled the largest ever shortlist for its Building of the Year competition. WAF – one of the ... More

Chris Pilling, the former chief executive of the First Direct, has been tasked with overseeing the preparations ahead of Yorkshire hosting the 2019 UCI World ... More

UK’s flagship carrier British Airways (BA) is developing an ingestible “wellness pill,” which would allow the airline to monitor passengers’ health information during flights. The ... More

The British Airways i360 – the world’s first vertical cable car, tallest moving observation tower and most slender tower – has opened to the public ... More

British Airways customers can now meditate their way to a more relaxing flight, thanks to a new in-flight entertainment channel in partnership with meditation app ... More

A new app has been launched that enables UK gym owners to trade-in their old fitness equipment within minutes via an online auction platform. WeBuyAnyGymEquipment.Com ... More

The glass viewing pod for a vertical cable car billed as “the world’s tallest moving observation attraction” was completed yesterday (13 January) on the UK’s ... More

Leisure industry entrepreneur Daniel Jones has left his role as sales director of Physique Sports to launch two new companies to the UK fitness sector. ... More

British efforts to court Chinese tourism through a major Shanghai business festival launched by Prince William are missing the point in terms of what needs ... More

The fifth annual Spa Life UK event took place on 18-19 November at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, featuring a jam-packed schedule of talks from industry ... More

The fifth annual Spa Life UK event will take place on 18-19 November at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, featuring a jam-packed schedule of talks from ... More

VisitBritain has announced that current board member Sally Balcombe will become the tourism body’s new chief executive from September, tasked with maintaining Britain’s gathering momentum ... More

British Airways and VisitBritain have joined forces to launch a new multi-million pound marketing push to boost inbound traveller numbers to the UK. The Big ... More

Brand and digital marketing specialist Iain G. Morrison has been appointed as Head of marketing and communications at leading not-for-profit leisure trust GLL (Greenwich Leisure ... More

The government has announced that a new tourism marketing fund is 'on course' to reach £100m after private sector companies pledged to help match public ... More