Bulgaria news

Gold's Gym Thousand Oaks, in Southern California, has announced the completion of its remodel and expansion. Franchise group, Gold’s Gym SoCal owns 23 locations in ... More

European health spa hotel operator Ensana has announced plans to operate its first Bulgarian location this October. Launched in 2019, Ensana manages 27 hotels in ... More

A new report by Deloitte, outlining the social and economic value of the global health and fitness industry, has been released by The Global Health ... More

Governments have begun easing their COVID-19 lockdown measures, resulting in the gradual reopening of health clubs, gyms and fitness facilities. In Australia, where the number ... More

It's been another momentous year in the attractions industry and Attractions Management has been there reporting the big news all the way. Here, and in ... More

Studio Fuksas have won a competition to redevelop Sveta Nedelya Square in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a design that complements a celebration of the square's history ... More

The cities of Plovdiv in Bulgaria and Matera in Italy have taken the title for 2019 as European Capitals of Culture, with Plovdiv the first ... More

Rhyl Leisure Centre in north Wales has become the latest publicly-owned fitness facility to focus on small group classes as a way of attracting new ... More

Kosovo’s Ujevara Resort has opened the country’s largest waterpark, with the 20,000sq m (215,300sq ft) development the latest to come to the Balkans region. Supplied ... More

Palestine’s Hebron old city, the UK’s Lake District and the male-only sacred Japanese island of Okinoshima are among 23 new additions to Unesco’s World Heritage ... More

Liostasi Hotel & Suites, a five-star hotel on the Greek island of Ios, has opened a luxury day spa. Designed by Cyprus-based spa specialist ExclusivelySpa, ... More

Global Wellness Day will be celebrated on 10 June 2017, with more than 90 countries at 4000 different locations worldwide taking part, along with the ... More

British organisation Ourmala has been granted a slice of a €600,000 (£512,733, US$636,226) European Commission fund to help integrate refugees into society through sport. London-based ... More

Hyatt is opening its first branded hotel in Bulgaria, the Hyatt Regency Sofia, in 2018. Located in the heart of the Bulgarian capital on Vasil ... More

Athletic Fitness Bulgaria continues to grow its estate on home territory, with the doors to its ninth club opening recently. The latest club measures around ... More

FRHI will open a Swissotel in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia in 2018 – the brand's first hotel in the Balkan country. The 200-bedroom flagship ... More

The world governing body for male tennis has revealed that it will launch a new grass tournament to be held the week before Wimbledon from ... More

Hungary’s attempt to claim support from fellow European nations for Budapest’s 2024 Olympic bid has been brushed aside by the European Olympic Committee (EOC). In ... More

Muzeiko – the first children’s museum to be built in post-Soviet Eastern Europe – has opened its doors to the public in Sofia, Bulgaria. Following ... More

Fitness First is gearing up to launch its 33rd club in the UAE in the coming weeks, on Palm Jumeirah’s Golden Mile. The platinum 1,900sq ... More

A neolithic settlement in Sofia’s Slatina district is about to become one of Bulgaria’s most prominent visitor attractions after the capital’s mayor announced plans to ... More

Bulgaria and Romania are set to offer joint spa holiday packages to tourists from the start of 2016 as part of an existing EU-funded spa ... More

Rumen Draganov, director of the Bulgarian Institute for Tourism Analyses and Assessments, has recently lamented the poor use of the country’s mineral water springs, noting ... More

Macedonia’s capital of Skopje is undergoing a major revamp, but some are calling the controversial makeover – intended to attract more tourists to the country ... More

A zoo in Bulgaria’s capital has been forced to close after several of its animals died of unknown causes over the course of a weekend. ... More