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The Wellness Tourism Association (WTA) has published a non-regulatory global industry framework designed to ensure the retreat market offers responsible experiences. The Six Principles for ... More

A new survey of international spa practitioners shows that stress, burnout and wellbeing concerns have caused one in three respondents to consider leaving the industry. ... More

Becky Pelkonen, the sauna advocate and researcher, has unveiled the draft of a global public sauna-bathing charter. The ten guiding principles form the foundation for ... More

Walnuts Leisure Centre in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, has reopened following a £17m transformation designed to secure the long-term future of the ... More

The International Spa Association (ISPA) has launched a course by customer experience expert Dan Gingiss on its iLearn platform. This course will be the first ... More

With Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announcing his resignation this morning and Andy Burnham as a possible successor, the fitness, health and wellness sector is evaluating ... More

Global group exercise specialist, Les Mills, is inviting operators to sign up to its Workout for the World event on 20 June, in support of ... More

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has unveiled its design for Eve Music Hall in Čepin, eastern Croatia, as construction progresses towards completion ahead of the opening, ... More

Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world ... More

Naples Beach Club, a Four Seasons Resort, has opened a 2,800sq m spa called The Sanctuary, with the design and concept inspired by the Native ... More

A former neuroscientist and psychologist with a background in mythology and folklore, Dr Sharon Blackie, will lead a retreat called Nostos at Broughton Sanctuary’s Avalon ... More

Salter Brothers Hospitality (SBH) has revealed a new spa brand, Èliva, which it plans to roll out across four luxury properties in Australia this year.  ... More

TheLifeCo has debuted its first Caribbean operation, TheLifeCo St Lucia, at the US$1.3 billion (€1.2 billion, £1 billion), multi-phase A’ila Resorts development. A’ila Resorts is ... More

Wellverse launched in London this week, offering access to seven London locations across its three brands: Frame, Flow and Rowbots.  Flow offers a range of ... More

The Peter Zumthor-designed David Geffen Galleries have opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, US. Spanning LA's Wilshire Boulevard, ... More

Trade associations from around the world have joined forces to lobby governments and health systems on the importance of prescribing lifestyle interventions, including physical activity ... More

Not-for-profit industry organisation, the British Beauty Council, has successfully lobbied the UK government to change the way it classifies and tracks economic activity relating to ... More

Intelligent Spas has collaborated with hospitality and wellness strategy consultant Reena Sheth of Gaiia to produce a manual for implementing workplace wellness programmes, based on ... More

The first Jetts Fitness in India will open its doors on 28 March in New Delhi, with six more clubs in the pipeline. Jetts Fitness ... More

Virgin Active has become an exclusive partner of Hyrox Youngstars and is running a tailored five-week training course for young people, preparing them for the ... More

Wilderness, an operator of 60 safari camps across eight African countries, has unveiled the second spa under its new concept called The Sanctuary, at Wilderness ... More

By 2050, the average person could gain nine years of healthy life and the global economy could be boosted by US$12.5 trillion (€11.5 trillion, £9.9 ... More

Retreat operator Datu Wellness will host Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama, Buddhist master and Tibetan medicine scholar, between 3-5 April. Rinpoche will teach healing ... More

Fitness First UK has launched a multi-channel brand campaign that champions long-term wellbeing over quick fixes – inviting people to discover their biological age and ... More