LAVA news

Blue Zones – an organisation dedicated to helping people live better and longer lives through researching the world’s longest-lived cultures – has announced a partnership ... More

UK-based retailer, John Lewis, is launching a service which will enable customers to be proactive about managing their health, while also getting advice about exercise ... More

Life Time is launching into the medical wellness market with a longevity and performance concept called Miora. A pilot is in soft launch at Life ... More

Nonprofit trade association GSN Planet has appointed Michael Bruggeman, CEO and chief formulation officer for OM4 Organic Male + haia, and Helen Brown, principal of ... More

Faena Group is rumoured to be gearing up to open a property in New York, replacing Six Senses as hotel operator in the One High ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) is launching a new initiative dedicated to psychedelics and psychedelic healing. The launch of this project, which joins the GWI’s ... More

Auberge Resorts Collection has opened a brand new oceanfront resort and spa destination in Kanai, Mexico, a region claimed to be steeped in the lore ... More

Tech giant Amazon has expanded its presence in the world of beauty and opened its first bricks and mortar hairdressers – named Amazon Salon – ... More

Merlin Entertainments has revealed the first images of the new multi-million-pound Lego Mythica: World of Mythical Creatures zone at its Legoland Windsor theme park. Opening ... More

Leading spa figures Marina Efraimoglou, Dr Daniel Friedland, Corinna Yap and Ophelia Yeung, came together in an inspirational virtual panel on 1 March to share ... More

Spa operator Champneys is set to open its first property in the North of England at Mottram Hall in Cheshire, this September, following a £10m ... More

Lava Shells distributor Shared Beauty Secrets has digitised two new training courses accredited by FHT and BABTAC. Lava Shells Touch Massage – certified by BABTAC ... More

Canadian spa management group Groupe SKYSPA has unveiled an expansive thermal spa in Quebec, Canada. Groupe SKYSPA told Spa Business the 60,000sq m property represents ... More

NICOLEHOLLIS have completed a six-year, $61m (€55m, £47m) renovation of the 1930s-era Kimpton Angler’s Hotel South Beach in Miami, which included the construction of a ... More

Clare Anderson, the founder of brands Lava Shells and kokolokahi, has launched a product house and holistic wellbeing brand called Sensory Retreats. The brand offers ... More

The newly completed 565 Broome SoHo residential tower, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), has a luxury and high-tech amenities offering in line with ... More

Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) has collaborated with agricultural collective Cityplot to design a lifelong learning centre in Germany that uses social, spatial and leisure ... More

A new day spa has opened at the Holiday Inn Winchester in Hampshire, UK. The spa, called The Ana Spa, is a first for the ... More

Ireland's first Forest Spa, the Aqua Sana Spa, is set to open at the upcoming Center Parcs Longford Forest resort in Ballymahon, Ireland. Expected to ... More

The Green Spa Network (GSN) has appointed Wendy Bosalavage, president of LIVunLtd, to its board of directors in the role of treasurer. A pioneer in ... More

Scandinavian architecture firms Møller & Grønborg and ADEPT have been selected to design seven new pavilions at Amager Nature Park near Copenhagen. The wooden structures, ... More

Global spa consultancy Deep Nature is creating a 1,500sq m spa in the French Alps, set to open later this year. The Belleplagne Bains & ... More

North American sports and arena specialists CannonDesign have designed a new baseball park for Virginia Tech University, with natural grass terraces utilised to create the ... More

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has today (26 June) unveiled the largest ever shortlist for its Building of the Year competition. WAF – one of ... More

A new luxury wellness retreat is set to launch next month in Cambridge, England. Located within the manicured grounds of the four-star Gonville Hotel, Gresham ... More