Santa Monica news

Boutique fitness operator, Solidcore, has opened its 100th studio in the US. Located in Santa Monica, California, the milestone site was launched on the back ... More

Tech-driven functional fitness franchise, Fitstop, has revealed plans to expand into the US market. The Australia-based company currently has more than 200 studios worldwide and ... More

Premium hotel brand Bulgari Hotels & Resorts has signed plans to launch a new luxury resort in Los Angeles, scheduled for 2025. An agreement has ... More

Boutique HIIT studio operator Ritual Gym will open its first site in the US next month. The Singapore-based company, launched in 2012 by professional mixed ... More

Supermodel Tyra Banks has announced that she will launch a new experiential attraction later this year themed on the modelling industry in Santa Monica, US. ... More

Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava could be the next high-profile architects to win projects for New York’s Hudson Yards mega-development, according to The Wall Street ... More

Frank Gehry has revised his design for a two-acre mixed-use leisure development in Santa Monica, following the adoption of a new Downtown Community Plan by ... More

Three international architecture firms invited to submit designs for a new children’s museum in the Mexico-US border city of El Paso, Texas, will soon learn ... More

The committee hoping to bring the Olympic Games to Los Angeles in 2024 has released new renderings of Valley Sports Park – the district that ... More

Failing to consider the context in which they're working is "the biggest mistake" made by architects today, argues Richard Meier in an exclusive interview with ... More

Universal is remaining tight-lipped over plans to possibly develop a new theme park on more than 474-acres (1.91sq km) of land in Orlando. The company ... More

A new tourist attraction has debuted in Cartago, Costa Rica, giving visitors the opportunity to experience the effects of a powerful earthquake. The education project ... More

The Proper Hotel in Austin, Texas, is slated to open in 2017 and will include a 243-bedroom hotel, 100 residences, and a spa. The location ... More

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) is soon to unveil one of the world’s first permanent Immersive Fitness studios at its Raynes Park club in London as ... More

California-based tourism bureau Visit Oakland has launched a destination training programme for the area’s hospitality workers to gain a knowledge of the city’s attractions sector. ... More

Frank Gehry – regarded as one of the world’s most innovative architects – will co-design part of the £8bn project to redevelop Battersea Power Station ... More

The Ion Hotel is set to open on the edge of UNESCO-listed Thingvellir National Park in south west Iceland in February. Situated in the slopes ... More

Santa Monica's iconic Pacific Park amusement park in California, US, has been sold for US$34m (£22m) to an Orlando, Florida-based real estate company. CNL Lifestyle ... More

The flagship spa for the Viceroy Resorts & Residences group has opened in Miami within the ICON Brickell Tower in Florida, US. The Spa at ... More

The 50,000sq ft (4,645sq m) Qua Baths & Spa has opened at Caesars Palace resort-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. The spa boasts 51 treatment ... More

Los Angeles-based Kor Hotel Group has acquired the five-star Ikal del Mar Resort on Mexico’s Riviera Maya. The property will continue to be managed by ... More

Joe Gold, founder of the first Gold’s Gym, has died at the age of 82. The lifelong body-building enthusiast opened the first Gold's Gym in ... More