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As the industry continues to connect and share insight through webinars, Lisa Starr hops onto a selection of talks and picks out the most relevant ... More

Lumsden Design, a London-based retail design firm specialising in attractions and cultural destinations, has won a EuroShop Retail Design Award. Lumsden was one of three ... More

Lift Brands, the parent company of a portfolio of fitness companies, has appointed Weldon Spangler as its chief executive. Spangler, a franchised business veteran, will ... More

Retro Fitness has appointed Andrew Alfano – a former senior vice president at coffee house giant Starbucks – as its chief executive. Alfano joins the low-cost ... More

Hersheypark, the 121-acre Hersheys chocolate brand theme park in Hershey, Pennsylvania, has revealed details of its expansion plans, which were first unveiled last year. The ... More

The International Retail Real Estate Market (MAPIC) returns to Cannes today (15 November) with a focus on how investors, retailers, architects and designers can “create ... More

US-based gym chain Planet Fitness has strengthened its leadership team with high-level appointments in its digital and development divisions. Craig Miller has been appointed to ... More

Gym franchise Anytime Fitness will open a 7,500sq ft (697sq m) club in Flemingate shopping complex in Beverley, East Yorkshire – its first in the ... More

SeaWorld will take the next big step in its company-wide evolution this Sunday (8 January), with its San Diego park hosting its last theatrical orca ... More

Paul Rothbard, founder of US-based health club operator In-Shape, will step down from his role as CEO on 1 December. He will be replaced by ... More

The decline of American football as a spectator and participation sport in the US can open the door for rugby to become a major pastime ... More

Health club operator Bannatyne Group has ploughed an £80,000 (US$104,421, €92,972) investment into creating a healthy eating cafe at its York location. The club has ... More

NFNY Hotel Management, owner of the Sheraton at the Falls at Niagara Falls, will add a waterpark to its offering as the operator looks to ... More

Technology is reducing the global population’s need to connect with each other, creating a culture of loneliness, according to Mia Kyricos – chief brand officer ... More

A museum of the welfare state and a collection of artistic spaces that span the harbour waterfront are among the shortlisted projects in the competition ... More

Seattle is protecting its status as an incubator of companies which transform the world, with a Jeff Bezos-sponsored museum extension at the Museum of History ... More

A fitness app called bounts, which has been created to motivate and reward people for being active, has gone into partnership with Gladstone Health & ... More

De Vere Village Hotels chief executive officer Robert B Cook has announced the launch of the new UpperDeck room concept, which is to be rolled ... More

The "Olympic Boulevard", a £1.2m extension to Malbank School and Sixth Form College in Nantwich, Cheshire, has been opened for use by students and the ... More

A Willmott Dixon project is in the spotlight as the Women's Rugby World Cup begins today at the recently-opened £30m Surrey Sports Park at the ... More

The new £9m community facility, South Lanarkshire Lifestyles - Lanark was officially opened on Monday 8th March. Responding to the wider needs of the local ... More

A new £9m community leisure centre has opened its doors to the public in Lanark, South Lanarkshire, to replace the town's former swimming pool in ... More

The developers of the St Catherine's Walk mixed-use scheme in Carmarthen, west Wales, have announced that the complex will open to the public in spring. ... More

South Lanarkshire Leisure's new leisure facility - South Lanarkshire Lifestyles Lanark - is nearing completion and is set to open in January 2010. The new ... More

BT's partnership with Starbucks Coffee Company to provide Wi-Fi access is continuing to rollout. The deal allows 4.6 million BT broadband customers including those with ... More