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Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa, the spa business with more than 650 locations across the US and Canada, has appointed franchise expert Carrie ... 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

The £33.9 million Leighton Leisure and Community Centre has opened in Leighton Buzzard, UK, creating a next-generation public leisure, health and wellbeing hub for 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

Finnish outdoor fitness equipment specialist, Omnigym, has partnered with charity, Emmaüs Solidarité, to launch an outdoor gym installation at a homeless shelter in Paris. The ... More

Virgin Active has officially opened its redesigned Mayfair club, unveiling its latest Social Wellness Club and signalling a significant evolution of its proposition. The flagship ... More

Kai Kusatsu, an onsen ryokan property has launched in the famous Japanese hot spring destination, Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma Prefecture. Parent company Hoshino Resorts launched ... More

The annual wellness festival dedicated to wellbeing, culture, longevity and human connection, called Alma, will be hosted by Rocco Forte hotel, Verdura Resort in Sicily, ... More

Koru Health Club launched recently within Luxembourg’s multi-experience destination, GRID X, which combines culture, retail and hospitality. The club combines high-end sports facilities with a ... More

Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra has unveiled a major landscape project designed to improve biodiversity, manage water and increase climate resilience across the Vitra Campus in ... More

Elevate Arena is underway at London's Excel and the hot topic of AI was the first point of discussion on the Debate stage. Chaired by ... More

Mass protests have been taking place since Monday 1 June in Albania over the development of a luxury resort by Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump ... More

As part of its first hotel partnership, Mayrlife – the medical health resort company known for its site in Altaussee, Austria – has launched a ... More

Hoshino Resorts has developed a “Cool-down onsen soak” programme at properties with Japanese onsen facilities – those within the company’s KAI brand. Hoshino is promoting ... More

Tulah Clinical Wellness, a holistic wellness destination, has officially opened in the hills of northern Kerala, India. Tulah, which means “balance” in Sanskrit, is a ... More

Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, ... More

Not-for-profit trade association The Asia Pacific Spa and Wellness Coalition (APSWC) bestowed lifetime achievement awards on Julie Garrow and Lulu Widjaja during its latest annual ... More

Zannier Île De Bendor, a new island retreat, has been unveiled off the south coast of Bandol in Provence, France, with a wellness concept called ... More

VivaGym – the fast-growing operator of high-value low-price gyms in Spain and Portugal – is acquiring Synergym International, another Spanish based HVLP gym operator to ... More

Minor Hotels has announced plans to open its first Anantara-branded property, Anantara Miami Resort and Residences, in 2030.  The development of this property marks a ... 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

Submersive, an immersive art bathhouse concept by Corvas Brinkerhoff, co-founder of experiential art company Meow Wolf, will open in the Bouldin Creek neighbourhood in Austin, ... More

Yas Waterworld in Abu Dhabi has launched a major expansion, adding more than 20 new experiences under the Lost City theme, bringing the total number ... More

The much-anticipated V&A East Museum has opened in Stratford, east London, UK. Designed by architects O’Donnell + Tuomey, the new branch of the Victoria & ... More