aufguss news

UK sauna enthusiasts will converge at Galgorm Resort in Northern Ireland next week for the highly anticipated second annual UK Aufguss Championships. Hosted from 22-24, ... More

Andrei Fomin, the mastermind behind London’s Russian bathhouse and spa concept Banya No 1, wants to take his brand global, according to an exclusive interview ... More

The ancient art of aufguss will be celebrated this April with the Second UK Aufguss Championships at destination spa and hotel Galgorm Resort in Northern ... More

Urban wellness brand Othership has ambitions to expand its social bathhouse concept throughout North America, according to CEO and co-founder Robbie Bent. The company’s city ... More

Luxury resort and casino Fontainebleau Las Vegas has unveiled its two-floor wellness retreat complete with a 44-treatment-room spa and comprehensive fitness facilities. Developed by Fontainebleau ... More

Las Vegas is set to gain a major new wellness facility by the end of the year following the grand opening of luxury resort and ... More

During 25-26 April, the UK's first-ever national Aufguss Championship contest took place at luxury UK hotel and destination spa Rudding Park in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. ... More

Aufguss, the communal sauna ritual from Europe, is becoming increasingly popular across the global spa and wellness industry. In 2023, the UK's first-ever national Aufguss ... More

From 12-17 September, the world’s top aufguss masters gathered in the Netherlands to celebrate the power of sauna and participate in the annual Aufguss World ... More

This year’s World Wellness Weekend (WWW) will be the largest to date, reaching over 140 countries and involving over 4,000 venues, including spas, gyms and ... More

Las Vegas’ vast new integrated mega-resort called Resorts World Las Vegas recently launched its 26,000sq ft wellness facility called Awana Spa & Wellness. Developed by ... More

Last week marked the eighth annual Aufguss World Championships, hosted in one of the world’s biggest saunas in Katowice, southern Poland. Aufguss is an entertaining, ... More

Thermal spa operator Groupe Nordik has announced further details about its upcoming US$37.7m (CA$50m €34.4m, £29.4m) wellness project in Whitby, Greater Toronto. Scheduled to launch ... More

Italian architecture studio Studio Apostoli is designing a luxury wellness centre in a restored twentieth-century Milanese palazzo, scheduled to open in 2021. The three-layer 1,000sq ... 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

For the first time, a woman has been crowned top aufguss master in the world at the Aufguss World Championships, held last month at the ... More

A new spa experience in Montegrotto Terme, Italy integrates spa treatments, ayurvedic medicine and fitness, along with traditional experiences from as far away as South ... More

A new alpine-inspired spa has opened at Alpamare Scarborough, a waterpark attraction in Yorkshire, UK. Sitting alongside the waterpark, which opened in 2016, the 1,000sq ... More

In collaboration with Norwegian entrepreneurs DS Light and Sound and B+S Finland Sauna, the Farris Bad resort in Larvik, Norway has opened a 64sq m ... More

World Wellness Weekend (W3), a major global wellness event, has reported exponential growth in the past year, with an estimated 70 countries expected to take ... More

Between 28 June and 1 July 2018, the best German Aufguss masters will compete at the official German Aufguss Championships in Badergarten Eibenstock. The Aufguss ... More

Rudding Park hotel has named Sian Jones as its new assistant spa director. Jones is the former head of health club and spa at London ... More

The recently opened Rudding Park Spa in Harrogate will be the first UK spa to offer the art of aufguss – a sauna-based treatment – ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has released its eight trends to look out for in 2017 in spa and wellness, identifying saunas, architecture, art, beauty, ... More

A 30,000sq m (322,917sq ft) wellness, entertainment and recreation centre has opened in Bucharest that aims to put the Romanian town on the geothermal map ... More