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24 Hour Fitness will emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy this week after the gym chain secured backing for its restructuring plan. The US Bankruptcy Court ... More

Jan Spaticchia, founder of énergie Fitness, has led a successful management buyout to reacquire the business which he founded in 2003. Spaticchia sold the company ... More

HCM understands that the directors of énergie Fitness have brought in specialist company FRP Advisory (FRP) to look at options for recapitalising the business. One ... More

Basic-Fit, one of the biggest fitness operators in Europe, has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of Fitland, the Netherlands' third-largest fitness operator. Details of ... More

Global attractions giant, Merlin Entertainments, has been sold to the family behind toy firm Lego in partnership with two other investors in a deal at ... More

Functional fitness equipment supplier TRX has recapitalised its business by securing capital investment from private equity firm Equity38. The deal has been structured as a ... More

Haymaker Acquisition Corp. and OneSpaWorld (OSW), a global provider of health and wellness products and services onboard cruise ships and in resorts around the world, ... More

Disney has announced a major expansion of Disneyland Paris, with the operator unveiling €2bn (US$2.46bn, £1.77bn) plans which will include new areas based on its ... More

Budget club operator Pure Gym has reached 1 million members in the UK, following a 22 per cent increase in the number of members since ... More

US buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners has won a two-month bidding contest for Pure Gym. The private equity shop, which jointly owns Topshop with ... More

Disney has once again upped its stake in Euro Disney, increasing total ownership of Disneyland Paris to 97.08 per cent ahead of a planned stock ... More

It’s almost a year since Universal’s parent company Comcast acquired DreamWorks, and now Merlin Entertainments boss Nick Varney has to decide what to do with ... More

Former Virgin Atlantic CEO Steve Ridgway and Shearings Leisure Group CEO Denis Wormwell have been placed at the head of Britain's tourism bodies, with Ridgway ... More

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has delayed plans to redevelop its southwest wing by as long as seven years, as the famous institution aims ... More

Spafinder Wellness has announced it has been acquired by Blackhawk Network, the global gift card distributor. The two companies traded together before the buyout, with ... More

The potential takeover of Fitness First UK by Dave Whelan’s DW Sports would mark the start of a mid-market fightback against the rise of the ... More

Lifetime Training is to be bought by its management in a deal backed by private equity firm Silverfleet Capital. The leisure training giant – whose ... More

As predicted by Health Club Management in November, the investment giant that former Fitness First CEO Andrew Cosslett has joined as a leisure advisor has ... More

The Walt Disney Company has released a statement confirming Chief Operating Officer Tom Staggs, a Disney veteran with more than 25 years with the entertainment ... More

The potential sale of Fitness First UK has sparked “a significant amount of interest,” with the recovering gym chain having caught the attention of a ... More

Fitness technology giant Gantner has been acquired by the private equity backer behind high street food chain EAT. Investment company Ardian has agreed a management ... More

Pure Gym is preparing for a change of ownership, with a stock market float worth £500m or more the most likely outcome, Health Club Management ... More

Resurgent health club chain Total Fitness is bidding to drive growth through “opportunistic” acquisitions as the company continues its turnaround strategy. Having hit hard times ... More

Another day, another US fitness IPO. Following the news this week that budget chain Planet Fitness is to go public, US-based boutique cycling studio operator ... More

Asda is bidding to help customers shed pounds from their waistline as well as their shopping bill through a new functional fitness concept. Health Club ... More