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Spa and wellness businesses have a long history of using hydrotherapy to deliver curative benefits to customers. Now a research review has shown why being ... More

US massage franchise, MassageLuXe, has appointed Kristen Pechacek as chief growth officer, to its executive team. Founded in 2008 in Missouri, MassageLuXe is a franchise-based ... More

Equipment giant Technogym has introduced its new Excite line of fully-connected cardio kit that has now been fitted with the Technogym Live user interface. Excite ... More

Leisure operator Everyone Active has launched a new digital offering, to run alongside its bricks and mortar operations. During lockdown, the operator – which currently ... More

A new digital platform has been launched to help gyms, pools and leisure facilities re-open safely. Developed by digital specialist APEX1, Fit4Access has been designed ... More

Les Mills will launch a new global campaign in September, celebrating the return of fitness and designed to help operators grow their memberships. The campaign ... More

Children and young people need more support to navigate the growing number of digital wellness technologies which track and manage their fitness and health. According ... More

Paul McPartlan has moved from Nuffield Health to take up the role of CEO of Places for People Leisure. McPartlan will take up the reins ... More

The team at Reed Exhibitions has announced FIBO Köln will not run as a live event as hoped, but will instead pivot to digital for ... More

Aromatherapy Associates has announced the launch of four touchless In-Room Wellbeing Experiences offered to guests staying at the company’s partner properties. Added to existing spa ... More

Global fitness giant, Les Mills, has announced a date for a live webinar focusing on workplace wellness. 'Transform Workplace Wellbeing' will take place on 22 ... More

Brrrn – the world’s first "cool temperature fitness experience" – is launching into the at-home market with a full digital offering based on the 'Brrrn ... More

Virtuagym has launched Stronger Together, an all-in-one, hybrid membership solution. The new service offers operators the tools to digitally engage with members and to monetise ... More

Publicly listed operator, The Gym Group (TGG) says it has retained 80 per cent of its members during lockdown, while internal research shows it expects 92 ... More

Interest in gym reopening in England is reaching fever pitch, with an announcement expected any time now. To calibrate interest and lighten the mood at ... More

The government of Dubai has announced that spas and massage centres across the emirate can now open for business following the coronavirus lockdown on 15 ... More

According to CEO of Aromatherapy Associates (AA), Anna Teal, online retail has been crucial for business following enforced closure of spas. Speaking exclusively to Spa ... More

ukactive has announced that Active Uprising and the National Summit are going digital as part of free events programme for 2020 The events will be ... More

Franchise operator Club Pilates has shown that there is growing confidence in the US fitness and wellness sector, by revealing details of an expansion push ... More

Italian destination spa, Borgo Egnazia, has reopened to guests and updated its popular Happiness Break to begin at home, with a new set of pre-arrival ... More

Fitness and athletic apparel firm Lululemon will acquire at-home fitness tech firm Mirror in a deal worth around US$500m (€446m, £407m). Mirror is an interactive ... More

New concept designs and visuals have been released for the Eureka! Mersey project – a £11.75m children's visitor attraction being developed in Liverpool, UK. The ... More

Destination spa, Ananda in the Himalayas, in Uttarakhand, India, has launched a series of virtual Ayurvedic wellbeing programmes to help people continue their wellness journey ... More

In some of the latest wellness-focused webinars, speakers highlighted the value of looking to other industries for inspiration on how to cope with challenges presented ... More

Belfast’s £105m Leisure Transformation Programme has been recognised for its social impact by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The programme won the leisure ... More