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Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Elevate has had its busiest show to date, with almost 200 exhibitors, 115 seminars and 200 speakers over two days, with ... More

Global Wellness Day (GWD) will mark its 15th anniversary on 13th June 2026, with the theme: #JoyMagenta – a celebration of the healing qualities of ... More

Anytime Fitness is tackling gymtimidation with a new advertising campaign and in-club initiative, designed for people who have been “searching, not starting.” The advertising campaign ... More

FIBO and its parent company RX have convened a high-level seminar recently called Longevity in Hospitality. The event was held at La Fondation, a recently-opened ... More

David Lloyd Clubs has launched an international female health initiative to empower and support women’s health at every stage of life. The health and racquets ... More

The first-ever Africa Wellness Congress drew around 100 people to Morocco earlier this month, offering strategic insight and operational guidance for integrating wellness into Africa’s ... More

Broughton Sanctuary in Yorkshire, UK, is working with psychologists and therapists to deliver a four-night retreat called Sense for Highly Sensitive People (HSP) between 10-14 ... More

Thailand came first for the third time at this year’s World Championship in Massage between 27-29 June in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organised by the International Massage ... More

Research from the University of Oxford has found that people using weight loss drugs return to their original weight less than a year after stopping ... More

Everyone Active, has collaborated with wellbeing consultant, Oli Patrick, to launch a new membership category, You+. Aimed at the 85 per cent currently not using ... More

Community Leisure UK (CLUK) and The Richmond Group of Charities have joined forces to support charitable trusts and social enterprises in strengthening their programmes for ... More

US massage and wellness franchise Massage Heights is under new leadership with the return of co-founder Shane Evans as company CEO. Effective immediately, Evans takes ... More

Inventor Justin Wiggan is creating a new haptic suit that massages people by translating the electrical impulses and frequencies from vegetation and minerals into vibrations. ... More

Happy Health, a mental health-focused tech company, has announced a US$60m series-A round, led by ARCH Venture Partners, for its stress-detecting wearable Happy Ring. Described ... More

Cancer advocate charity Wellness for Cancer (WFC) has partnered with regional US spa associations to host a virtual training conference to provide free accredited oncology ... More

Sheri Morgan Muskin has been appointed general manager of wellness destination Miraval Austin in Texas, US. In this new role, Morgan Musk brings more than ... More

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) has launched a new course called Taking Action with ACE: Practicing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion as an Exercise Professional. ... More

Marketing guru and New York Times best-selling author Seth Godin kicked off ISPA’s Stronger Together Summit today (10 May) with an insightful keynote Power Session ... More

A new museum telling the stories of the people exiled from Germany by the Nazi regime is set to open in Berlin in 2025. The ... More

GM of Miraval Austin, Anthony Duggan, has been appointed area vice president of Miraval Group and its three award-winning wellness resorts – Miraval Arizona, Miraval ... More

Gym and health club members in England have flocked back to fitness facilities in droves since the reopening of the sector on 2 December. Now, ... More

Best-selling author and therapist, Marisa Peer, sees women as some of the best leaders in business and wants to remind them to give themselves permission ... More

Banyan Tree Group has announced it’s rolling out three groupwide initiatives to promote wellbeing, in particular mental health, during COVID-19 and beyond. The group is ... More

The Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI) latest Q&A with experts on wellness in the age of COVID-19 saw VP of research and forecasting, Beth McGroarty, talk ... More

Spa and wellness icon, Sue Harmsworth has given a masterclass as part of the GWS webinar series. Speaking to 630 people from 99 countries via ... More