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A new bathing experience called Basin Glacial Waters has opened at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada. The facility’s concept was two decades in ... More

As water scarcity and water table contamination fears loom, the mineral water industry has been rocked by news that Perrier is under investigation for potentially ... More

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has announced the opening of a brand-new hotel and luxury spa in Morocco’s capital city of Rabat. Marking the Marriott-owned brand's ... More

Industry insiders have confirmed to HCM that parts of the US health and fitness sector saw a softening of demand in early 2024, but that ... More

More than 100 sports clubs and organisations have already received grants from an emergency storm relief fund launched earlier this month. Set up by Sport ... More

Sports pitches and facilities destroyed or damaged by Storm Ciara will be able to apply for emergency grants of up to £5,000 through a new ... More

COMO Metropolitan London has opened ten luxury residences, offering private apartment-style accommodation adjacent to the hotel and opposite Hyde Park. The Residences offer the same ... More

The Dutch municipality of Den Helder has today (12 April) announced MVRDV as the winners in a competition to design a new public installation on ... More

Concerns over flooding have forced Paris’s Louvre to initiate emergency protocols in order to protect the historic institution’s collection. The River Seine is expected to ... More

The body of Jill Renick, director of spa services for the Omni Houston Hotel, has been found. Renick had been missing since Sunday morning, 27 ... More

Jill Renick, spa director at the Omni Houston Hotel in Texas, has been missing since Sunday (27 August) amid the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and ... More

Jorvik Viking Centre, in York, UK, re-opens this week following a £4m (US$4.96m, €4.67m) refurbishment project. The renovation works were necessary following devastating floods that ... More

Terrorist attacks, strikes and serious flooding have cost Paris an estimated €750m (US$847.5m, £640m) according to new statistics, with tourism chiefs calling for action in ... More

The historic, 207-bedroom Elbresidenz, perched on the banks of the Elbe River in Bad Schandau, Germany, has undergone a transformation after the floods of 2013, ... More

Two major museums in the heart of Paris have been temporarily closed so that their priceless works can be moved to higher ground amid the ... More

The Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi at Al Maryah Island has opened in the UAE capital, featuring both sustainable design elements and an eight-treatment-room spa ... More

Leeds-based gym chain Xercise4Less has led a £1m refurbishment of its flagship club after the site was devastated by floods. The low cost operator’s Xercise4Less ... More

A masterplan drawn up by Dutch landscape architects West 8 to create a 120 acre botanic garden in Houston, Texas has received approval from the ... More

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a multi-million pound funding pot to help repair infrastructure damaged by floods and drive a campaign to promote tourism ... More

The religious group building a controversial US$120m (€110m, £84m) Old Testament theme park in Kentucky, US, has won a legal battle over the state’s decision ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has pledged £500,000 to facilities affected by flood damage and will begin a series of planned site visits ... More

The Jorvik viking centre in York could be closed for up to a year after severe flooding in the UK submerged the popular attraction in ... More

The Football Association (FA) and the Premier League have set aside £750,000 (US$1.1m, €1m) to aid football clubs who have had their facilities destroyed by ... More

Sports clubs which have seen their facilities and pitches destroyed by Storm Desmond can apply for a slice of an emergency £200,000 (US$302,355, €275,699) fund ... More

Georgia is holding a national day of mourning after floods yesterday (Sunday) killed at least 12 people and hundreds of animals in Tbilisi Zoo were ... More