functional training news

Tewinbury Farm Hotel in Hertfordshire, UK is expanding its premium leisure proposition with the launch of Farm Club, on 15 June. Located 30 minutes from ... More

Orient Express Sailing Yachts and beauty house Guerlain have announced that the newly launched luxury yacht, Orient Express Corinthian, will host a fourteen-day wellness retreat ... More

Urban Gym Group (UGG) has acquired Vondelgym Rotterdam, further strengthening its presence in one of the Netherlands’ most dynamic urban markets. Vondelgym Rotterdam has built ... More

Anytime Fitness has opened a gym in Sydney Airport to support the 40 million travellers passing through each year and the 30,000-strong airport workforce.  The ... More

The Spa at Orient Express La Minerva in Rome, Italy, has launched, offering treatments and bathing facilities that are inspired by Roman thermae and Ottoman ... More

Curt and Tammy Tambornino have acquired Escape Fitness USA, adding to their portfolio of fitness and performance brands that includes Dynamic Fitness & Strength, Dynamic ... More

Gymnation’s latest report into the Gulf region revealed this is a population with high health aspirations, as 94 per cent of people said they want ... More

The Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane in the city’s affluent Mayfair area, UK, has launched spa and wellness membership packages. The operator is ... More

The original founder of 24 Hour Fitness, Mark Mastrov, is returning as owner and executive chair.  Mastrov has partnered with private equity firm, LongRange Capital, ... More

Village Health and Wellness Clubs, which was acquired by Blackstone from KSL in July 2024, is gearing up to open its 34th UK club, in ... More

The Rosewood Doha’s social wellbeing club, Asaya, has opened in Qatar, offering hotel guests and members hydrotherapy recovery rituals, movement classes, sound healing, advanced skin ... More

Greg Oliver, CEO of Fitness & Lifestyle Group (FLG), has just spoken live at the HCM Summit. Interviewed on-stage by HCM editor-at-large Kate Cracknell, Oliver ... More

Johnson Heath Tech (JHT), owner of Matrix Fitness has launched a new European Training Centre and Showroom in Berkshire, UK. The new site allows commercial ... More

Fitness First has become Germany’s first national training club partner of fitness race organiser, Hyrox, adding a premium sports format with a competitive edge to ... More

US boutique franchisor, Xponential Fitness has completed the divestiture of another brand – this time it’s Lindora the metabolic health business. When Lindora was acquired ... More

PureGym has launched three new fitness classes which both members and non-members will be able to try out on National Fitness Day (24 September). With ... More

Guests of The Grand Brighton hotel in Brighton, UK, can now experience the property's expanded spa – which has partnered with Swiss skincare and beauty ... More

Anantara Hotels and Resorts, the luxury hotel brand by Minor Hotels, will host its first Technogym wellness retreat between 20-23 November at the Anantara Convento ... More

Poland’s largest gym franchise, Xtreme Fitness Gyms, has become the official Polish partner for fitness racing giant, Hyrox. Starting this month, select Xtreme Fitness Gyms ... More

Four-star hotel group HD Hotels will launch an integrated wellness concept at its HD Lobos Natura Fuerteventura hotel in Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, ... More

Xponential Fitness has offloaded two more of its brands – indoor cycling concept, CycleBar and boxing brand, Rumble, which it bought in 2021, with both ... More

Hospitality group Accor has launched its first Fairmont Hotels and Resorts-branded property in Japan, the Fairmont Tokyo with a chief happiness officer – a Labrador ... More

Luxury hospitality group Proper Hotels has launched its first health and fitness, wellness and athletic performance membership at the Santa Monica Proper Club in Los ... More

Jetts Fitness, the gym franchise known for its no lock-in contracts, flexible access and value-for-money membership options, is expanding into India via its Jetts Fitness ... More

Centr, the app founded by actor, Chris Hemsworth, is introducing more training styles and programmes in a bid to reach new audiences. Expanding its fitness ... More