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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

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) says the wellness real estate market reached US$584 billion (€507 billion, £434 billion) in 2024 and the institute estimates it ... More

Bobby Griffiths, GM of the UK Spa Association (UKSA), is urging spa and beauty industry professionals across the UK to participate in the association’s newly ... More

Hotels incorporating wellness amenities experienced a significant boost in Total Revenue per Available Room (TRevPAR) in 2023, according to the latest Wellness Real Estate Report ... More

Improving physical strength and fitness, mental health and confidence are the main reasons for joining a health club, while cost, time and motivation are the ... More

Spanish wellness brand SHA Wellness will open its Latin American flagship in January in Costa Mujeres, a secluded beach destination just north of Cancun. Joining ... More

UK-based luxury skincare brand Elemis has partnered with premium London department store Harrods to launch a new retail boutique. Found in the White Hall on ... More

SHA Wellness has cited ambitions to have a clinic on every continent in the next 10 years, following their recent announcement of expansion into Mexico ... More

New York’s Blum Center for Health, a functional health facility, is offering a personalised, non-invasive, neuro-enhancement programme. Provided by Field, the FDA-approved American neuro-technology company, ... More

The Global Wellness Institute will release an in-depth update of its Global Wellness Economy Monitor at this year’s Global Wellness Summit, taking place at Technogym ... More

The spa at the Tudor Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club in Bearsted, Kent, has undergone a major redevelopment as part of plans to modernise ... More

Rome’s bid for the 2024 Olympic Games is effectively over after the recently-elected mayor of the city withdrew support for the proposal. Virginia Raggi – ... More

Scott A Lukas, a cultural anthropologist and attractions expert, has released a new book that shines the spotlight on the creative side of the themed ... More

US-based brand insights and market research firm ClubIntel has launched its second annual fitness industry survey. Designed to identify trends within the health and fitness ... More

The budget gym sector increased its dominance in the European fitness market in 2015, according to the European Health & Fitness Market Study 2016. The ... More

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Great Wolf Resorts – the world’s largest chain of indoor waterparks across North America – has appointed Ruben Rodriguez as its new CEO. Rodriguez has ... More

After a soft opening of the hotel in February, La Reserve Paris Hotel & Spa has opened its three-treatment-room Nescens Spa. The spa exclusively uses ... More

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidelines on sugar consumption that say adults and children from most countries in the world should roughly ... More

Raison d’Etre has entered into a strategic partnership with Cayan Group, a Middle Eastern real estate developer, to create a spa on the sixth floor ... More

The annual Fitness Industry Survey, conducted by Ezypay Australia, has identified an untapped opportunity for gyms in Asia Pacific to sell personal training. The 2014 ... More

Merlin Entertainments has launched its first attraction in the Chinese capital of Beijing, a Madame Tussauds situated next door to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden ... More

Key academic thinkers in the area of physical activity and exercise met with leaders from the leisure industry and public health in London on Wednesday, ... More

Image: Actress and wellness advocate Mariel Hemingway, one of the speakers at GSWS A Hollywood actress, the head of retail at Google, an ex-chair of ... More

The results of a survey detailing public participation in cultural, leisure and sporting activities between 2006-7 have been released by the DCMS. More than 24,000 ... More