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Australia’s fast-growing fitness network, Viva Leisure, is adding a low-cost gym brand to its already extensive portfolio. The Zoo Fit rollout starts  in July with ... More

Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world ... More

LVMH-owned beauty house Guerlain will launch up to five spas with partners a year as part of its plan to expand globally, according to the ... More

Everlast Gyms' York site has reopened following a refurbishment to bring it up to the company’s elevated gyms status.  Owned by Frasers Group, Everlast Gyms ... More

A contrast therapy and breathwork facility called Reset has opened in Islington, London, in the UK. Founder Oliver Horsford established the business after a decade ... More

Luxury members’ club Tramp has expanded into the fitness, health and wellness sector with the launch of Tramp Health, a 16,000sq ft high-end fitness and ... More

GCC gym operator, Gymnation, has secured a $100 million private credit facility from HPS Investment Partners – part of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. ... More

JD Gyms has designed its own personal training qualification and announced the launch of the JD Gyms PT Academy. Created as an official pathway into ... More

Virgin Active is set to open its first social wellness club in London, with a relaunch of its Mayfair site in July. Virgin Active, which ... More

VivaGym – the fast-growing operator of high-value low-price gyms in Spain and Portugal – is acquiring Synergym International, another Spanish based HVLP gym operator to ... More

Everyone Active has partnered with Team GB sprinter and TV personality, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, to be the first ambassador of its You+ wellbeing membership. Developed with ... More

Submersive, an immersive art bathhouse concept by Corvas Brinkerhoff, co-founder of experiential art company Meow Wolf, will open in the Bouldin Creek neighbourhood in Austin, ... More

EuropeActive interim president, Marcel Boots and host, TV presenter and former Paralympian, Denise Schindler, have presented this year’s EuropeActive Awards at EHFF in Koln. For ... More

Hyrox, is joining forces with Les Mills, to offer bespoke training programmes to get gym-goers race ready for Hyrox events as Official Group Training Programme Parter ... More

The US spa industry is making steady, meaningful progress, with revenue reaching US$23.5 billion (€21.6 billion, £18.3 billion) in 2025, a 4.2 per cent increase ... More

Banyan Tree is adding Connection Retreats – immersive wellbeing journeys for small groups – to its signature Connections programme that was originally launched last year ... More

In spite of the Iran war, Six Senses is now taking reservations for September at its first property in the UAE, Six Senses The Palm, ... More

Hot on the heels of launching its first London site, Everlast Gyms opened a flagship location at Manchester Trafford Palazzo this weekend. The 28,000 square ... More

Andrew Barnard, CEO of BodyHoliday, has exclusively shared plans with Spa Business to be involved in the development of 10-15 BodyHoliday properties around the world ... More

Janu, a brand by the Aman Group, will open its second location in 2027, in Dubai, UAE – with a wellness and fitness space measuring ... More

Dr Jobst Müller-Trimbusch has been dismissed from his role as co-CEO of RSG Group. Müller-Trimbusch was appointed co-CEO in December 2022, along with Hagen Wingertszahn, ... More

David Lloyd Leisure is significantly boosting its European presence, with the acquisition of health and wellness group, Aspria. With both companies being premium and aimed ... More

Proof that fitness is becoming increasingly mainstream is evidenced by Clive Chesser, CEO of PureGym, being invited onto the BBC Sounds Big Boss podcast. In ... More

Actor and wellness entrepreneur, Hugh Jackman, has become a global ambassador for nutrition supplement company AG1, formerly known as Athletic Greens. He will front the ... More

A new strategic partnership between Swim England and Neurodiverse Sport (NdS) will strengthen neuro‑inclusive practice across aquatics. The growing prevalence of neurodiversity is a challenge ... More