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"The fitness industry is facing an identity crisis," was Anna Bjustam's opening statement as she addressed delegates at the HCM Summit 2025 in London this ... More

Social spa Alchemy Springs will reveal new bathing facilities in San Francisco at the start of Q4 this year. The new facilities, measuring 790sq m, ... More

Planning permission has been granted for Rayners Penn, a multi-million-pound project set to convert a historic English country property and former school in Buckinghamshire into ... More

Auberge Resorts Collection has officially opened Lavender Barn, its latest spa and wellness concept, at The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern in California's picturesque Santa Ynez ... More

US country club operator, Life Time, is expanding in South Florida with a second athletic country club in Boca Raton which is expected to open ... More

Somerset County, New Jersey, is now home to a new 12,000sq ft nature-inspired spa, following the debut of Pendry Hotels & Resorts’ latest venture, Pendry ... More

Amrit Ocean Resort, a new luxury wellness retreat on Southern Florida’s Singer Island, has opened its long-awaited 103,000sq ft sanctuary after nearly seven years of ... More

Wellscape is a new company, spearheaded by industry figure Brian Paris, set to revolutionise spa, wellness and hospitality guest journeys with advanced immersive visual environments. ... More

One of Japan’s oldest public bathhouses, Dōgo Onsen Honkan, has completed a comprehensive renovation project ahead of schedule. Fed by 3,000-year-old hot springs referenced in ... More

Planet Fitness has become the subject of a hate campaign by certain groups of consumers and seen share values slide, in the wake of a ... More

A brand new desert hot springs oasis, called Zion Canyon Hot Springs, is set to open in Southern Utah in Q3 of 2025. Situated 30 ... More

Arch Amenities Group (AAG)* has announced the opening of its first Privai Spa + Fitness Center in a hotel – the 411-room Kimpton Epic Hotel ... More

Wellfit, UAE-based operator of vast health and fitness, sport and wellness clubs, has announced plans to open its third full-service, large-scale hub in the Emirates. ... More

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has been appointed by Eleven D&C, one of Korea’s leading real estate developers, to manage Rosewood Seoul, a new-build ultra-luxury hotel ... More

Drop Fitness has launched its first club – a 25,000sq ft space – in the US town of Montvale, New Jersey. It has also unveiled ... More

Four Seasons has opened the doors to a brand new luxury hotel spa in downtown New Orleans, within its Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans. According ... More

A brand new geothermal forest spa is set to launch in April near Akureyri, in Northern Iceland. The story behind Forest Lagoon began in 2014 ... More

Canyon Ranch Lenox Resort in Massachusetts has unveiled a freshly renovated spa designed to inspire self-discovery and lifetime wellness. Canyon Ranch is a US-based luxury ... More

Gurney's Montauk Resort 's luxurious waterfront spa in Long Island, US, is being reimagined by architect Ignacio Alonso of Alonso Designs. The year-round 158-room resort ... More

In early February 2021, Trellis Spa at the Houstonian will reopen as a 26,500sq ft facility – making it the largest spa in Texas – ... More

A large-scale academic study has concluded that there is "no threat of increased COVID-19 spread" at fitness facilities, even when intensive training takes place. A ... More

Corporate broking and advisory firm, Peel Hunt, has issued a 'buy' recommendation for shares in The Gym Group. Peel Hunt says if gyms in the ... More

As spas around the world prepare to start operating once more, industry webinars focus on reopening strategies, the role of online learning and on treatments ... More

The ISPA Foundation has released the 10th volume of its Consumer Snapshot Initiative, which examines the behaviours and expectations of US spa-goers and non-spa-goers during ... More

As gyms and health clubs around the world begin to consider their plans for reopening over the next weeks and months, the IHRSA has provided ... More