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Janu – Aman’s highly-anticipated sister brand – has opened its inaugural hotel in Tokyo, marking the first in its pipeline of 13 properties across city, ... More

European spa and wellness consultancy bbspa_Group has ventured into the UK market and launched bbspa_UK in collaboration with award-winning spa consultant Kirsty MacCormick. The expansion ... More

While the UK hotel sector ended 2023 on a high, new data shows this was largely driven by the luxury market with a spike in ... More

Janu, the new hotel brand from luxury operator Aman, is gearing up to launch its first location this March in Tokyo. The property will feature ... More

Aman’s sister brand Janu will launch its flagship property in Tokyo in March 2024, complete with a 4,000sq m urban wellness retreat. Meaning ‘soul’ in ... More

Fitness equipment specialist, Dyaco UK, has acquired online fitness marketplace Sweatband.com. Founder, Maz Darvish, will remain a shareholder in the combined business while moving on ... More

The L’Occitane Group, international retailer and manufacturer of sustainability-inspired beauty and wellness products, is now a certified B Corporation (B Corp). What are B Corps? ... More

Hospitality consulting and intelligence firm HVS* has appointed Peter Anderson as a managing director and wellness practice leader within the Americas region. Rod Clough, president ... More

Italian spa and wellness design firm Studio Apostoli has been appointed to help renovate a nature-centric spa complex, Terme di Comano, in Trentino, Italy. Known ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has appointed Cathy Feliciano-Chon – a leading brand development and communications expert with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai – ... More

Private investment firm Starwood Capital Group and real estate and hospitality company, Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (AJ Capital), have unveiled a new outdoor-focused hotel group ... More

Nepal has been selected as the location for the second outpost of the Farm at San Benito, an established eco-luxury holistic medi-wellness resort in the ... More

Aescape, a tech company building automated, data-driven massage tables that mimic human touch, has announced a US$30m (£24.9m, €28.9m) Series A funding round. With this ... More

Fitness aggregator Hussle has partnered with office space provider IWG – the company behind brands such as BizDojo, Regis and Open Office – to provide clients ... More

Amazon has acquired primary healthcare organisation One Medical in a US$3.9bn deal that will see it moving further into the wellness market. The move represents ... More

More than one in five (27 per cent) Americans belonged to a health club or studio in 2021, with the total number of fitness membership ... More

A team of architects led by BIG and HOK have won an international competition to design the largest dock of Zurich Airport in Switzerland. Composed ... More

Members of the United States Congress and Washington DC staff are competing against each other in this year’s Congressional Physical Activity Challenge. The annual event ... More

High-end fashion house Armani has chosen to open its third global hotel location in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. In line with Armani’s existing hotels in Dubai ... More

Caoimhe Bamber, co-founder of Digme Fitness, has described a recent Daily Telegraph article which claimed the chain was on the verge of collapse as "misleading". ... More

The UK government's working from home guidelines are threatening the financial future of city centre health clubs and gyms, according to some operators. Under the ... More

A new creative hub in Doha looks to position itself as the new heart of Qatar’s fashion and design industry – as well as a ... More

Experience design firm JRA has been acquired by live entertainment specialist RWS Entertainment Group. The news was revealed in a press conference today (16 November) ... More

Jakob Wahl has been named executive VP and chief operating officer of global attractions industry body IAAPA. In the new role, Wahl – who has ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) is preparing to host a Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium on 28 September 2021. The conference will take a ... More