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The best in the business from across the physical activity sector were honoured last night (30 June) as the winners of the ukactive Awards 2022 ... 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

The Jorvik Group has been named a ‘leading light’ for its digital strategy, which helped it gain an international audience of more than 3 million ... More

Oliver Lee OBE will be taking the position of CEO at Places Leisure from July. He will replace Paul McPartlan, who announced in April that ... More

Chester Zoo, Nothe Fort and Black Country Living Museum are among the 19 winners of this year's Visit England Awards for Excellence. Picking up the ... More

Hotels with wellness revenues exceeding US$1m generated 126 per cent more in total revenue per available room (TRevPAR) in 2021 than those with wellness revenues ... More

Basic-Fit has opened its 600th club in France in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region. The fitness chain – which is also active ... More

Strength training startup Grndhouse has launched a new app following 18 months of development. The app is available through Apple’s App Store and Google Play ... More

The International Spa Association (ISPA) Foundation has released the 11th volume of its Consumer Snapshot initiative titled New Era, New Consumer. The study sought to ... More

The Leisure Database Company (TLDB) has revealed its State of the Fitness Industry Report UK for 2022, following an audit of more than 7,000 facilities ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has launched the Geography of Wellness microsite to showcase different countries’ wellness economies. The new platform is designed to provide ... More

Following a history of supporting US military and service members, F45 has announced a new initiative called F45 After, which offers US military personnel exclusive ... More

Hyatt is piloting private gyms in five of its US hotels as part of its Stay Fit Private Fitness programme. The exercise spaces are located ... More

With a focus on globalisation, Magicline has officially launched its software in the UK. As Europe’s leading gym management software company, the company strives to ... More

Planet Fitness is offering high-school students free access to any of its 2,200 locations in the US and Canada from 16 May to 31 August. ... More

Spas across the US generated US$18.1bn (€17.2bn, £14.4bn) in revenues in 2021, marking an almost 50 per cent increase compared to 2020 (US$12.1bn, €11.5bn, £9.7bn). ... More

Basic-Fit opened a record number of 72 clubs in the first quarter of 2022. Fifty-five in France, eight in the Netherlands, two in Belgium and ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) will host its 2022 conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, from 31 October – 3 November with a theme of 'Open ... More

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has opened a new club in Cricklewood Lane, London. The launch completes phase one of a £5.25m redevelopment initiative that forms ... More

Pure Gym has revealed it's planning to double the number of clubs in its portfolio, with a target of reaching more than 1,000 clubs by ... More

Sport:80, a UK-based sports technology provider that designs, delivers and supports innovative cloud-based solutions for governing bodies of sport, has received a Queen’s Award for ... More

Evolution Wellness has closed all its Fitness First operations in Hong Kong. The pandemic’s impact and the government’s Zero COVID strategy proved too much for ... More

Baking is the focus of a new one-day course designed to help people learn about mindfulness in the wake of the pandemic. The five-hour programme, ... More

Industry tech business Mindbody has launched Mindbody Capital, an offering designed to provide wellness businesses with easy access to funding. "As we watched our industry ... More

Scandinative, a brand new Nordic spa-themed wellness concept will land in Alexandria, Washington DC, in 2023. In an exclusive interview with Spa Business, Suzanne Corcoran, ... More