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FIBO, took place last week from 16-19 April, attracting more than 175,000 visitors from 136 countries and more than 1,000 exhibitors from 54 countries. FIBO ... More

Life evaluations by young people aged under 25 in English-speaking countries have dropped dramatically over the past decade, especially in the US, Canada, Australia and ... More

Neil Jacobs will provide strategic advice to Cain International across the capital investment company’s portfolio of luxury assets, including luxury spa hotels. After more than ... More

Hyatt Hotels Corporation and partners have raised capital commitments of ¥22 billion (US$149 million, €141 million, £110 million) for a fund that will be used ... More

Studio Apostoli has designed a thermal bathing complex called New Thermal Park in Civitavecchia, Italy, next to the ruins of a Roman bathhouse site called ... More

International celebrations of wellness have proliferated this year, so we're taking a look at the ways wellbeing is being offered to the public around the ... More

Spa season 2025 will be launched this weekend in the historic spa town of Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, as members of the Great ... More

Luxury wellness brand BodyHoliday is expanding into Europe with a five-star health and fitness retreat on Portugal’s East Algarve coastline. Set to open in 2027, ... 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

“We need to create a blue renaissance,” stated J. Carl Ganter, founder of Circle of Blue, during his keynote address, "The Challenge of the Century: ... More

Software outfit, BRP Systems – which took on a new majority investor in the form of Nordic Capital in May – has revealed a refreshed ... More

Under a new annual initiative, the Ignite365 Awards, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is awarding grants to community projects which are advancing the United Nations ... More

Sri Lankan retreat brand Santani Wellness Resorts has joined forces with the Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran Group) to develop and operate two new locations ... More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first-ever report on the "devastating global impact" of high blood pressure, along with recommendations on the ways ... More

After decades struggling for recognition, the worlds of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) have been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the ... More

Mountain tourism represents between nine and 16 per cent of all international tourist arrivals worldwide as people head for sport, health and wellbeing travel. The ... 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

Industry organisation the Sustainable Spa Association has undergone a rebrand and now goes by the name Sustainable Wellness. The non-profit membership-based trade body was formed ... More

Plans have been revealed for Scotland’s first Living Building at the Dollar Academy, an independent school in Clackmannanshire. Designed by Grimshaw Architects, the building will ... More

According to The World Health Organization's recently-released research study, WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, a third of children and almost two-thirds of adults in ... More

Go Fit has been selected by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as an example of best practice for public–private partnership collaboration (PPP). ... More

The organisers of the 2022 Healing Summit have confirmed Professor Gerry Bodeker will keynote at their two-day conference in Portugal from 3-4 September. Bodeker is ... More

A brand new purpose-built eco-resort named Las Qolqas has launched in The Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru. Situated in the ancient Andean town ... More

Sustainable Spa Association co-founder and former group head of spa for Aspria, Lucy Brialey has been appointed as chair of the Global Wellness Institute ’s ... More