veteran news

Spa and wellness veteran Shannon Malave has been named spa director at iconic US spa destination Mohonk Mountain House. Based in New York’s verdant Hudson ... More

The fitness sector’s pivot to active wellbeing is being discussed in a new weekly podcast, called The Conveners, and hosted by chair of GM Active ... More

Swiss longevity brand Clinique La Prairie (CLP) has inked a deal with Montara Hospitality Group to operate a resort at Tri Vananda – a purpose-built ... More

Social enterprise, Places Leisure, which is part of the Places for People Group, has appointed Belinda Steward as MD. Steward was previously MD at Derwent ... More

Wello Works, a new concept which mixes a wellness centre and a co-working office, has launched its first site in Sydney. The brainchild of wellness ... More

US lobbying organisation for the health and fitness sector, IHRSA, has announced a name change today, becoming the Health & Fitness Association. IHRSA president and ... 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

Veteran hotelier Simon Casson has been appointed CEO of luxury operator Corinthia Hotels, owned by the Corinthia Group. Founded in Malta in 1962 by the ... More

Solving the UK's social care problem is the key to overcoming the financial challenges facing public sector leisure, argues industry veteran and social change agent, ... More

Spa industry veteran Zoe Wall has been promoted to vice president of Siro and wellness by resort developer and operator Kerzner International. Wall began her ... More

London has gained a substantial new urban spa in Belgravia following The Peninsula London’s grand unveiling of its subterranean Spa & Wellness Centre. Located beneath ... More

Patrick Huey has been appointed as the new director of global wellbeing operations at Hyatt Hotels Corporation. A spa and wellness veteran, Huey has more ... More

Alchemy Springs, an upcoming social spa project in San Francisco’s Lower Nob Hill neighbourhood, has broken ground on its nature-centric bathing area. Comprised of a ... More

Three Universal Beijing Resort veterans – Tom Mehrmann, Sylvia Hase and Mike Hightower – will join Bob Rodgers for this year's Legends Panel at IAAPA Expo ... More

Samantha Ashton has stepped up to a new role as director of spa UK & Ireland at UK-based global spa and wellbeing brand ESPA. Having ... More

Iconic wellness and fitness destination Rancho La Puerta is under new leadership with the appointment of Eliezer Quiñones as new general manager. A hospitality industry ... More

We Work Well, organiser of hosted buyer events, has announced it will launch into the US in 2024 with an event called W3Fit North America. ... More

Dorothy Purdew OBE, industry veteran and co-owner and chair of UK-based health spa chain Champneys, has died at age 91. Worth more than £300 million ... More

Industry veteran Jason Worthy, who was appointed CEO of Anytime Fitness UK eight months ago, has stepped down from the role effective immediately, citing 'personal ... More

The share price of F45 Training has fallen by 75 per cent, after the franchised fitness group announced plans to delist from the New York ... More

Jeremy McCarthy, industry veteran and Spa Business contributing editor, has been promoted from Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s (MOHG) group director spa to a new role. ... More

Red Sea Global (RSG), the developer behind regenerative tourism destinations Amaala and The Red Sea, has partnered with fitness-focused hospitality brand and management company Equinox ... More

Raffles Hotels and Resorts will open its flagship London property on 29 September, complete with the capital’s first-ever Guerlain-branded spa. The 27,000sq ft spa at ... More

Dan Rees, the former MD of Premier Global NASM – the training company which was closed by its US-based owner, Ascend Learning last year – ... More

Luxury hospitality company Jumeirah Group has appointed industry veteran Niamh O’Connell as its first vice president of wellbeing, group and corporate. Jumeirah says the move ... More