women-only news

Urban Gym Group has announced plans to trial women’s zones in some of its clubs to see if it helps female members to experience better ... More

Total Fitness has launched a women-only concept called The Women’s Gym in Manchester, UK. Offering a new fitness space, the concept for The Women’s Gym ... More

Horizon Leisure is upgrading and investing in its new shopping-centre health hub – The Wellbeing Hub in Havant, UK – by adding blood pressure checks ... More

Global workout specialist, Les Mills, which owns and operates health clubs in its home country of New Zealand – has relocated its Dunedin club to ... 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

Austria’s five-star alpine wellness retreat Hotel Krallerhof has been updated with a new nature-centric glass-fronted spa, Atmosphere by Krallerhof. Embedded in the slopes of the ... More

UAE wellness brand Kintsugi has appointed consultancy Glowing Flow Wellness Specialists – founded by Patrizia Bortolin and Stefano Battaglia – to assist with its development. ... More

Pure Gym Arabia, the franchise partner of Pure Gym Group in the Middle East, has opened its first club, Nad Al Sheba, in the United ... More

17,000 US consumers have been quizzed on their wellness priorities and habits as part of Mindbody’s 2023 Wellness Index survey. The annual report is conducted ... More

Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take the operation of its leisure services back in-house when GLL’s ... More

The first edition of the Medical Wellness Congress (MWC) took place last week at St Martin’s Lodge & Spa Hotel in Austria, with approximately 100 ... More

Women-only kickboxing franchise 30 Minute Hit plans to open 50 new sites internationally during 2020. Launched in 2004, the fitness brand – which offers HIIT ... More

Affordable wellness resort Civana is running a women-only equine retreat during 8-10 November, "Creative Soul Retreat – A Meditation, Writing and Equine Experience". Hosted jointly ... More

VivaFit has entered the Spanish fitness market with the opening of a studio in capital city Madrid. Located in the heart of the city's financial ... More

Sport England and British Cycling are partnering on a new "This Girl Can" campaign designed to highlight British Cycling's recreational, women-only bike riding programme, which ... More

Boxing-based fitness operator 30 Minute Hit has revealed plans to open 20 studios in the US by the end of 2019. The Canadian company, which ... More

Exercise has been shown to have a positive impact on people's mental health, but is the health club sector doing the most it can, both ... More

Total Fitness says it's aiming to take its member experience to "the next level", through a major investment in new kit and staff training. The ... More

Boutique franchise operator Personal20 has opened a new studio in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. The studio offers electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) training as well as ... More

PureGym has revealed it has a number of new concepts in its development pipeline, as part of plans to diversify its offer. Speaking exclusively to ... More

Fitness industry veteran Tony de Leede has opened the inaugural Club W in Sydney, Australia. Positioned as a women-only lifestyle space, the 400sq m club ... More

New York-based holding company Town Sports International has expanded its portfolio of fitness chains by acquiring the Total Woman Gym and Spa business. The deal, ... More

Grace Belgravia, a women-only spa and health club in London, has partnered with Cliveden House Hotel in Berkshire to offer a reciprocal membership programme that ... More

Experts from the Global Wellness Summit have identified eight future directions in wellness in a new report, ‘Eight Wellness Trends for 2018’. The report is ... More

Women-only swimming sessions could hold the key to improving numbers, according to an initiative by leisure centre operator Serco. The number of women taking part ... More