Gold’s heading for 1,000 clubs 14 Mar 2006 Gold’s Gym is on target to open 1,000 franchised clubs by the end of 2010, thanks to investment in new technology and the appointment of industry experts.
Spot checks for fitness centres 14 Mar 2006 The New Zealand Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) is to conduct random checks on registered fitness facilities and individuals.
Fitness is star of SGMA review 14 Mar 2006 Fitness was one of the bright spots in the American sports equipment market according to the review by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA).
'Bloody’ banned from Australian TV ad in UK 13 Mar 2006 The UK’s Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre’s (BACC) preliminary decision to ban the term ‘bloody’ in Tourism Australia’s (TA) new advertising campaign on UK television – to be launched this month – has delivered a massive PR boost to Australia, according to TA’s managing director Scott Morrison.
Dubai penthouse for hire 13 Mar 2006 Grosvenor House in Dubai, UAE, has released its penthouse suite to the market for a short-term lease.
Accor signs MoU with Foncière 10 Mar 2006 French hotel chain Accor has signed a £400m (580m euro, US$695m) memorandum of understanding to sell 59 hotels and five Thalassotherapy institutes in France as well as 12 hotels in Belgium to Foncière des Murs –
a total sale of 8,000 rooms.
Spa development plans for Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel 09 Mar 2006 The Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel in Kenya is set to undergo a major renovation, which will include the creation of a new Maisha Spa – Maisha meaning ‘life’ in Swahili.
InterContinental Group expansion 09 Mar 2006 InterContinental Hotels Group has signed four management contracts in China with the Shanghai Greenland Group.
Barcelona’s new Hesperia hotel 09 Mar 2006 The £50.3m (73m euro, US$87.5m) Hesperia Tower Hotel & Convention Centre in Barcelona, Spain, has opened.
Luxury G-Spa opens at Hotel Gansevoort 08 Mar 2006 The owner of the Hotel Gansevoort in New York, WSA Management, has opened a 4,300sq ft (400sq m) high-end spa on 1 March and plans to roll out the Gansevoort brand to the south and west coasts of the US.
US$125m gondola scheme to link Manhattan with Governors Island 08 Mar 2006 The Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, has revealed a new initiative to link the uninhabited Governors Island to lower Manhattan by aerial gondolas and invited proposals to redevelop the island.
Bucharest leisure complex 08 Mar 2006 Manchester-based Modus Properties and Bucharest partner Nova Imobiliare plan to build a £280m (US$491m, e408m) leisure and retail complex in Bucharest, Romania.
Shangri-La’s lone traveller scheme 06 Mar 2006 Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts has launched ‘Interactions’ at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai – a dining scheme aimed specifically at lone business travellers looking for conversation and company over dinner.
Segal to leave PartyGaming 03 Mar 2006 Online gaming company PartyGaming has announced that CEO Richard Segal will be leaving the company by mutual consent on or before 1 June 2006.
Hip-Hop comes to the Smithsonian 02 Mar 2006 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) in Washington DC, US, is compiling a collection of hip-hop memorabilia, which it hopes will become a public exhibition.
easyJet’s new non-EU routes 02 Mar 2006 Low-cost airline easyJet will launch three flights to non-EU countries this summer – London Gatwick to Marrakech in Morocco and London Luton to both Istanbul in Turkey and Rijeka in Croatia.
Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra has unveiled a major landscape project designed to improve biodiversity, manage water and increase climate resilience across the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Elevate has had its busiest show to date, with almost 200 exhibitors, 115 seminars and 200 speakers over two days, with numbers understood to be up by ten per cent over the two days.
A new report from Your Personal Training (YPT) suggests UK gym operators could be missing out on revenue and retention opportunities they could be enjoying if they maximised the performance of their personal training businesses.
The UK spa review and discovery platform for consumers, the Good Spa Guide, has announced it will host the Good Spa Guide Awards 2026 during an event on 16 November at Sopwell House Hotel and Spa in St Albans, UK.
“For 5,000 years humans have been emotionally moved by artworks, but the relationship has always flowed in one direction,” said Refik Anadol, artist and co-founder of the world’s first AI art museum. “While developing Dataland we asked ourselves, ‘Is it possible for artworks to feel us back?’”
Eighty-four per cent of consumers now say wellness is a top priority in their lives, with this percentage increasing year on year, according to a preview presentation of McKinsey and Company’s Future of Wellness 2026 research report.
Mass protests have been taking place since Monday 1 June in Albania over the development of a luxury resort by Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
The Toverland theme park in the Netherlands has announced a €98m expansion programme that will add a resort, new attractions and staff facilities as it pursues plans to become a multi-day destination.
Global Wellness Day (GWD) marked its 15th anniversary on Saturday 13 June 2026, with the theme: #JoyMagenta – a celebration of the healing qualities of simple gestures and activities that spark joy.
Global luxury hospitality brand, Six Senses, has partnered with longevity healthcare provider, HUM2N, to launch a clinic at Six Senses London, at The Whiteley.
As part of its first hotel partnership, Mayrlife – the medical health resort company known for its site in Altaussee, Austria – has launched a day clinic at the Rosewood Vienna.
Researchers in the US have identified an antibody which could greatly reduce the loss of lean muscle mass in people who are taking weight-loss medications.
Rosewood Le Guanahani St Barth, on the northeast coast of Saint Barthélemy in the French West Indies, is offering a programme of ocean-inspired yoga classes between 8-14 June to celebrate Global Wellness Day (GWD).
Hotel de France, located on the British Isle of Jersey, has created a wellness retreat package that includes a hot yoga session that will take place in Jersey Zoo’s butterfly sanctuary.
