New Singaporean sports hub 01 Mar 2006 The Singapore Armed Forces Reserve Association (SAFRA) Tampines Club in Singapore is developing a sports hub with an expected completion date of April 2007.
Cinq Mondes for Beau-Rivage Palace 28 Feb 2006 A US$9.2m (7.7m euro, £5.3m) Cinq Mondes-branded spa has opened within the luxury Beau-Rivage Palace hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Pezula gains five star golf course 28 Feb 2006 The five star Pezula resort Hotel and Spa, South Africa, is now home to one of South Africa’s finest golf courses.
GIMV acquires stake in Strata Partners 27 Feb 2006 Belgian private equity firm GIMV has acquired a 49 per cent stake in the Russian health club chain and fitness consultant Strata Partners, which operates Orange Fitness and CityFitness in Russia.
Hurricane hits Harrah’s results 27 Feb 2006 Harrah’s Entertainment has experienced US$273.3m (£156.3bn, 229.8bn euro) in write-downs on four of its Louisiana and Mississippi gaming properties, offsetting an otherwise successful fourth quarter.
Harvard Art Museums to integrate 24 Feb 2006 The Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, in Cambridge Massachusetts, US, collectively known as the Harvard University Arts Museums (HUAM) are to be combined to create a centre for research and advancing professional development in the visual arts.
Himalayan ski resort on hold 23 Feb 2006 Plans to develop a reportedly US$325m (£186m, 273m euro) ski resort in India’s Kullu Valley have encountered strong opposition from local interest groups.
Topple Tower for Marineland 17 Feb 2006 Marineland in Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada, will be adding a Topple Tower to its collection of rides during 2006.
Maldive Rania experience 17 Feb 2006 The recently opened Rania & Water Garden Island Spa combines a private yacht charter with exclusive use of Faafu Atoll in the Maldives.
Grand Pacific Drive to open in NSW 16 Feb 2006 New South Wales (NSW) in Australia is to get a new coastal tourism driving route, stretching from Sydney to the South Coast, now that the AUS$49m (US$36m, 30m euros, £21m) Sea Cliff Bridge has opened north of Wollongong.
MFS Living and Leisure plans AUS$150m takeover of Oceanis group 14 Feb 2006 Australia-based MFS Living and Leisure Group has announced it has entered an agreement worth in excess of AUS$150m (£63.5m, US$110.6m, 93m euro) to acquire Melbourne-based Oceanis Group, one of the world’s largest aquarium owners and operators.
Luxury tented spa opens in Thai Golden Triangle 12 Feb 2006 Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts opened its third property in Thailand this month, a tented camp located in the heart of the jungle and accessible only by Long Tail boat down the Ruak River.
Sydney Opera House funding crisis 10 Feb 2006 The forthcoming interior refurbishment of Australia’s iconic Sydney Opera House by Danish architect Jorn Utzon, who designed the exterior 40 years ago, is in crisis.
Konz returns to lead Sport & Health 09 Feb 2006 US capital Washington’s largest health and fitness chain, the Sport & Health company, has been acquired by a group of local investors led by the chain’s former CEO for US$75m (£42m, 62.6m euro).
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.
