Gold’s rolls out in Eastern Europe 10 Jan 2006 Gold’s Gym’s ambitious expansion plans have now taken the chain to Hungary, where it has opened its first club in Budapest.
AUS$1.5m new ride for Perth amusement park 06 Jan 2006 Adventure World in Perth, Australia, opened an AUS$1.5m (£639,000, 926,000 euro, US$1.1m) six-lane ride on 3 December.
CHG signs Middle East franchise agreement 06 Jan 2006 UK-based restaurant company Clapham House Group (CHG) has signed a franchise development agreement with GGC Burger, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Gourmet Gulf Company, to develop restaurants across the Middle East over the next three years.
Hesperia Tower opens in Barcelona 05 Jan 2006 The £35m (US$60.5m, 50.9m euro) Hesperia Tower hotel is scheduled to open in Barcelona, Spain, on 16 January.
Golf clubs' discrimination against women outlawed 05 Jan 2006 Golf clubs which admit male and female members, but discriminate against one sex, will be outlawed by 2007 the European Union has said.
Red Lane Spa for Sandals Jamaica 03 Jan 2006 Sandals Resorts’ Dunn’s River property in Jamaica has reopened as the Sandals Dunn’s River Villaggio Golf Resort & Spa following a US$25m (£14.5m, 21.1m euro) renovation programme.
February launch for Whistler Hilton spa 03 Jan 2006 Hilton Hotels Corporation is to open a new spa at its Whistler resort in British Columbia, Canada, which opened last month.
The luxury spa, Artesia, will be completed by February 2006 and join existing facilities such as a year-round, outdoor, heated pool, indoor and outdoor hot tubs and a fully equipped health club.
Bruce Lee statue unveiled in Hong Kong 21 Dec 2005 Hong Kong has unveiled the city’s first permanent memorial to martial arts expert and actor Bruce Lee.
Versailles unveils restored Hall of Mirrors 21 Dec 2005 After 18 months of restoration work, the Château de Versailles near Paris, France, has unveiled the restored north half of the Hall of Mirrors to the public.
Deepak Chopra to open Colorado spa 20 Dec 2005 The Westin Hotel in Colorado, US, is to open 60 luxury residencies and a new Chopra Spa in 2007 as part of a US$40m (£22.6m, 33.3m euro) redevelopment called Ananda.
Cypriot spa hotel finds Raison D’Etre 20 Dec 2005 Cypriot spa hotel Anassa has joined forces with consultants Raison d’Etre to introduce a new line of organic products and treatments to its luxury spa.
Missed opportunities for luxury US spas 20 Dec 2005 Many luxury spas are failing to make the most of revenue opportunities available during the first stage of client contact, according to research by US-based brand quality assessor Coyle Hospitality Group (CHG).
Coe unveils Goldman Sachs man as new chief executive of LOCOG 19 Dec 2005 Paul Deighton, chief operating officer of Goldman Sach’s European businesses, has been named as the chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG).
Awards for Taronga and Western Plains Zoos 19 Dec 2005 Two Australian zoos run by the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales (ZPB) have recently won accolades in the 2005 NSW Tourism Awards.
Warner Village marketing team takes tourism award 13 Dec 2005 The marketing team at Warner Village Theme Parks’ (WVTP) has won the Tourism Product Marketing award at the Queensland Tourism Awards for its Chinese consumer campaign.
MLT opens Sydney AMF bowling centre 13 Dec 2005 Australia-based Macquarie Leisure Trust (MLT) has opened its first new AMF Bowling Centre in Blacktown, Sydney.
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.
