Mandara Spa for Disney World hotel 25 Jan 2005 Steiner Leisure, which owns the Mandara Spa brand, has signed a contract to build and operate a luxury spa at the Walt Disney World’s Swan and Dolphin hotel in Orlando, Florida.
Retreat Spa to open at Grosvenor House Dubai 25 Jan 2005 The latest addition to Dubai’s booming spa industry, the Retreat Health & Spa, will open at the Grosvenor House West Marina Beach by Le Méridien in May.
Gordon Ramsey heads for Tokyo Conrad 24 Jan 2005 UK-based celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is to open his first restaurant in Japan later this year at the Conrad Tokyo.
Thermae Bath Spa costs set to exceed £40m 24 Jan 2005 The much-delayed £36m ($67.4m, 51.7m Euros) Thermae Bath Spa project in the UK is to have an additional £3.5m ($6.5m, Euro 5m) of public money provided for the scheme.
Six Flags guests get free waterpark entry 20 Jan 2005 US-based theme park operator Six Flags has announced that entrance to its new Hurricane Harbor waterpark at Gurnee, Illinois, will be free with admission to the existing Six Flags Great America theme park at the site.
Café Rouge group sold to Legal & General Ventures 19 Jan 2005 Tragus Holdings, the restaurant group which operates the mid-market Bella Italia and Café Rouge restaurant brands, has been acquired by Legal & General Ventures (L&GV) in a deal estimated to be worth around £95m.
Champneys enters India 19 Jan 2005 UK-based Spa operator Champneys has expanded to the subcontinent with the opening of its first spa in India – at the Grand Resort Hotel in Goa.
Prem Group announces 350m euro expansion 19 Jan 2005 Hotel chain the Prem Group plans to open 18 new hotels in Ireland and 50 in the UK as part of a 350m euro investment programme which will take place over the next five years.
Workers bare all for railway charity 19 Jan 2005 Marston Hotels’ Crewe Hall property, in Cheshire, was the host venue for a nude calendar shoot featuring 21 female rail industry workers.
Jowell says Olympic bid needs sprint finish 18 Jan 2005 English culture secretary Tessa Jowell said yesterday that London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was good enough to win but that the contest will “go down to the wire”.
World’s largest indoor rainforest opens in Germany 10 Jan 2005 The world’s largest indoor rainforest, called Tropical Island, opened its doors inside a giant zeppelin hangar in Brandenburg, near the German capital Berlin, on 18 December.
PATA launches recovery fund for tourism employees 10 Jan 2005 The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has launched a Tsunami Recovery Fund which will be dedicated to a recovery programme for the benefit of tourism employees in Asia Pacific resort destinations affected by the disaster.
Scottish Executive plans visitor travel research 05 Jan 2005 The Scottish Executive has awarded a research contract to the University of Strathclyde to investigate the travel behaviour of visitors to Scotland.
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.
