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The new Serena Williams Building at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, US, has been declared open. The 1m sq ft building, designed by architects Skylab, is the largest structure on the Nike campus and establishes new links to the existing campus through restored wetlands, public plazas, and view
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Arch Amenities Group (AAG) has acquired US-based pool construction and management company NYS Pool Management. AAG is a full-service global provider of wellness, amenity and meeting services for commercial and residential properties, hotels and private clubs. It was formed earlier this year following the
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The Gym Group saw its membership grow by 10 per cent during the first six months of 2022 to 790,000, with revenues jumping to £84.2m – a 187 per cent increase on the first half of the COVID-19-affected 2021, giving an EBITDA of £17m. Analysts are predicting a full-year EBITDA of around £45m. The low-cost
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Barefoot luxury hotel and wellness brand Soneva has announced the launch of the London Wellness Specialist Network as part of its new transformative wellness concept, called Soneva Soul. The directory of international wellness specialists invites guests in the UK to start or continue their wellness journey
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Fabland Valley Resort in Xiangyang in the Province of Hubei, China has opened its new "double walkthrough" attraction. The new ‘Hive Break’ is located at the Alien Port zone within the Fantasy Valley Resort – one of six themed areas at the park. Designed by immersive attraction specialist, Triotech, Hive Break
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Global gym software company ABC Fitness Solutions has entered an agreement to acquire boutique fitness management platform Glofox. The merger will extend ABC Fitness Solutions’ reach to 31m members in around 24,000 locations worldwide. The deal is expected to complete before the end of the year. Glofox was
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Plans have been revealed for a 100-mile-long structure that is set to become the centrepiece of the ambitious Neom mega-development in Saudi Arabia. Called The Line, the "horizontal city" will be 200m wide and built on a footprint of just 34sq km. Designed to run on 100 per cent renewable energy The Line will
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US-based luxury health and wellness brand The Ranch is going to launch its first East Coast destination in the Lower Hudson Valley near Tuxedo Park, New York. The Ranch currently operates two Californian retreats in Malibu and Sonoma but is gearing up to open its third property – just 45 minutes from New York
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Mindbody has announced that Fritz Lanman will become the company’s new CEO from 3 September 2022. He will succeed Josh McCarter who will join Mindbody’s board of directors. When Mindbody acquired fitness membership platform ClassPass last October, with Lanman as CEO, McCarter led the combined business – founder
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Nowatch, a new contender in the expanding biometric fitness tracker market has developed a wearable device, in partnership with Philips, which measures cortisol levels and alerts users about their stress load up to 60 minutes in advance. Owners can't tell the time on these watches – the watch “face” is an
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Fibr, a new social platform connecting fitness professionals with each other and potential employers has launched. Created by a team spearheaded by Neal Spruce – formerly of the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and CEO of Dotfit – it's designed to help school leavers and fitness instructors find the
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Parkour Generations has joined forces with Gymbox to bring parkour into the UK’s mainstream fitness scene. The 45- or 60-minute sessions will run across four of Gymbox’s London clubs, Ealing, Elephant & Castle, Victoria and Farringdon and will be led by Parkour Generations coaches, including Chris Keighley,
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Wake The Tiger - described as the world's first 'amazement park' - has opened its doors to the public in Bristol, UK. Blurring the lines between an experiential art gallery, interactive theme park and detailed film set – and offering visitors a "surreal and beautiful twist" – Wake The Tiger has been designed to
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The Titanic Deluxe Golf Belek resort in Antalya, Turkey, has launched the world’s first Rift waterslide. Designed by water ride specialist Polin, the themed Rift has a height of 10.8m and features a gravity duelling drop and an “intricately engineered” outrun. The design offers dynamic movements in two directions
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Amazon has acquired primary healthcare organisation One Medical in a US$3.9bn deal that will see it moving further into the wellness market. The move represents the e-commerce giant's next move into the sector, following the growth and development of its nutritional supplements range. Amazon says it's
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Nearly half (47 per cent) of men employed by fitness companies work in leadership roles – while for women, the figure is just 36 per cent. The data comes from a survey on gender equality in the fitness industry, conducted by Sport Alliance and the Women in Fitness Association (WIFA), which suggests that further
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Scandinavian fitness chain SATS has reported Q2 results showing a 53 per cent increase in revenue to NOK 1,022m (£85,591,015). The group’s also demonstrates a strong EBITDA, getting to NOK 83,000,000 (£6,965,182), compared with NOK -113 million (-£9,498,447) in the corresponding quarter last year. The
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The World Active Forum (WAF) – a new network of national fitness associations and organisations from all over the world – has officially launched. WAF is intended to unify the voice of the health and fitness industry and represent it globally, so the sector boosts its visibility – politically, socially and
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Swiss health and medical spa operator Clinique La Prairie (CLP) is planning to open a health resort in Anji, China, in partnership with Sunjoy Group. Scheduled to open in 2023, the 12,850sq m resort will be equipped with the latest medical and wellness technologies and deliver a range of Longevity, Master
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Disneyland Paris has hosted a soft opening of its new Avengers Campus Paris, ahead of its opening to the public on 20 July. Forming part of a €2bn ($2bn, £1.69bn), multi-year expansion of the resort, the Avengers Campus is the first-ever Marvel-themed universe in Europe. It features two new themed rides –
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The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has revealed that Shai Efrati, MD, a respected research scientist on hyperbaric oxygen therapy, will keynote at the 2022 conference being held in Tel Aviv from 31 October to 3 November. Efrati is a professor at the Sackler School of Medicine and the Sagol School of Neuroscience
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The International Congress on Thermal Tourism (ICTT) is returning for 2022 and taking place at Expourense in Spain, from 27-29 September 2022. The event will mark the third-ever iteration of the congress, following on from events in 1999 and 2011. As in previous years, the event will be held in the historic
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Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas will make its debut both in Brazil and in South America in 2025 and open the all-new Anantara Mamucabo Bahia Resort. With a modern and sustainable design inspired by its beachfront location, the 116-key property will be located in Baixio – a district on the northern coastline of
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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ Luxury & Lifestyle Collection, has unveiled plans to open its first European resort hotel in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca, later this quarter. Kimpton Aysla Mallorca will be open year-round and is being designed by local architect Guillermo Reynés to emulate a
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Strava and Oura have teamed up to provide users with a more integrated service between the two systems. Oura members can now seamlessly import Strava data into their Oura account and can also automatically share Oura activities into their private or public Strava feed. This means that even when Oura users aren’t
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