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An initiative set up by the Rio Ferdinand Foundation in partnership with The Gym Group will see young Londoners being offered career opportunities in fitness and sport. The new Find Your Future scheme will see up to 150 young people in South London benefit from an employment skills programme and the Community
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Bestselling author and entrepreneur Dan Heath has been announced as the opening Power Session keynote speaker for The International Spa Association’s (ISPA) 2022 Conference. Hosted between 2 - 4 May, the 2022 event at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas will mark ISPA’s first in-person event since 2019. The
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Award-winning US wellness community Serenbe has unveiled a brand new spa and wellness Portal Retreat that accommodates between six to 12 guests. Located an hour outside of Georgia’s state capital of Atlanta, Serenbe has been upgraded with a relaxed and spacious 3,000sq ft retreat designed both for one-off group
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A "significant majority" of the UK's swimming teachers and aquatic professionals feel that swimming excludes some groups and communities. The finding comes from a study by the Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) and ukactive, which sought to examine inclusion across the swimming teaching workforce.
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VRstudios and Creative Works have launched a new VR-based multiplayer attraction. Described as the world’s first unattended, two-player VR esports attraction, Fury has been designed to deliver physically active experiences in a small footprint. The VR gameplay options include “Hoops Madness,” which
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The Inaugural IHRSA SMART Summit has kicked off in Munich, Germany, with a focus on exploring the future of the sector in a changing world. Taking place from 17 to 19 November, the summit is being organised in tandem with FitnessConnected 2021, a new international trade show for the sector, held at the same
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Industry events Spa Life UK and Spa Life Ireland will go ahead in 2022, with organisers promising more practical, hands-on activities to enhance the event experience. Founded in 2010, the events offer a combination of networking opportunities, dedicated meetings, exposure to new product innovations and
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M+, described as Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture, has opened in Hong Kong. Located in the city state's West Kowloon Cultural District, the museum features six thematic exhibitions housing more than 1,000 works. Designed by architects Herzog and de Meuron, M+ will act as a cultural
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A new at-home functional training platform, offering consumers a 'complete home gym kit' and a library of on-demand and live programming, has gone live. Called Atom, the platform has been created and launched by lifestyle brand RPM Training and combines strength equipment with daily workouts and unlimited
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Life Fitness has appointed Paul Stoneham as its new CEO, replacing Chris Clawson and effective immediately. Stoneham joins the fitness equipment giant following a career working for a wide range of consumer brands – most recently at outerwear company Helly Hansen AS, where he has spent the past six years.
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The Well at Hacienda AltaGracia, Auberge Resorts Collection has opened in Costa Rica’s verdant region of Pérez Zeledón. The new tropical retreat represents modern wellness brand The Well’s first opening outside of the US and marks its third official location, joining its New York and Connecticut outposts. The
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David Lloyd Clubs has launched a new family-focused programme in response to the trend of families exercising together. A family HIIT class, Blaze Rebels combines mixed martial with cardio and strength training in a safe and child-friendly way. Designed for those aged 8 and above, the workouts start with a
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A sustainable wellbeing island retreat has launched today in the Maldives, dedicated to personalised wellness journeys, reconnecting to nature and instilling a feeling of weightlessness to all who visit. Named Joali Being, the retreat is the sister site of Joali’s first outpost – named Joali Maldives – which
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Polish corporate wellness platform Benefit Systems has taken over a majority stake in club operator Total Fitness. Benefit Systems has acquired a 88 per cent stake in the gym chain, which currently runs 14 clubs in Warsaw (10 clubs), Gdańsk (3) and Radom (1). Total Fitness opened its first club in 2011 in
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Grndhouse has raised a £1.5m financing round led by venture capital firm Passion Capital. The online platform will use the investment to launch a 4,500sq ft film studio and facility, along with a community-centric app in early 2022. Launched earlier this year by five former Barry’s UK trainers, Grndhouse is
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Eight of the top 20 private health club operators in the UK have grown their estates since 2019 – in spite of the pandemic – while three more have retained the same number of locations. The figure comes from the Fitness Industry Preview Report 2021, published by The Leisure Database Company (TLDB),
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Mindbody has published the 2021 edition of its annual State of the Spa and Salon Industry Report, highlighting how spa and salon businesses have evolved since the start of the pandemic and giving predictions of consumer trends that will impact the future of the sector. The report was produced following
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Ennismore, the hotel company behind brands such as The Hoxton, Delano and Mondrian has announced plans to roll out its Tribe lifestyle hotel brand across Southeast Asia, targeting countries such as Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. Launched in 2019, Tribe is marketed as an
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Nobu, the global lifestyle brand founded by Robert De Niro, Nobu Matsuhisa and Meir Teper, will launch a brand new location – called Nobu Hotel, Restaurant and Residences Al Khobar – in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, by 2024. Located in the waterfront area of the city, the mixed-use development will be home to a
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Les Mills has launched a new solution to help fitness operators transform space in their clubs into premium boutique studios. Called Les Mills Boutique, the turnkey solution includes a bespoke studio fit-out plan, a studio operations guide, instructor training and access to a regularly refreshed programme of
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A new guide has been published to give health clubs, gyms and leisure centres in the UK insights into how to attract more women and girls and to encourage them to get physically active. Produced in partnership by Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign and ukactive, the guide called, How to improve your
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EuropeActive has announced it will trial a new consumer health club certification scheme, to be known as FITcert.eu. The certification has been developed within the European Standards Organisation CEN framework and prescribes standards for clubs covering operations, management, customer service, supervision
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Chenot Palace Weggis in Switzerland has announced the launch of The Chenot Molecular Lab for Optimal Living, a new programme developed to help resolve issues associated with premature ageing. The programme is overseen by chief operating and scientific officer, Dr George Gaitanos who calls it a "natural evolution
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Xponential Fitness has secured a deal that will see its branded boutique studios being set up at existing LA Fitness and City Sports Club locations across the US. The franchise company has signed a partnership agreement with Fitness International – operator of LA Fitness and City Sports Clubs – which will result
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Luxury hotel operator Four Seasons has opened a new resort and spa in California’s Napa Valley, complete with a working winery and vineyard. Designed by Napa’s own Erin Martin, the 85-key Four Seasons Napa Valley in Calistoga has been conceived with a bespoke spa concept called Spa Talisa. The 13,050sq ft Spa
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