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Egym has completed a Series F financing round which will see it raise up to €207m (US$225m) in growth capital. The new investment was led by Affinity Partners, a global investment firm based in Miami, US and also included contributions from existing investors, Mayfair Equity Partners and Bayern Kapital.
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Charitable leisure trust, Horizon Leisure, has acquired a former Sports Direct gym in Guildford and transformed it into a health, fitness and wellbeing facility. The trust has invested £1m in redeveloping the facility, which it acquired earlier this year for an undisclosed sum. It is the first time Horizon
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Self Esteem Brands (SEB) is taking its Anytime Fitness brand to France, following the signing of a master franchisee deal. Anytime France SARL, a company set up for the venture, will oversee the brand's growth in the country, with initial openings secured in six locations – Paris, the wider Ile-de-France
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A survey which takes a deep dive into global wellness travellers’ motivations and needs has been launched by the Global Wellness Institute's (GWI) Wellness Tourism Initiative. The aim is to make the Wellbeing Check-In Survey the largest in the world and the GWI is calling for spa and wellness
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Virtuagym has added to its range of training solutions with the launch of Virtuagym AI Coach. Powered by artificial intelligence, AI Coach can create tailored workouts for users based on their specific requirements, which are shared via a chat interface. This enables users to specify their requests,
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The Gröna Lund theme park in Stockholm, Sweden has reopened its doors 10 days after a guest died and nine other were injured in an incident involving the park's Jetline rollercoaster. One of the trains on Jetline – a ride which reaches a height of 30m (90ft) and a speed of 90km/h (55mph) – came partly off the
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Pedro Simão, CEO of Balance Company, says the company has acquired a 100 per cent shareholding in international franchise brands VivaFit and Personal 20 from founders Pedro Ruiz and Connie Ruiz for an undisclosed amount. VivaFit is a brand of boutique gym for women, while Personal20 is a boutique EMS studio
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Crystal Cruises has appointed cruise ship and resort spa operator OneSpaWorld as its exclusive spa and wellness partner for the next five years. OSW will operate all spa, salon, medi-spa and fitness services onboard Crystal’s newly updated Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony liners, as well as
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The number of people taking part in outdoor exercise and recreation in the US reached an all time record of 168.1 million in 2022 following year-on-year growth of 2.3 per cent. The trend is reflected in activity across the physical activity sector, including health clubs and gyms, which are increasingly including
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Multi-award-winning musician, Stormzy, has joined forces with Crystal Palace FC forward Wilfried Zaha to take over non-league football club, AFC Croydon Athletic. Both Zaha and Stormzy – real name Michael Owuo Junior – grew up in the south London borough and have connections to the club. Zaha also scored his
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Myzone has launched a premium suite of services, offering health club operators three elements which utilise its heart-rate tracking tech – MZ-Club, MZ-Together and MZ-On Demand. The elements have been designed to enable operators to offer members access to the Myzone ecosystem and live heart rate tracking wherever they are – in the gym, outdoors or at home.
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Spa consultant Diana Mestre and design firm Saballos Architects have co-created a new wellness temple concept for five-star boutique resort Ka'ana in San Ignacio, Belize. Mestre – of Mestre & Mestre Spa & Wellness Consultants – says the spa will open at the end of 2024 and showcase ancient Mayan traditions in
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Taichi Kuma, son of the celebrated Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, has designed a striking new sauna for the Sana Mane glamping destination in southern Japan. Nestled between a forest and a beach, the 150-layer wooden sauna is built from 5,000 pieces of stacked plywood and curves upwards into a spiral shape
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Xponential Fitness shares are recovering following a fightback by the directors after the publication of a damning report on its prospects and conduct from Fuzzy Panda Research last week. Fuzzy Panda made a series of allegations about Xponential CEO Anthony Geisler and the general trading position of the
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Precor has signed a global distribution deal with Stages Cycling, manufacturer of commercial indoor cycles, power meters and cycle computers. The strategic partnership will see Precor become the worldwide distributor of Stages Cycling’s commercial product lines, leveraging Precor’s existing sales, service, and
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Continuum Attractions, which acquired the Loch Ness Centre in Scotland in January, has officially reopened its doors following a £1.5m refurbishment. The visitor attraction is located in Drumnadrochit near Inverness. The 12-week redevelopment has reinvigorated the centre, which will now focus on telling
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Hotel owner, operator and investor Minor Hotels has announced plans to unveil a second Anantara property in Brazil. Slated to launch in 2026, the new-build Anantara Preá Ceará Resort will be located in the state of Ceará on the country’s northeast coast. Soon to start development on Preá Beach in the
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Six Senses is set to open a new tropical island retreat on a stretch of secret beachfront in Belize by mid-2025. Six Senses Belize will be home to 45 resort villas and 24 overwater residences set across two areas – Secret Beach and a 10-acre private island about two miles away. According to Six Senses, a
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Online fitness platform, Zwift, has launched the first game controllers designed specifically for its virtual cycling workouts. Called Zwift Play, the controllers allow riders to take full control of their experience and remove the need for using touch-screen or external keyboards. Zwift Play controllers can be
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The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has announced that Jeremy Jauncey, founder and CEO of Beautiful Destinations, will keynote its 17th-annual event taking place in Doha, Qatar, from 6-9 November. Jauncey, a British-born serial entrepreneur, travel writer and social media influencer with millions of followers on
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Gen Z will have a bigger impact on the global fitness market than any generation before them, according to a new report from Les Mills. Called Gen Z Fitness: Cracking the code, the research shows how the generation – described as people born between 1996 and 2010 – presents a "transformative opportunity
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Award-winning US wellness community Serenbe in Atlanta, Georgia, has expanded its spa following a jump in business over the past two years. Thanks to the update, The Spa at Serenbe has grown from eight treatment rooms to 12 and expanded its footprint by nearly 60 per cent (from 1,900sq ft to 3,198 sq ft).
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The UK Government needs to adopt a national health strategy based on prevention, if it wants to successfully tackle a cardiovascular disease emergency that has resulted in almost 100,000 excess deaths since the start of 2020. Analysis of official government data, by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), suggests
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Nike is ramping up its plans to grow market share in the health and fitness and wellness market with the launch of a new initiative called Nike Well Collective, which it says will "deliver innovation, expertise, services and experiences across body, mind and life". To drive this Collective, Nike will be
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New Zealand’s newest wellness destination Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa has opened on the shores of Lake Rotorua following a grand opening ceremony attended by New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins. Combining the Rotorua region’s healing geothermal waters with the centuries-old legacy of Ngāti Whakaue
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