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Private investment firm Starwood Capital Group and real estate and hospitality company, Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (AJ Capital), have unveiled a new outdoor-focused hotel group ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) is launching a new initiative dedicated to psychedelics and psychedelic healing. The launch of this project, which joins the GWI’s ... More

A number of big-name suitors are believed to be looking at making a bid for at-home fitness giant Peloton. According to the Wall Street Journal, ... More

Spa management and operations company Trilogy Spa Holdings has announced the purchase of Trinity Spa Advisors – a boutique spa asset management firm. This deal ... More

Marketing guru and New York Times best-selling author Seth Godin kicked off ISPA’s Stronger Together Summit today (10 May) with an insightful keynote Power Session ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has unveiled a new Sleep Initiative, just in time for World Sleep Day. The initiative will first focus on uncovering ... More

A discussion panel about future wellness trends saw spa and wellness industry experts offer their take on what’s in the pipeline for the industry in ... More

As the industry continues to connect and share insight through webinars, Lisa Starr hops onto a selection of talks and picks out the most relevant ... More

Health club chain 24 Hour Fitness has reopened some of its sites in Texas and is preparing to open further locations in Florida and Hawaii, ... More

One Wall Street, a 56-storey Art Deco skyscraper in Manhattan, New York, is undergoing an extensive refurbishment and will soon be home to a series ... More

Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava could be the next high-profile architects to win projects for New York’s Hudson Yards mega-development, according to The Wall Street ... More

Steve Kass, the founder of American Leisure, has died in New York after a battle with cancer. Kass was the founder and CEO of American ... More

Social enterprise Places for People Leisure has been awarded a 12-year management contract for the new Dover District Leisure Centre. The operator sealed the deal ... More

Following a huge CN¥63.18bn (US$9.3bn, €8.15bn, £7.22bn) property deal in a sell-off of Wanda’s tourism assets last week, it has now emerged that the company ... More

Inside sources at Disney have hinted that Bob Iger’s stint at the head of the entertainment giant may be extended as he closes in on ... More

While revenues at Disney’s parks and resorts continue to rise, things aren’t looking so rosy for the company as a whole, after the entertainment giant ... More

With Comcast confirming the US$3.8bn (€3.4bn, £2.6bn) acquisition of DreamWorks, sources close to the deal say the move isn’t about acquiring its famous IPs to ... More

Stock analysts have predicted a positive year for SeaWorld, with shares in the company expected to rise in value as high as US$27 (€24, £19) ... More

The 72,000sq ft (6,689sq m) Governors Island European-style hydrotherapy spa planned for New York has gained approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to proceed, bringing ... More

Another day, another US fitness IPO. Following the news this week that budget chain Planet Fitness is to go public, US-based boutique cycling studio operator ... More

Low cost US chain Planet Fitness has announced it is to go public as it bids to turbocharge growth and ultimately reach 4,000 sites. The ... More

Tennis star Ana Ivanovic has partnered with a team of investors and entrepreneurs to launch what has been dubbed ‘Uber for personal trainers.’ The world ... More

The owners of FRHI Hotels & Resorts, which includes Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Company and a Quatari government fund, are looking to ... More

Wearable tech giant Fitbit will float on the New York Stock Exchange later today (18 June) in one of the most highly-anticipated IPOs of the ... More

Film director David Lynch’s meditation foundation aims to affect 100 million lives in the next decade by teaching people transcendental meditation (TM). Co-founder and executive ... More