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With 2.8 million people in the UK economically inactive due to long-term sickness, the government has published a White Paper setting out plans to get ... More

Nearly 100 students gathered in Baden bei Wien, Austria, last week to take part in the first-ever youth project hosted by the Great Spa Towns ... More

A multi-million-euro geothermal spa and leisure centre, called Terme Bjelovar, is scheduled to open in the Croatian city of Bjelovar in Q3 of 2025. Already ... More

Museum director Cecilie Hollberg has come under fire for comparing the city to a sex worker due to uncontrolled mass tourism. Hollberg, a historian, has ... More

Universal Studios is assessing the feasibility of opening its first European resort in the UK, following the purchase of a former brickworks in Bedfordshire. The ... More

The Italian thermal town of Montecatini Terme will welcome 30 delegates from the Great Spa Towns of Europe Association (GSTEA) this week when it hosts ... More

The Sphere at the Venetian in Las Vegas, a US$2.3 billion project described as the "entertainment venue of the future", has made its public debut ... More

Spanish capital Madrid is set to to be the home of Europe's largest urban beach and surf destination. A collaboration between football club, Atlético de ... More

The planned Universal Studios theme park in Frisco, Texas, could open as early as 2026. Currently in the planning stages, the park will be designed ... More

Global wellbeing organisation Therme Group US and Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser have signed a deal to work together toward identifying a site for a ... More

The Great Spa Towns of Europe association (GSTE) is holding its second General Assembly in the UK’s World Heritage city of Bath on 2 March ... More

Planning approval has been granted for Camden Highline, a project to transform a section of disused railway into a new elevated urban park for London. ... More

Eureka! Science + Discovery Centre in Seacombe, UK has opened its doors to the public. The attraction is the second in the Eureka! family, following ... More

Thermal wellbeing organisation and developer Therme Group has partnered with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) to create a year-round wellbeing destination in the South ... More

The Great Spa Towns of Europe Association (GSTEA) has announced the appointment of Chiara Ronchini as its new secretary general, effective from 13 February 2023. ... More

VAC 2022 has announced the final line-up of 25 top attractions sector speakers set to appear at the conference on Thursday 13 October. Speakers at ... More

Members of the Great Spa Towns of Europe (GSTE) have gathered in Františkovy Lázně in the Czech Republic this week to take part in the ... More

Mark Sesnan, CEO of GLL, has pushed back on Tower Hamlet Council’s decision to take the operation of its leisure services back in-house when GLL’s ... More

A £22m refurbishment of Altrincham Leisure Centre has been given the go ahead by Trafford Council. Sport England has supported its development under the council’s ... More

Newly-formed industry body The Great Spa Towns of Europe association has appointed Stefan Szirucsek as its new board chair. As of July 2021, The Great ... More

The Great Spa Towns of Europe, one of UNESCO's newest World Heritage Sites, has launched an association to deliver the future management and protection of ... More

The MSG Sphere, a controversial auditorium and music globe designed by Populous, has been given full planning permission by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). ... More

The physical activity sector will have an essential role to play in delivering the UK government's plans to "level up" and tackle longstanding economic, social, ... More

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has honoured 11 European spa towns and added them to its esteemed World Heritage List. The ... More

Former racing cyclist Chris Boardman has been appointed the new chair of grassroots body, Sport England. Boardman, who won an individual pursuit gold medal at ... More