The CEO of the Body Fit Training franchise is pushing out globally – including a UK launch – following a major deal with Xponential Fitness

Xponential Fitness has entered a five-year licensing agreement with Princess Cruises that gives guests access to its boutique fitness classes and workout channel, XPlus. The tie-up is managed by OneSpaWorld and also launches Xponential’s first corporate wellbeing offering, which provides subscription platform XPass to 30,000 employees at a discounted rate.

Fitness franchise companies are making deals and reporting brisk business. Kath Hudson finds out more

The inimitable Emma Barry, author of Building a Badass Boutique, gives us the benefit of her insights into customer behaviour and how it will shape trends; including hyper personalisation and micro segmentation

Can one operator succeed where another has failed? asks Liz Terry

Xponential Fitness has launched X Pass, a package that allows subscribers to book classes across its entire portfolio of brands, essentially aggregating its own portfolio.

Body Fit Training (BFT), the Australian fitness franchise, has successfully defended a court action brought by F45 in the Australian Federal Court.

Wellness operator and fitness tech company LIT Method (low-intensity training) is ramping up expansion after launching into the franchising market.

Property deals, licencing and IP collaborations are opening up new opportunities across the sector and demanding our attention, says Liz Terry

Deloitte’s Alicia Whistlecroft summarises findings from the State of the UK Fitness Industry Report. Budgets and boutiques are challenging the domestic status quo, throwing up a range of new opportunities

The industry catalyst has released a new book: Building a Badass Boutique

US fitness franchise StretchLab has revealed plans to add machines that identify movement inefficiencies into its programming.

Is the UK boutique fitness sector capable of attracting the funding it needs? Alicia Whistlecroft from Deloitte takes a look at the level of opportunity

New operators are queuing up to enter the booming franchise market. Tom Walker reports

Liz Terry lists the key trends, influences and opportunities set to shape health and fitness in the foreseeable future

The founder of Xponential Fitness, Anthony Geisler, discusses the secrets behind his success, and tells us why franchising is key to crushing the big box chains

Is the boutique boom reaching the peak of its lifecycle? ukactive CEO Steven Ward asks a panel of experts

Assisted stretching is emerging as a great addition to health club operations

We talk to the new UK master franchisor for Xponential Fitness brand CycleBar

David Minton reports from California on the latest fitness concepts