fit tech news & features
Good programming and well-trained staff can unlock the potential of functional training zones for special population groups. Kath Hudson finds out more
HCM issue 1 2013
Technogym has opened its brand new headquarters: the Wellness Village in Cesena, Italy. Kate Cracknell pays a visit and finds an exemplary corporate wellness model
HCM issue 1 2013
Kate Cracknell talks to the head of recreation at Migros Zurich about expanding into the German market
HCM issue 1 2013
Football clubs are developing community outreach programmes that are addressing social issues and linking local people together. Neena Dhillon reports
HCM issue 1 2013
A Spanish health resort is taking wellbeing and healthy lifestyles into the digital age, providing guests with
customised iPads for the duration of their stay.
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05 Dec 2012
PayasUgym has secured a partnership with Tesco which will see the online company provide gym passes to
over 16 million Clubcard customers.
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01 Nov 2012
Spafinder Wellness is to expand its Last Minute platform to Miami, Chicago and
Los Angeles in
November. The service has been designed to help spas, health clubs and
wellness centres more easily fill
open appointment times that previously would have gone un-booked.
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17 Oct 2012
Former US President Bill Clinton and Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy, will be at the opening of
the Technogym Village on 29 September 2012, along with 800 other guests from more than 60 countries.
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28 Sep 2012
A fitness technology startup that offers consumers the opportunity to search for group exercise classes in
their area is looking to expand its services in the UK.
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27 Sep 2012
Health club operator David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has launched a free UK mobile app
aimed at both members
and non-members.
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17 Aug 2012
A new CHI-branded spa is to open at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore in October as
part of the wider SG$66m (US$53.1m, EUR43m, £34.1m) revamp of the property's
Garden Wing.
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06 Aug 2012
Online health and beauty marketplace Wahanda has introduced Wahanda Connect - an
online booking
system connecting businesses with customers. The new platform provides an
end-to-end marketing
solution allowing spas, salons, wellbeing, fitness and beauty professionals to
get listed and sell to the end
customer via Wahanda's network.
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01 Aug 2012
The London 2012 anti-doping facilities will be developed after the Olympic and Paralympic Games into a
world-class resource that could help revolutionise healthcare.
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01 Aug 2012
Stakeholders are being encouraged to register and try out spogo, the main
digital legacy project for the 2012 Olympic Games now available online in beta mode. A customer-facing
online service, www.spogo.co.uk has been designed to make searching and finding physical activities as
simple as other consumer-friendly online services.
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27 Jul 2012
Marriott International has announced the launch of its new careers presence on
the Chinese social network, Weibo, as part of efforts to hire 30,000 people by
the end of 2014.
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29 Jun 2012
A new results-orientated skincare line and the latest light therapy technology
will be on offer at the Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, US, as the result
of a partnership with B Kamins.
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21 Jun 2012
A new £37m initiative has been launched with the support of government funding
to improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life for nearly 170,000 older
people across the UK.
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01 Jun 2012
Daily deals website Groupon has launched its new Scheduler online booking system
to provide businesses with the opportunity to manage their schedules and accept
bookings directly.
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16 May 2012
David Stalker, CEO of the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has revealed
details of a new joint venture with Sport England which aims to secure a digital
legacy for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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11 Apr 2012
Cloud-based management software provider GramercyOne and deals website
Lifebooker have announced a partnership which will enable spas to market
unfilled appointments through their business management software.
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28 Mar 2012
Pete Ellis, chair and CEO of SpaFinder, has launched WellTech, a new health and
wellness-focused 'incubator' designed to support, develop and bring new
technology companies to market. Selected firms using technology to devise new consumer health and wellness solutions will receive a minimum investment of US$50,000.
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28 Mar 2012
Online health and beauty marketplace Wahanda has secured a partnership agreement
with deal website lastminute.com UK to manage the portal's spa category.
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23 Mar 2012
The Football Association (FA) has joined forces with telecoms infrastructure
group Shared Access for a £30m project delivering new or improved floodlights to
grassroots clubs.
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08 Mar 2012
The EU is now focusing on physical activity as a way of addressing obesity, and is looking to our sector for solutions, says Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 3 2012
ThriveWell's Erin Ercoline talks to Kate Cracknell about the DIVA exercise and nutrition programme for breast cancer patients
HCM issue 3 2012
Luxury consumers are embracing new technologies, such as iPads and other
tablets, in ways that are transforming "the face of travel", according to Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
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13 Jan 2012
Health and wellness software provider Mindbody has launched a new daily deals
product for its 15,000 subscribers.
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13 Dec 2011
Cisco has confirmed that spectators at the new National Stadium in Warsaw,
Poland, will be able to benefit from the installation of its Cisco Connected
Stadium internet solution.
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23 Nov 2011
Cisco Systems has secured a new agreement with Spain-based football club Real
Madrid to "transform" the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium experience for visitors and
spectators.
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17 Nov 2011
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