wellness news & features
From the Ruhr to the Rhine, this year's FIBO convention moves from its original base in Essen to Cologne in Germany
HCM issue 3 2013
The CEO and co-founder of Anytime Fitness talks to Kate Cracknell about incentivising healthy living and the company's expansion plans
HCM issue 3 2013
Spa and wellness company, Spafinder Wellness, is expanding its presence in
Canada by launching a new
French Canadian website and adding Canadian-specific content to Spafinder.ca.
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18 Feb 2013
A look ahead to the event at London's ExCeL this month
HCM issue 2 2013
Across the UK, the momentum is growing behind the public sector spa. David Thompson looks at the facilities leading the way
HCM issue 2 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
NICE is now recommending that physical activity be included in the QOF, which financially incentivises GPs for prescribing specific treatments. This is, says Liz Terry, a major breakthrough for the fitness industry
HCM issue 1 2013
Can your fitness business pass the five-word test, asks Jay Ablondi, plus a congress report from Vienna
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
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
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
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
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
ThriveWell's Erin Ercoline talks to Kate Cracknell about the DIVA exercise and nutrition programme for breast cancer patients
HCM issue 3 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
Intelligenz Solutions, the Australia-based provider of integrated software for
the fitness, spa, wellness and hospitality sector, has revealed plans to enter
the UK market for the first time.
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27 Sep 2011
Panatta's mission is to create machines that are aesthetically pleasing, functional and competitive in price ...
Founded in 2007 in Gersthofen, Germany, miha bodytec is the market-leading supplier of Electro Muscle ...