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Sony Pictures to launch immersive Wonderverse entertainment destination
Sony Pictures is set to launch an immersive indoor entertainment park at Oakbrook Center in Chicago in December, featuring escape rooms, interactive exhibits, racing simulators, VR attractions, bumper cars and food and drink. Called Wonderverse, the entertainment destination will occupy a 45,000sq ft retail
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Xponential opens 3,000th location – confirms plans to buy more brands
Xponential Fitness, the largest global franchisor of boutique fitness brands, has announced the opening of its milestone 3,000th studio – a CycleBar in Loveland, Colorado – with more expansion in the pipeline, as well as the planned acquisition of an eleventh brand. Speaking exclusively to HCM,
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Nike and Spotify team up to empower girls through the Make Moves Fund
The Make moves Fund, co-funded by Nike and Spotify, is gearing up to award grants equivalent to approximately US$25,000 for pioneering, UK-based organisations to empower a new generation of girls to take their first steps into dance. Girls in the UK are more than twice as likely as boys to report poor mental
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JD Gyms sells GymNation to MBO team
JD Gyms, part of listed company, JD Sports Fashion plc, has sold UAE health club operator, GymNation, to a management buy-out team backed by investors TriCap Investments and Ruya Partners, which has revealed it invested SAR 94 million (US$25 million) private credit into GymNation. JD Gyms, bought GymNation from Select Investments Ltd in February 2022. The MBO was
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Bannatyne launches budget gym concept
UK operator, Bannatyne Group, has revisited one of its classic brands to launch a budget gym concept. First launched 25 years ago by founder, Duncan Bannatyne, Just Fitness was the company’s original name before it rebranded to Bannatyne. Now the company says it will selectively develop Just Fitness by Bannatyne
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Shenzhen art museum opens exhibition showcasing work of MAD Architects
Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MoCAUP) has opened an exhibition which provides a retrospective of the research and practices of MAD Architects. Called Ma Yansong: Landscapes in Motion, the exhibition occupies an expansive space of more than 3,000sq m and takes visitors on a
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The Fitness Group partners with My PT Hub
Training provider, The Fitness Group, has teamed up with personal training app, My PT Hub, to make it easier for aspiring personal trainers to set up their own businesses. The partnership will see My PT Hub being integrated into the education courses provided by The Fitness Group. Graduates will learn how they
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Echelon Fitness teams up with Run Disney to tap into 170,000 runners
Connected fitness equipment supplier, Echelon Fitness, has signed a multi-year deal with Run Disney, the road race division of Disney Sports Enterprises. The Run Disney race series is one of the largest race organisations in the US, with more than 170,000 runners participating in events each race season, plus
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Good Work Pledge becomes part of the CIMSPA portfolio
The UK's Good Work Pledge – an employer commitment to workplace wellbeing for employees – has come under the umbrella of CIMSPA. Created and launched by Lindsey Simpson and Katie Lewis co-founders of Workplace Mental Wealth Ltd in 2021, The Pledge was established to enable companies to 'publicly commit and take
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Clive Ormerod steps down as CEO of Les Mills
Clive Ormerod will stand down from his role as Group CEO of Les Mills at the end of 2023. Ormerod joined the global fitness company as chief marketing officer in early 2018 and was promoted to Group CEO in July 2019. During his near six-year tenure, Les Mills has significantly grown its global footprint
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