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Jetts 24 Hour Fitness reports trading in south-east Asia is going to plan
Mike Lamb CEO, Asia of Jetts 24 Hour Fitness, which has clubs in south-east Asia, says the company’s locations in Vietnam are trading well since reopening at the end of April. Speaking at the Fit Summit in Singapore, Lamb said: “Our Vietnam business has reopened – with no glitches so far – and it’s trading line
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RDHA's library and Komagata Maru Park project given RAIC medal
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has named the Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park – designed by RDH Architects (RDHA) – among the winners of its bi-annual Governor General’s Medals. The biennial awards recognise and celebrate excellence in recently built and designed projects by Canadian
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Community Leisure UK appoints Mark Tweedie as new CEO
Mark Tweedie has been named as the new CEO of Community Leisure UK (CLUK), the organisation representing charitable leisure trusts. Tweedie joins CLUK after spending the past 10 years as CEO of two trusts – Active Tameside (from 2011 to 2018) and Active Northumberland (2018-2020). He began his career as a PE
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DataHub launches COVID-19 tracking app for gyms
DataHub has launched a contact tracking app, specifically designed for the fitness and physical activity sector. The customer-facing Tractiv8 allows gym, health club and leisure centre members a quick and simple way to inform their facility, should they contract coronavirus. The app then uses the facility’s
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Moederscheim Moonen reveal plans for mixed-use towers at Rotterdam stadium
Plans have been revealed to redevelop the Van Donge & De Roo Stadium in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, into a mixed-use complex dominated by four towers rising from the stands. Designed by architects Moederscheim Moonen, the proposals include expanding the capacity at the stadium from 4,300 to 6,500 to seats,
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Magic Mountain app uses the power of group psychology to get people active
A new app, which aims to help people get physically active and build healthy habits through the power of group psychology, teamwork and friendship, has launched after securing £500,000 worth of funding. Magic Mountain is a socially interactive tool which allows users to set activity-based goals, share them with
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Premier Global NASM appoints Dan Rees to lead UK operations
Dan Rees has been appointed to oversee the growth of training company Premier Global NASM's operations in the UK. As managing director, Rees will be responsible for the strategic leadership and growth strategy, as the organisation looks to expand its footprint in the sport, fitness and wellbeing training
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Could a simple blood test show how physically fit a person is?
A study on how exercise changes the body at a molecular level has suggested that a simple blood test could be used to determine how physically fit a person is. A team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine undertook a study based on hundreds of thousands of molecular measurements from a
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Fitness United launches today. HCM talks to founder, Neil Harmsworth
A new industry support association, Fitness United, launches today (1 June) to bring suppliers and operators more closely together, HCM talks to founder, Neil Harmsworth Fitness United is launching today, can you tell our readers a bit more about the organisation and what it's seeking to achieve?
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24 Hour Fitness begins reopenings amid rumours of Chapter 11
Health club chain 24 Hour Fitness has reopened some of its sites in Texas and is preparing to open further locations in Florida and Hawaii, the three states in which it has operations and where gyms are allowed to reopen. Clubs to have already reopened are the company's six sites in Houston and 10 in Dallas/Fort
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