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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Health and fitness clubs in Alaska are working up a sweat, trying with other market sectors to appeal to a consumer revisionist boot camp mentality so reflective of […]

Business travelers in recent times have expressed a greater desire to maintain their health during business trips by exercising and eating healthier on the road. The development of new fitness [...]

The ancient art of yoga was transformed into an intensely physical workout without all the fancy contortions and detailed chanting by Baron Baptiste's parents. Friction between Baptiste and his business partner Rolf Gates, due to jealousy and lack of appreciation, crushed the peace of yoga studio in Boston.

Fifty salons and day spas in Washington were reviewed for their treatment and massages, some were worth the money spent, while others were not. Ten spa secrets and a review of spas visited during the review are listed with ratings.

The growth of plastic surgery, relaxation regime at health spas, and hypnotherapy in New Mexico are discussed. There are many beauty professionals in New Mexico to provide a variety of treatments for physical well-being.

Yawning through those downward dogs? Think you'll scream if you take another step or spinning class? Try switching it up with these exciting health and fitness alternatives. While you're busy […]

Q Wallace: Are clubs putting more emphasis on recruitment than retention? Ken Johnston Up until recently retention either happened or it didn't. Nobody was interested. We ran satisfaction surveys, and […]

The predicted rise in revenues of the UK health and fitness industry from 1.15 billion pounds sterling in 1998 to 1.5 billion pounds sterling by 2004 will only happen if smaller health clubs can compete against the larger chains. Membership numbers of health clubs traditionally fall off after a certain amount of time as people visit less frequently and eventually cancel their subscription. Clubs need to be more family-friendly and offer clients a total lifestyle package which is affordable and realistic to obtain.

IN A SHRINKING INDUSTRY AND TIGHT MARKET, BAHRAM AKRADI SEES ROOM FOR GROWTH Bahram Akradi owns a black 1984 Porsche, two 3-year-old black Harley Davidson motorcycles, a 37-foot Well-craft sports [...]

Ten o'clock on a Friday morning, and the sprawling car park at the David Lloyd Club in Raynes Park, south-west London, is full to overflowing. Wall-to-wall family estates, racy hatchbacks […]

Marx began her business in the 1960s as an aerobics class, attracting numerous celebrities. She expanded, developing Flexatard leotards, audio and videotapes, exercise bras and more.

Beverly and Barb are best friends in their 40s who've hired 22-year-old Trainer Tom for partner personal training. During their first session, Tom demonstrates how to do a squat, offering [...]

They have e-ve-ry-thing for you men to enjoy You can hang out with all the boys... THE VILLAGE PEOPLE I WANT TO TELL YOU A few stories about the struggle […]

Donald E. Panoz, who founded Georgia's grandest resorts, Chateau Elan Hotels & Resorts and 20 other motor sports and real estate businesses around the globe, is planning to hand over his reins to the executives who helped build his empire. Panoz's new co-owners and partners are Henk Evers, Tony Mastandrea and Scott Atherton.

If there is one word that sums up modern hotel spa design it is holistic. The same obsession with natural materials that guides the development of therapies and products carries [...]

Economic slowdown. Rationalisation. Consolidation. These four words were all too familiar to the fitness industry at the end of 2002 as a series of profit warnings and capped expansion plans […]

Most health and fitness clubs know their members are bound to experience boredom with their workouts due to repetition and fatigue. Clubs also realize that when this happens, these members [...]

The health club industry has proved hardy during tough economic times. Since 1992, when the United States emerged from its most recent remission, the number of health clubs has increased [...]

Featuring three stories of shopping and dining, the Aroma Wilshire Center in Los Angeles, California, also offers a two-story fitness spa outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment and services, Los Angeles' largest [...]

Byline: MIRIAM KREININ SOUCCAR In a sparse 4,500-square-foot space on West 36th Street, kettle bells line the walls, rowing machines are stacked on the side, and big-rig truck tires are [...]

Hotel operators should capitalize on the strong potentials of spa services in boosting growth prospects, as consumers increase their awareness towards health and fitness. Several hotels have embarked on spa facilities improvement and refurbishment programs to keep up with competition and meet increasing consumer demands. Although large investments would be required to build facilities such as these, the benefits which can be derived from this undertaking, in terms of increased occupancies and revenues, would be worth the cost., Destination or pure amenity? It doesn't matter: Spas are the page everywhere. Get your Reiki, aromatherapy, restorative yoga and tarot card readings... A recent press advisory from Preferred Hotels & [...]

People who are interested in joining health fitness clubs must be able to seek for those which offer discounts and start by signing one-month contracts. One is also advised to evaluate a club's health facilities and training programs before signing membership contracts.

The UK fitness industry must present a fun image to its clients, according to Maurice Kelly, managing director of Granada Entertainments. Granada's approach to its health clubs will change following its purchase of Fitness for Industry, with which it formerly had a merely contractural relationship. Granada had already been aware for some time before the purchase of the growing importance of health and fitness, and now plans to create a new brand identity in this area.

Huw Watson is not only a fitness guru who promotes health and fitness to other people but also a smart businessman who plans to expand his health club company in the UK into a national operation. As of 1995, Viva! has opened only one fitness center in Bristol and is set to launch new ones in Cardiff and Manchester later in the year. Eventually, Watson plans to open facilities in Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield and Salisbury. He says he can achieve this goal because there is a huge pent-up demand for health clubs in the UK at the moment. Given his experience as an accountant, Watson is careful to run Viva! just as he would a normal company and he is using his accounting background to do just that. He believes that the success of Viva! lies in proper site location, focus on core competencies, tight internal control, vision and quality service.

The message blares from every available media source. Super-sleek models and film and music stars tout their newest videos. Programs with supposed quick-fixes abound. 'Just do it!' one television commercial [...]

Reaching out to new members, health clubs are balancing weight management and workout programs. While 25% of Americans are obese, health clubs have found it difficult to interest these people [...]