News: Wellness
World Economic Forum study identifies fitness as the most popular physical activity globally
A new global exploring attitudes to sport and exercise in 29 countries, has revealed that fitness is the world's most popular physical activity and that more than half of those...
Sep 2, 2021
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Fitness
Fluidra continues global expansion with acquisition of S.R.Smith
Fluidra S.A., the Spanish listed global leader in aquatic facility and wellness equipment and connected solutions, has announced its acquisition of S.R.Smith, the US-based...
Sep 2, 2021
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Aquatics
Tourism Industry Aotearoa survey finds severe mental health challenges among tourism operators
A new Tourism Industry Aotearoa survey - carried out in July and August 2021 (just before the latest COVID lockdown) - has found that 18 months after New Zealand’s borders...
Sep 2, 2021
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Wellness
Global Wellness Summit reports on visitation surge to fitness centres and wellness destinations
Global Wellness Summit has reported that with some parts of the world having opened up, there has been a return to gyms, fitness studios, spas and wellness travel destinations...
Sep 1, 2021
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Fitness
UNSW sociologist advises it's time to drop the moral panic about fatness
Sociologist Deborah Lupton - a UNSW SHARP professor and author of the book 'Fat' – will tonight be speaking about fatness on a new SBS documentary, ‘What Do Australians Really...
Aug 31, 2021
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Fitness
Power Plate appoints Clare Hozack as latest Women’s Health Ambassador
Clare Hozack has been named Power Plate's latest Women’s Health Ambassador to use the platform to create more awareness of often overlooked aspects of fitness and exercise...
Aug 31, 2021
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Fitness
1000 Play Streets launched to increase children's outdoor activity and play
National advocacy organisation Play Australia has launched its ‘1000 Play Streets’ movement - aimed at creating one thousand play-friendly streets for children across Australia...
Aug 31, 2021
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Play
Online personalised tool focuses on key health outcomes for children
Focusing on key health outcomes for children - physical health, cognitive/academic abilities, and mental health and wellbeing - researchers at the University of South Australia...
Aug 31, 2021
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Fitness
Lockdown sees massive rise in-home gyms in New Zealand
The Exercise Association of New Zealand (ExerciseNZ) has advised that Coronavirus lockdowns have resulted in home gyms becoming more popular than ever before. ExerciseNZ Chief...
Aug 30, 2021
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Fitness
Major venues pivot to become mass vaccination centres
Major venue across Australia and New Zealand have swapped sport and entertainment for vaccines, becoming locations for mass vaccinations against COVID-19. On Saturday, the day...
Aug 30, 2021
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Entertainment
IHRSA 2021 Convention goes hybrid
In light of the challenging global health crisis, The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) has decided to reinforce their 2021 Convention by going...
Aug 30, 2021
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Fitness
What employers need to consider about vaccinations for staff and consumers
It's been almost 20 months since the COVID-19 pandemic grappled the world, inflicting sadness, and disparity across economies. People world-wide were moving ahead in their lives...
Aug 28, 2021
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Wellness
Bendigo City calls for community feedback on draft Climate Change and Environment Strategy
Bendigo City calls for community feedback on draft Climate Change and Environment Strategy The Greater Bendigo City Council is calling for community feedback on its recently...
Aug 27, 2021
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Venues /
Environment
Ocean Park launches pre-qualification exercise for potential partners for future development
Progressing its plans to co-develop its site, Hong Kong theme park Ocean Park has issued a pre-qualification invitation to solicit potential partners through a...
Aug 27, 2021
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Tenders
The Slate Phuket resort to offer health-Inspired meeting packages for returning businesses
The Slate - Bill Bensley’s whimsical art-inspired beachfront resort on Phuket’s secluded northwest coast, is preparing for the return of business meetings with a series of...
Aug 25, 2021
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Wellness
LifeWorks highlight need for employers to provide holistic wellbeing programs
LifeWorks, a leading provider in the digital space of wellbeing (mental, physical, financial and social) has released its monthly Mental Health Index™, revealing a negative...
Aug 24, 2021
Wellness
New Qantas adverting campaign promotes travel for a vaccinated nation
Qantas has released an advertising campaign encouraging Australians to look forward to what a travel and tourism may look like when the majority of the country is vaccinated....
Aug 24, 2021
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Wellness
Royal Life Saving provides guidance on COVID-19 vaccinations and aquatic facilities
Royal Life Saving Society - Australia has released guidance following recent announcements by both federal and state governments on the ‘roadmap’ that aims to see Australia free...
Aug 23, 2021
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Aquatics
New survey finds returning to work created exercise boom for the least active
A new survey released by athletic apparel website, RunRepeat, shows that returning to work full time increased the exercise frequency of the least active remote workers during...
Aug 22, 2021
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Fitness
New CSIRO study reveals behaviours and emotions impacting weight loss
In an update to their 2017 Diet Types study, researchers from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, studied over 245,000 people to understand the unique behavioural and...
Aug 22, 2021
Education /
Wellness
Fitness Australia slams Northern Territory Government’s decision to keep gyms closed
Fitness Australia has advise that it is “deeply disappointed” by the decision made by Northern Territory Health and the NT Transmission Committee to keep Territory gyms closed...
Aug 20, 2021
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Fitness
Fitness clubs shut and with no ‘take away’ for 30% of days since March 2020
Unlike many other industries, such as hospitality and retail, who have been able to adapt to ‘take away only’ or online e-commerce sales, the Australian fitness sector, which...
Aug 19, 2021
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Fitness
Blacktown City Council reopens playgrounds and calls for mass vaccination hub
Blacktown City Council has moved to reopen the playgrounds and exercise equipment within the Blacktown Local Government Area with City Mayor Tony Bleasdale also continuing to...
Aug 19, 2021
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Play
Qudos Bank Arena’s new role as NSW Health mass vaccination centre
With Greater Sydney ravaged by COVID-19 cases and lockdowns, Qudos Bank Arena at Sydney Olympic Park, has stepped up as the latest venue to provide pivotal support to NSW Health...
Aug 18, 2021
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Venues