hotel fitness
Refreshing Hotel Fitness for 2024 With Mobility Training
Adam and Larry Mogelonsky | January 10, 2024
By Adam and Larry Mogelonsky Last year, wellness debuted as the next big thing for hotels. Within the broader banner of ‘wellness’ is fitness and exercise, where most hotels have focused on getting new weightlifting equipment, buying new cardio machines, making their gyms accessible 24/7, setting up some sort of healthy food outlet, and then programming in yoga, Pilates, step or another form of group class. What’s perhaps missed in this conversation is the importance of mobility (or substitute this word with balance training or flexibility) and how it can change one’s outlook on fitness, movement and preventing joint pain. There...
“Fitness Breaks” Study Examines How and Why People Exercise While Traveling
Expedia.com | February 1, 2017
Australians and Americans likeliest to exercise when traveling, British and Germans least likely BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 1, 2017 -- Expedia.com®, today released the results of the 2017 Expedia Fitness Breaks Study, executed in partnership with Google Consumer Surveys. The Fitness Breaks Study asked more than 7,000 residents of seven countries – Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States – how they incorporate exercise into their travel regimen. The study found the most active travelers are Australians, with a full 55% believing it is important to exercise while traveling. Americans...
Hotels Up Their Game for Fitness Conscious Guests
JLL Real Views | April 4, 2016
By Laura Agadoni Whether they're on a business trip or on holiday, a growing number of travelers are keen to keep up their workout regime away from home – and for many this means heading to the hotel gym. Hotels, in turn, are aware of the need to cater for their lycra-clad guests: The number of hotels with fitness facilities jumped from 63 percent in 2004 to 84 percent in 2014, according to a study by the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Indeed, fitness offerings are fast becoming a way for hotels to edge ahead in a competitive marketplace. "The space for hotel brands is becoming more and more crowded," says Lauro Ferroni...
