Xn Leisure won new business with Bourton Mill Health & Leisure within two weeks of meeting at LIW 
10 June 2008

Leisure Industry Week (LIW) is the ultimate event for everyone in the leisure industry. It’s the show that attracts thousands of leisure professionals for hundreds of different reasons every year – visit www.liw.co.uk for more reasons to visit and to register for FREE entry today…
14 May 2008

The ever-popular seminars by the UK Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA) return to Sports Development Week at the Birmingham NEC and this year will focus on ‘Improving sports performance through strength and conditioning’…
14 May 2008

Pub operators looking to solve recruitment problems now have a fresh new lifeline, thanks to the launch of the NLBS Recruitment Initiative as a major new feature of this year's National Licensed Business Show which is co-located with LIW 2008.
14 May 2008

A brand new climbing attraction will be launched at this year’s LIW by Innovative Leisure, a familiar name within the Family Attractions section of the show - the new DigiWall provides a completely new ‘take’ on the traditional climbing wall…
14 May 2008

Features in this issue include: a discussion of the freshly launched National Skills Academy; a report from the third UK Coaching Summit; Dr Mark Nesti on psychology and the post-modern approach to development; and more...
14 May 2008

A new workout suit will shake up the fitness industry and stir customers into action!
08 May 2008

LIW to stage the world's first FREE National Sports Conference
07 May 2008

LIW has won the Most Impressive Event Growth Award at the 'Exhibition News' Awards 
28 April 2008

The Soft Brick Company won business approaching £1 million at last year's LIW
24 April 2008

LIW's Attractions Industry Forum will include a keynote by Disneyland's Federico Gonzalez 
11 April 2008

Issue 6.1 of The Leisure Review (TLR) is now available at theleisurereview.co.uk. In this update of the March issue of TLR you will find a refreshed news section, World of Leisure review of the news and a brand new Row Z.
22 March 2008

Expert speakers, including operators and visitor attraction specialists, will again be presenting sessions as part of the free programme which will to discuss a wide range of subjects and provide ideas and inspiration for owners and operators of all types of family-day-out-venue.
22 March 2008

Indigo Shading Solutions is sponsoring this year's VIP Lounge 
20 March 2008

UK tourism chiefs want a reduction in VAT to the same levels as EU competitors
20 March 2008

Spotlighting successful business models and 'core' fitness issues
17 March 2008

LIW is for the second successive year a finalist in the Exhibition News Awards
14 March 2008

Sports Development Week – the UK’s only national event which brings together all stakeholders in sport across the UK to focus on the development of participation, infrastructure and performance in sport - has appointed Tim Cantle-Jones as Programme Director for the three-day industry conference at the Birmingham NEC on 23-25 September.

LIW is to be a supporting sponsor of the UK Delegates Reception run by the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) at IHRSA 2008 in San Diego on 5 March 2008.

Leisure Industry Week is developing a Broadband TV Channel as just one of many new initiatives to be launched in alongside this year’s exhibition.
27 February 2008

Licensed trade drinks buyers have a major new focus area at this year’s National Licensed Business Show (NLBS) – which is co-located with LIW.  A new Drinks Buyers Lounge will, for the first time provide visitors and suppliers with a dedicated area for face-to-face discussions in private.
27 February 2008

Sportstada is expecting to have a great show and is proud to be launching an exciting new product exclusively at the LIW 2008!
27 February 2008

At this year's event CheckFree, a supplier of software and services that meet the operational, financial and membership management needs of the health and fitness industry, will be showcasing the CheckFree Complete club management system.
27 February 2008

Following on from a successful year in which Innovative Leisure Ltd. launched their Three Tree Climb at LIW, the UK Company which provides a wide range of interactive family attractions says their products proved to be a huge success with all types of facilities and operators during 2007 - with more to come in 2008.
27 February 2008

New feature areas for coin-operated machines and games, go-karts and outdoor play are planned 
15 February 2008

Following Ithaca Media's purchase by CMPi (www.cmpi.biz) the LIW team has moved office.
14 January 2008

The LIW Big Top Bash industry party at the Drayton Manor theme park will take place on Wednesday, September 26.

Up to 350 exhibitors and visitors to LIW and the National Licensed Business Show will gather at one of the UK's most exciting theme park attractions for an exclusive private party.  To order your tickets, click HERE.

To remain competitive and promote growth there are a number of key factors that good leisure retailers should bear in mind during the buying-in process, says Damian Powell, head of retail, buying and development, at The Tussauds Group.
07 September 2007

Ex-Arsenal and England football star and TV personality Ian Wright is just one of the leisure industry’s headline names scheduled to promote youth fitness at this year’s Sports Development Week which runs alongside LIW.
07 September 2007

The LIW Astral UK Skypool feature has been expanded for this year’s show not only because a bigger (10 metres) pool is being used, but also the demonstration schedule is described as the “best and most comprehensive ever” for this exciting feature at Europe’s biggest show of ‘everything for everyone in the out-of-home leisure industry’.

Eurogift, the leader in France for bulk vending for toys, gums and novelties, will be showcasing its latest and most innovative products catering to different styles of machines with or without licenses.
01 September 2007

The Matrix stand guarantees to be our best ever. Not only will you have the chance to try the new Ascent Trainer and sign up for a 3 month trial but you can also take part in a competition to win an F1 Renault Day and tickets to the 2008 British Grand Prix.
01 September 2007

In recognition of the Beijing Olympics, Technogym will be offering you the chance to win a trip for two to the event to experience the dream!
31 August 2007

The Leisure Industry Week (LIW) Equip Line Live Kitchen will be the only place this year where leisure operators and their catering managers can see, try and taste new ways to drive traffic and secondary spend - in one place and at the same time, as part of Europe’s biggest showcase of ‘everything for everyone in the out-of-home leisure industry’.
17 August 2007

Kid’s fitness champion and former England footballer Ian Wright, Tim Byles, chief executive officer of Partnership for Schools, David Davies, former executive director of the Football Association, leisure industry guru David Lloyd and Sport England chief executive Jennie Price head an-all star line-up of keynote speakers at LIW this year.

16 August 2007

The Annual FitPro Business Conference being showcased at Leisure Industry Week promises something for everybody in fitness industry with an exciting programme of International presenters covering topics including service and retention, sales and marketing, personal training and management and, new for this year, technology.
16 August 2007

Three days of uninterrupted wine tasting and food matching in the Wine & Spirit Education Trust Theatre will provide visitors to this year’s National Licensed Business Show(NLBS), which takes place alongside LIW, with an unrivalled opportunity to update themselves in wine appreciation techniques.
16 August 2007

Almost 20 years’ experience in the attractions industry puts Colin Dawson, chief executive of the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA), in a prime position to assess the health of British tourism.

“The industry is in good shape in as far as it has proved itself to be successful,” he says. “But we’ve got a hell of a lot of work to do if we’re to meet the Government’s target of increasing the annual £86 billion income from tourism to £100 billion by 2010.”
16 August 2007

LIW 2007 is staging the world’s first Sports College Indoor Rowing Championship in which up to 200 students are expected to compete. 

All sports colleges in Birmingham, including two special schools, have been invited to send Year 8 students – four boys and four girls - to take part in the Championship, a specially-designed competition of relay events lasting eight minutes each.

ZigZag interactive fitness solutions, which launched the UK’s first computer games that make you sweat to get the Xbox generation moving, is adding another product to its interactive portfolio.

10 August 2007

New products are the lifeblood of any exhibition and LIW 2007 will not disappoint. In the last 2 weeks alone the following companies have all chosen to exhibit at LIW for the first time: Core Culture, Nationwide Security, Momentum BD, Pole People, OTO Bodycare, Cruz the Juice and Aqua Running.
13 June 2007

Athis will be offering free consulting sessions to the education and community sectors: the company has an exceptional record in helping schools develop dual-use sports facilities and activity programmes and deliver public benefit and widen access while generating income, creating sustainable and viable operating businesses.
18 May 2007

So said DC Leisure's Richard Millard in Recreation magazine May 2007 and we couldn’t agree more and this is why we launched Sports Development Week alongside LIW and why it will be double the size at LIW 2007. For more information contact Jonathan Monks jonathan.monks@ithacamedia.co.uk
09 May 2007

Sponsored by XN Leisure, Rocc Computers and ClubCom, Leisure 2.0 will present a series of seminars throughout the three days. Contact Jonny Sullens for more information jonny.sullens@ithacamedia.co.uk
25 April 2007