LONDON, May 8, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Collinson Group today announces a new global
Joint Venture (JV) with WithU Global, the leading FitTech
disruptor.
Under the agreement, The Collinson Group's venture capital arm,
Collinson Investments Ltd, and WithU Global have joined forces to
create an industry-first end-to-end digital travel wellness
proposition, set to launch later in 2024.
The innovative wellness proposition will offer intelligent
health and wellbeing recommendations specifically tailored to
travel, designed to enhance customer wellness at every stage of any
journey.
Able to fully integrate into any existing platform, the
cutting-edge product will enable partners to serve customers with
an end-to-end optimised wellness experience wherever they are in
the world, directly within the partners' own tech ecosystem.
This partnership sees The Collinson Group enter the wellness
space as an extension of its existing travel offering, which
includes airport and travel enhancement products, Priority Pass and
LoungeKey, as well as loyalty and customer engagement and insurance
and protection arms.
David Evans, Collinson
Investments Ltd CEO comments, "At Collinson, we're extremely
passionate about driving innovation that leads to the evolution of
the travel industry.
"Investing in traveller wellness with this partnership allows us
to break new ground when it comes to creating exceptional
experiences for travellers, as we equip partners and consumers
alike with the tools they need to travel more healthily and
confidently."
Steve Clarke, WithU Global
co-founder and CEO adds, "WithU Global was built to disrupt the
fitness industry, with the ultimate goal to empower people to lead
a healthier life.
"Overhauling wellness within the travel sector is no mean feat,
but working in partnership with the team at Collinson, it's one
we're hitting the ground running with. With our advanced FitTech
capabilities and their decades of knowledge in the sector, we're
confident that the launch of our first travel proposition later
this year will be the first step that ultimately leads to a
significantly healthier travel experience for all."
Edward Hewett, WithU Global
co-founder and JV CEO, adds, "The creation of this joint
venture reflects the tremendous potential of wellness within the
travel sector, as well as the demand from brands to have completely
personalised wellness experiences. We are looking forward to
sharing more information about the product in due course and
launching to the market by late 2024."
Notes to Editors
About The Collinson Group
The Collinson Group is the parent company to a collection of
businesses that have been at the forefront of a number of firsts in
the travel and loyalty space. These include the world's first
airport lounge membership programme (Priority Pass), the first
business to sell travel insurance direct to consumers (Columbus
Direct), and the first company to deliver COVID testing at
airports.
A family-owned business formed 35 years ago, it now has five
distinct operating companies that generate a combined annual
revenue of over £1.5bn, employ more than 1,700 people across 14
countries, and boasts a client list of 1,400+ banks, 90+ airlines
and 20+ hotel groups.
About Collinson Investments Limited
Collinson Investments Limited is the venture capital arm of The
Collinson Group, that strives to invest primarily in new and
emerging travel and loyalty-related businesses.
Founded in 2018, it has invested over £10m in a range of sectors
including a digital food and beverage ordering company focused on
airports (Servy), a digital duty-free business (Inflyter), and an
Australian insurtech company (Cover Genius).
It remains committed to growing its portfolio of investments and
welcomes receiving investment opportunities directly.
For more information on The Collinson Group please visit
www.collinsongroup.com or email PR@collinsongroup.com
About WithU Global
WithU Global is a FitTech company on a mission to empower the
world to choose fitness.
Originally founded in 2019 as audio-first fitness app WithU,
having made a footprint in the fitness industry, the company
elevated to WithU Global in 2023. Reflecting the launch of the
company's joint venture with Sky with the launch of Mvmnt,
international expansion into the global health and wellbeing market
and the creation of its technical and content delivery service
arm.
WithU Global is a global FitTech disruptor whose clients include
Sky, Visa, McDonald's, Samsung, Vodafone, Orange and John Lewis & Partners. The WithU Global
product portfolio includes audio fitness app, WithU (available in
English, Spanish & Portuguese language versions), Mvmnt, a
joint venture with Sky, and a partnership Samsung Health TV.
For more information, email WithU Global's Press &
Communications Manager, Chelsea
Snell, chelsea@withutraining.com.
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