In the news release, Therme Group Selected by Singapore Government to Build Asia's First State-of-the-Art Wellbeing Destination, issued 03-Nov-2025 by Therme Group over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that certain of the details therein have been updated for accuracy. The complete, corrected release follows:
Therme Group Awarded Tender by Singapore to Build Asia's First State-of-the-Art Wellbeing Destination
Marina South Coast to be transformed into next-generation urban infrastructure, advancing wellbeing at scale, the Group's inaugural destination in Asia.
SINGAPORE, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Therme Group, the leading global developer and operator of next-generation wellbeing destinations, today announced that it will be developing a S$1 billion state-of-the-art wellbeing oasis in Singapore, following the award of the Concept and Price Revenue Tender for a Wellness Attraction at the Marina South Coastal site by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). This marks Therme Group's first foray into Singapore, creating Asia's first large-scale social wellbeing infrastructure project and the Group's inaugural destination in the region.
The winning bid in the tender outlines the development of a sweeping urban oasis on the 4-hectare waterfront site next to Marina Barrage and Gardens by the Bay. It is projected to welcome around 2 million visitors annually when it reaches full operational capacity, with about half being overseas visitors.
The development will embrace its connection to the sea, integrating water, nature, and architecture to bring holistic wellbeing into everyday urban life. Developed in partnership with Singapore's award-winning multinational architecture firm DP Architects and Therme ARC (Therme Group's in-house architecture practice and design company), the project is envisioned as a world-class, year-round destination designed to reinforce Singapore's position as an urban wellness haven.
"Therme Group is pioneering the future of wellbeing at scale globally," said Dr Robert Hanea, Founder and CEO of Therme Group. "Our winning proposal for the Marina South Coastal site is an honour and a reflection of our shared vision for how cities can integrate wellbeing into everyday life. In Singapore, we are creating a destination for residents and visitors alike—a place where wellness, culture and nature come together. Backed by decades of science and innovation, Therme Singapore will be a state-of-the-art facility that transforms urban life by making holistic health enjoyable and accessible to all."
"Therme Singapore embodies the vision of wellness for all. We will create a welcoming space that caters to people of all ages and backgrounds, promoting healthy living, social connection and community wellbeing. We will partner with local organisations and enterprises to activate the surrounding public spaces, and make this another jewel of Marina Bay—a world-class destination that draws visitors from the region and beyond, showcasing Singapore as a leader in holistic wellness," said Mah Bow Tan, Chairman of Therme Group Asia.
Distinct from traditional spas or resorts, Therme Singapore will be built as a complete wellbeing destination, rooted in Therme Group's core pillars: Water & Nature, Sustainability & Design, and Arts & Culture. The facility will seamlessly integrate thermal pools, lush botanical landscapes, world-class art installations, and cutting-edge health technology under one roof, offering a transformative and restorative experience accessible to everyone.
Therme Singapore is also designed to be a class-leading sustainable development. The facility will incorporate Therme Group's proprietary technology for high-efficiency water recycling, sustainable energy solutions, and advanced biophilic design, ensuring that the wellbeing infrastructure and the adjacent coastal park are integrated as a cohesive green and blue oasis along the waterfront.
Ms Jean Ng, Assistant Chief Executive, Experience Development Group, Singapore Tourism Board, says, "We are pleased to award this landmark wellness attraction tender to Therme Group Singapore. Our vision is to establish Singapore as a leading urban wellness haven through a world-class facility that offers transformative wellness experiences for visitors and locals alike. Their approach to wellness—encompassing physical, mental and emotional wellbeing—aligns well with our focus areas. In line with our pursuit of quality tourism, this attraction will draw travellers seeking wellness experiences, potentially increasing length of stay and spend, whilst providing locals with best-in-class wellness experiences."
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For more information, please contact:
Farah Aqilah
Senior Manager
Tate Anzur
M: +65 81630808
E: thermesingapore@tateanzur.com
Adrian Mah
Project Manager
Therme Group Singapore
E: adrian.mah@thermegroup.com
About Therme Group
Driven by the belief that wellbeing should be accessible to all, Therme Group is pioneering the future of wellbeing at scale as the world's leading developer, owner and operator of Therme destinations globally. These state-of-the-art wellbeing oases set a new standard for how cities incorporate wellbeing into everyday life by helping communities reconnect with nature, themselves, and each other.
Therme Group's wellbeing infrastructure innovations draw on more than 10 best-in-class specialty divisions and over two decades of experience. The company actively invests in research and development into the health benefits of immersive natural environments. This expertise spans architecture, sustainable technology, water science, nutrition, inclusive wellness experiences, and cultural programming.
The company's proven impact in making wellbeing more widely accessible is demonstrated through flagship destinations Therme Bucharest—the first LEED Platinum-certified wellbeing destination—and Therme Erding, which together welcome over 3.5 million visitors annually.
New developments are underway in Manchester (under construction), Frankfurt, Toronto, Washington, Dallas, Incheon and Dubai (in pre-development). For more information, visit: thermegroup.com.
What is a Therme
Therme by Therme Group is a state-of-the-art wellbeing oasis designed to make wellbeing enjoyable and accessible to all, removing the exclusivity and privilege often associated with modern wellness brands. Each Therme offers a diverse range of experiences, from thermal bathing and spa treatments to wellness programming and cultural engagement, all within immersive, sustainable environments. With hundreds of thousands of square feet dedicated to wellbeing, each Therme features thermal and mineral pools, dozens of saunas and wet rooms, thousands of relaxation beds, lush greenery including plants and trees, swim-up bars, exhilarating waterslides and a variety of restaurants. At Therme, you can explore and define what wellbeing means to you.
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Therme Group Selected by Singapore Government to Build Asia's First State-of-the-Art Wellbeing Destination
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Patent-pending technology, engineered with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), uses a novel triangular force plate architecture to capture real-time ground force data directly from the sports surface at scale.
LONDON, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports technology company Feldspar Group Holdings Limited ("Feldspar") has developed a patent-pending prototype of its world-first surface-based force measurement platform, capable of capturing real-time data directly from the surface at scale.
The platform is designed to scale beyond athletics into multiple sports and live-event environments, setting a new standard for performance measurement and unlocking new insights across coaching, live broadcasting, and fan engagement.
Feldspar has opened its first external funding round to support pilot deployments and accelerate commercial rollout.
Bringing force measurement into live performance
For decades, force data has largely been confined to specialist laboratories using expensive, fixed equipment. While cameras and wearables dominate modern performance analysis, they cannot directly measure the forces that drive movement and performance.
The platform captures ground reaction forces directly from the playing surface, delivering full three-dimensional data from every footstep. This provides a direct view of how athletes generate speed, power and movement.
At the centre of the system is a triangular force plate with a novel architecture that introduces a fundamentally new approach to measurement. Rather than directly measuring every force component, the system derives the horizontal force from the vertical force. This simplifies system design, potentially reduces cost by up to ten times compared with traditional force plates and makes deployment at scale commercially viable.
By integrating the system directly into the surface, Feldspar enables measurement across entire environments rather than at isolated points, while removing the need for repeated setup and manual operation. This enables near-instant deployment, continuous real-time data capture, and immediate feedback via a live dashboard.
For coaches, it enables continuous monitoring and instant feedback. For broadcasters, it opens new ways to integrate live performance data into coverage, enhancing fan engagement.
Built for scale, beyond athletics
The initial pilot will focus on athletics, where the system can be deployed across full tracks to measure multiple athletes simultaneously in both training and competition. The platform is designed to scale across sports and live environments allowing up to 40 players to be tracked on a single surface such as a football field.
The application extends to high-speed field sports such as football, American football and rugby, as well as court sports including padel, basketball and squash, with flexibility for both permanent and temporary deployment, creating a new layer of standardised, real-time performance data across sport.
As data scales, the system supports the development of a unified AI-powered data platform, enabling benchmarking, injury risk detection and predictive performance insights. The updates mark a major step towards a fully integrated, scalable sensing platform.
This builds on Feldspar's 2025 announcement of its first functional prototype, the world's fastest sensor-enabled track and its partnership with global sports and entertainment agency 54.
Groundbreaking partnership
The system is being developed in partnership with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), a leading, employee-owned product development consultancy known for creating "first-of-a-kind" innovations and for its multidisciplinary team of over 300 engineers. CDP specialises in delivering complex, high-reliability systems across multiple sectors, including real-time performance technologies such as Gmax, an advanced, lightweight GPS tracking system used in horse racing to provide live data on performance, positioning, and safety.
For this project, CDP brings together expertise across physics, electronics, software and manufacturing to translate advanced science into a robust, user-centred product, supported by its integrated Pilot Production Centre for building and testing the track. The partnership is focused on designing for manufacture and preparing the technology for real-world deployment as it transitions from prototype to pilot scale.
Capital raise
This first external funding round aims to accelerate go-to-market activities and move from pilot deployment towards commercial rollout. The funding will support further product development, pilot programmes, and early commercial activity, following foundational backing from a Hong Kong family office.
Alvina Chen, Founder and CEO of Feldspar, "Until now, most systems have inferred movement from camera footage, without directly measuring the forces athletes generate through the ground. With Feldspar's world-first system, currently in prototype, embedded in the playing surface, we capture those forces in real time, exactly where movement starts. This allows us to see how athletes generate force to accelerate, change direction, jump and produce speed and power, transforming how performance is understood and how sport is experienced."
Wade Tipton, CEO, Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), said: "Capturing data directly from the ground at scale has not previously been possible. In close collaboration with Feldspar, our team has designed, developed, built and tested a world's first force measurement system integrated directly into the surface, marking a significant engineering step with the potential to transform athletics and multi-sport applications."
Tim Godfrey, Executive Director and Board Member at Feldspar, added: "This force-plate system is the first step in building a scalable, multi-sport platform, capturing real-time performance data directly from the surface at scale. It sets a new standard for measurement across sport and marks a foundational moment for Feldspar - with further announcements to follow as we expand the platform and scale the business globally."
For more information including product visuals, visit feldsparsport.com
IMAGES:
For hi-res imagery of the Feldspar technology please click here
Notes to Editors
The Universal Sensor Platform is built on a highly scalable architecture, with an underlying communication protocol designed to support large-scale connected deployments. It captures high-frequency force data, over 1,000 Hz, including centre of pressure and 3D force profiles, simultaneously across up to 200 sensing platforms, each comprising multiple sensors.
About Feldspar Group Holdings Limited
Feldspar is a UK-based sports technology company developing the world's first integrated smart flooring system, beginning with high-performance running tracks and force measurement across entire tracks.
Founded in 2022 by Alvina Chen, a former professional track athlete, Feldspar was created with a mission to enhance performance and elevate fan engagement across sports. Its platform captures real-time data directly from the surface of play, enabling new insights for athletes, coaches and live sports environments.
Patent-pending technology, engineered with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), uses a novel triangular force plate architecture to capture real-time ground force data directly from the sports surface at scale.
LONDON, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports technology company Feldspar Group Holdings Limited ("Feldspar") has developed a patent-pending prototype of its world-first surface-based force measurement platform, capable of capturing real-time data directly from the surface at scale.
The platform is designed to scale beyond athletics into multiple sports and live-event environments, setting a new standard for performance measurement and unlocking new insights across coaching, live broadcasting, and fan engagement.
Feldspar has opened its first external funding round to support pilot deployments and accelerate commercial rollout.
Bringing force measurement into live performance
For decades, force data has largely been confined to specialist laboratories using expensive, fixed equipment. While cameras and wearables dominate modern performance analysis, they cannot directly measure the forces that drive movement and performance.
The platform captures ground reaction forces directly from the playing surface, delivering full three-dimensional data from every footstep. This provides a direct view of how athletes generate speed, power and movement.
At the centre of the system is a triangular force plate with a novel architecture that introduces a fundamentally new approach to measurement. Rather than directly measuring every force component, the system derives the horizontal force from the vertical force. This simplifies system design, potentially reduces cost by up to ten times compared with traditional force plates and makes deployment at scale commercially viable.
By integrating the system directly into the surface, Feldspar enables measurement across entire environments rather than at isolated points, while removing the need for repeated setup and manual operation. This enables near-instant deployment, continuous real-time data capture, and immediate feedback via a live dashboard.
For coaches, it enables continuous monitoring and instant feedback. For broadcasters, it opens new ways to integrate live performance data into coverage, enhancing fan engagement.
Built for scale, beyond athletics
The initial pilot will focus on athletics, where the system can be deployed across full tracks to measure multiple athletes simultaneously in both training and competition. The platform is designed to scale across sports and live environments allowing up to 40 players to be tracked on a single surface such as a football field.
The application extends to high-speed field sports such as football, American football and rugby, as well as court sports including padel, basketball and squash, with flexibility for both permanent and temporary deployment, creating a new layer of standardised, real-time performance data across sport.
As data scales, the system supports the development of a unified AI-powered data platform, enabling benchmarking, injury risk detection and predictive performance insights. The updates mark a major step towards a fully integrated, scalable sensing platform.
This builds on Feldspar's 2025 announcement of its first functional prototype, the world's fastest sensor-enabled track and its partnership with global sports and entertainment agency 54.
Groundbreaking partnership
The system is being developed in partnership with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), a leading, employee-owned product development consultancy known for creating "first-of-a-kind" innovations and for its multidisciplinary team of over 300 engineers. CDP specialises in delivering complex, high-reliability systems across multiple sectors, including real-time performance technologies such as Gmax, an advanced, lightweight GPS tracking system used in horse racing to provide live data on performance, positioning, and safety.
For this project, CDP brings together expertise across physics, electronics, software and manufacturing to translate advanced science into a robust, user-centred product, supported by its integrated Pilot Production Centre for building and testing the track. The partnership is focused on designing for manufacture and preparing the technology for real-world deployment as it transitions from prototype to pilot scale.
Capital raise
This first external funding round aims to accelerate go-to-market activities and move from pilot deployment towards commercial rollout. The funding will support further product development, pilot programmes, and early commercial activity, following foundational backing from a Hong Kong family office.
Alvina Chen, Founder and CEO of Feldspar, "Until now, most systems have inferred movement from camera footage, without directly measuring the forces athletes generate through the ground. With Feldspar's world-first system, currently in prototype, embedded in the playing surface, we capture those forces in real time, exactly where movement starts. This allows us to see how athletes generate force to accelerate, change direction, jump and produce speed and power, transforming how performance is understood and how sport is experienced."
Wade Tipton, CEO, Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), said: "Capturing data directly from the ground at scale has not previously been possible. In close collaboration with Feldspar, our team has designed, developed, built and tested a world's first force measurement system integrated directly into the surface, marking a significant engineering step with the potential to transform athletics and multi-sport applications."
Tim Godfrey, Executive Director and Board Member at Feldspar, added: "This force-plate system is the first step in building a scalable, multi-sport platform, capturing real-time performance data directly from the surface at scale. It sets a new standard for measurement across sport and marks a foundational moment for Feldspar - with further announcements to follow as we expand the platform and scale the business globally."
For more information including product visuals, visit feldsparsport.com
IMAGES:
For hi-res imagery of the Feldspar technology please click here
Notes to Editors
The Universal Sensor Platform is built on a highly scalable architecture, with an underlying communication protocol designed to support large-scale connected deployments. It captures high-frequency force data, over 1,000 Hz, including centre of pressure and 3D force profiles, simultaneously across up to 200 sensing platforms, each comprising multiple sensors.
About Feldspar Group Holdings Limited
Feldspar is a UK-based sports technology company developing the world's first integrated smart flooring system, beginning with high-performance running tracks and force measurement across entire tracks.
Founded in 2022 by Alvina Chen, a former professional track athlete, Feldspar was created with a mission to enhance performance and elevate fan engagement across sports. Its platform captures real-time data directly from the surface of play, enabling new insights for athletes, coaches and live sports environments.
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Feldspar unveils world's first surface-based force measurement platform, announces engineering partnership and opens capital raise
Feldspar unveils world's first surface-based force measurement platform, announces engineering partnership and opens capital raise
