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CNN 国际新闻
📌 标题：Private clubs cost thousands to get in — and they’re boomingJun 20, 2026
📅 发布时间：Updated Jun 20, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
📝 英文原文：
SummaryPrivate members' clubs charging thousands in annual fees are booming in London and New York despite an affordability crisis.More clubs have opened in the last five years than the previous 30 years, according to an industry expert.Many clubs are shedding their old party image by adding gyms and wellness facilities to attract younger members.AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.London—If the walls of The Sloane Club could talk, they probably wouldn’t stop. The private members’ club, founded in 1922 by one of Queen Victoria’s daughters, has witnessed a great deal of history in London’s ritzy Chelsea district.Behind its doors, a warren of rooms: A hallway leads to a restaurant to a library to a bar, where six tasseled stools stand to attention. In the adjoining dining room, an oil painting of an opulently dressed blonde woman presides over the hushed comings and goings.The club opened in the wake of World War I to accommodate women who had served in the military. It began admitting men some five decades later. These days, after a costly refurbishment, the club is trying to attract a younger crowd — but only if they can pass the interview.“We do give a preferential rate for our under-35s community,” Neena Jivraj Stevenson, the club’s managing director, told CNN. “That’s £1,700 ($2,264) a year, with a lower joining fee” of £450 ($602). Over 35? Sorry, that’s at least £2,300 ($3,065) a year plus a £950 ($1,271) joining fee.The Sloane Club is trying to ride the tidal wave of money and interest flowing toward members-only clubs — businesses charging hefty annual fees foraccess to exclusive plush bars, restaurants and other amenities. The boom is global, with London and New York asepicenters.“More clubs have opened in the last five years than the previous 30 years,” said Matt Hobbs, the founder and chief executive of Copper Beech, a London-based advisory firm to the industry.London is the birthplace of this sort of tightly guarded establishment, with White
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🇨🇳 中文翻译：
摘要尽管存在负担能力危机，但收取数千年费的私人会员俱乐部在伦敦和纽约却蓬勃发展。据一位行业专家称，过去五年开设的俱乐部比过去 30 年还要多。许多俱乐部通过增设健身房和健身设施来吸引年轻会员，从而摆脱了旧的聚会形象。CNN 编辑审查了人工智能生成的摘要。伦敦——如果斯隆俱乐部的墙壁会说话，他们可能不会停止。私人会员的
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