World Gym Starts 2016 With Deals For Over 40 New Gyms
Posted: January 6, 2016 in Chains
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LOS ANGELES, CA – World Gym International, the iconic global brand for bodybuilding and seriously fun fitness, just finished a year-long bulking season, signing deals for more than 40 new gyms. This dynamic growth in gyms is composed of a mix of new gyms and conversions from existing gyms.
“The World Gym family has many reasons to be thankful as 2015 was one of the best year’s in the brand’s 40-year history,” said Joyce J. Cammilleri, Chair of World Gym International. “With new agreements for gyms in 7 countries, on 4 continents, we are now the fastest growing full service global gym brand.”
World Gym’s franchising program has been successful in large part due to the marketing, branding and sales support provided by World Gym International’s corporate team and the peer network of over 200 gym owners from around the globe. Both first-time entrepreneurs and experienced industry veterans alike have succeeded with World Gym. In 2015, World Gym struck deals to open franchises in:
Australia
- Albury, New South Wales
- Tweed Heads, New South Wales
- Cairns, Queensland
- Rockhampton, Queensland
- Toowoomba, Queensland
- Bayside, Victoria
- Malaga, Western Australia
Canada
- Belleville, Ontario
- Galt (Cambridge), Ontario
- Hamilton Mountain, Ontario
- Lasalle, Ontario
- North London, Ontario
- Niagara Falls, Ontario
- Orillia, Ontario
- Windsor, Ontario
- Beauport, Quebec
- Laval, Quebec
- Neufchatel, Quebec
- Rosemere, Quebec
- Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
- Trois-Rivières, Quebec
United States
- Oxnard, California
- Cedar Lake, Indiana
- Merriam, Kansas
- Gladstone, Missouri
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Matthews, North Carolina
- Ridgewood, New York
Mexico
- Querétaro, Querétaro
Russia
- Moskovsky, Moscow
- Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan
- Surgut, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
- Veshki, Moskovskaya
Taiwan
- Taichung Chong De
- Taipei Danshui
- Taipei Neihu Fuhua
Many of the above gyms opened in 2015, and the rest are under construction with opening dates targeted in the first two quarters of 2016. In addition to the list above, World Gym entered into an agreement with John Caraccio and Michael Sanciprian of World Gym Taiwan, to expand into Mainland China, including China, Hong Kong, Macau, and of course, continued growth in Taiwan.
It was a landmark year for World Gym, launching its first global advertising campaign for franchisees, a new website and a global social media search for its 2016 fitness ambassadors, who will debut a new series of fitness videos for members in early 2016.
