Health and Fitness Club Industry News
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IHRSA Announces 2019 Industry Award Recipients
Posted: February 1, 2019 in HFA
BOSTON, MA - IHRSA, The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association has announced that three award recipients will be honored during IHRSA 2019, the association’s 38th Annual International Convention & Trade Show in San Diego, California, March 13 - 16, 2019: The Associate Member of the Year Award will be presented on Wednesday, March 13 to MINDBODY. The Woman Leader Award in honor of Julie Main will be presented on Thursday, March 14 to Francesca Schuler, CEO, In-Shape Health Clubs. The Outstanding Community Service Award will be presented on Friday, March 15 to Midtown Sanctuaire of Montreal, Canada. Read More...
USTA & Life Time Forge Relationship Aimed at Growing Tennis Participation in United States
Posted: February 1, 2019 in Chains, Suppliers
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Life Time announced a landmark alliance that brings together one of the largest tennis operators in the nation and the national governing body for tennis in the United States. Both parties will combine their vast resources to continue growing the great sport of tennis, especially among younger players. Read More...
Matrix Fitness Announces Record-Breaking Year With 21% Sales Growth in 2018
Posted: February 1, 2019 in Suppliers
COTTAGE GROVE, WI - Matrix Fitness, the commercial brand of Johnson Health Tech (JHT), reported $528 million in global revenue for 2018, its highest top-line number to date, with an increase of 21% over 2017. While the company saw increased sales globally, most notably, U.S. sales grew 40% in Q4 2018, with a total 26% increase for 2018. Read More...
ABC Financial Services Acquires Brazilian Market Leader, Evo W12
Posted: January 31, 2019 in Suppliers
LITTLE ROCK, USA and SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - ABC Financial Services, LLC, announced that it has acquired Brazil-based Evo W12 Inovações Tecnologicas, South America’s largest provider of club management software to over 2,700 facilities across 10 countries. ABC is the leading provider of software, billing, and membership services to over 7,000 North American commercial and franchise health and wellness facilities. Read More...
IHRSA and the Industry Leadership Council Gear Up for 2019
Posted: January 31, 2019 in HFA
BOSTON, MA - The country’s health is at stake. Many citizens and communities are suffering from sedentary lifestyles that fuel epidemic levels of lifestyle-related illnesses. Chronic diseases now cost the U.S. an estimated $2 trillion annually in medical costs and another $794 billion in lost worker productivity. The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) and the fitness club industry believe that lawmakers should actively support, or at least stay out of the way of, their constituents efforts to incorporate regular physical activity. Instead, fitness businesses are continuously threatened by legislation that would make running and/or joining a health club more costly and difficult. Read More...
Power Wellness Is Now HIPAA Compliant
Posted: January 31, 2019 in Chains
LOMBARD, IL - Power Wellness Management, LLC (Power Wellness) announced that the company has recently completed the first phase of their Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance strategy (or program) and its prescriptive fitness programs. This milestone ensures the security and encryption of protected health information shared on behalf of its health provider partners. Read More...
Life Time Chappaqua Announces February 8 Opening
Posted: January 31, 2019 in Chains
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. - Life Time is set to transform the healthy living landscape in northern Westchester County, New York with the opening of Life Time Chappaqua at Chappaqua Crossing. The club will open to all members Friday, February 8. The new Chappaqua destination has created nearly 200 new positions to serve members in a variety of full and part-time roles. Read More...
LA Fitness Uses New Technology To Add Member Benefits
Posted: January 30, 2019 in Chains
IRVINE, CA - LA Fitness has begun supplying its California clubs with a new “recovery and relaxation” technology. Now, club members, in addition to building their bodies, can also address over-worked, over-stressed or just-plain-sore bodies. Read More...
Equinox Expands Cult-Favorite Precision Run Program With Standalone Studios Nationally
Posted: January 30, 2019 in Chains
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Equinox, a global high-performance lifestyle leader, announced the expansion of its signature Precision Run program with a Flatiron, New York City-based studio devoted solely to the format, with plans to scale nationally. Since launching in 2014, Precision Run has set the standard for indoor running and forged an entirely new cardio category as the only method-driven, performance-based group fitness format. Read More...
ClubCorp Names Robert Morse Chief Operating Officer
Posted: January 30, 2019 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - ClubCorp – The World Leader in Private Clubs – announces the appointment of veteran hospitality executive Robert Morse as Chief Operating Officer. With extensive hospitality operations experience that spans nearly 30 years, Morse brings valuable leadership to the executive team as ClubCorp transforms to a lifestyle company. As COO, Morse will focus on enhancing the member experience through improved and efficient day-to-day operations. Read More...
