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SafeSplash Swim School to Open 22 New Schools Within In-Shape Health Clubs
Posted: June 14, 2016 in Chains
STOCKTON, CA and DENVER, CO - In-Shape Health Clubs, California’s premier destination for fitness, recreation and fun, and SafeSplash Swim School, the nation’s leading premium, warm water swim school brand, announced that SafeSplash will open swim schools at seven In-Shape clubs in Fairfield/Vacaville and Antioch/Concord/Pittsburg, CA in July and will expand to at least 22 In-Shape Northern California clubs over the next 12 months. Read More...
Johnson Health Tech Signs Agreement To Purchase Leisure Fitness
Posted: June 13, 2016 in Suppliers
COTTAGE GROVE, WI - Johnson Health Tech (JHT), one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing fitness equipment manufacturers, and producer of the brands Matrix, Vision and Horizon, announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Leisure Fitness, a Newark, Delaware-based specialty fitness retailer with 27 stores along the Eastern coast. Read More...
Planet Fitness to Open First Club in Owosso, MI
Posted: June 8, 2016 in Chains
OWOSSO, MI - Planet Fitness, the innovative health club franchise known for its Judgement Free Zone and affordable prices, announced a July opening for a new club in Owosso, Michigan. The club will offer special pre-sale memberships for just $1 down and $10 a month with no commitment. The pre-grand opening was Monday, June 6, 2016 in the actual club with the club scheduled to open by the end of July, marking the chain's first location in Owosso. Read More...
June 2016 Cover Story Preview: Todd Smith and Las Vegas Athletic Clubs – Continuing the Smith-Palluck Legacy
Posted: June 7, 2016 in Other News
Among Club Insider’s Mission and Objectives, being a reporter and guardian of the health and fitness club industry’s history is paramount in supporting those tasks. In January and February of 2002, Club Insider Publisher, Norm Cates, reported on and forever locked into our publication’s archives the story of Rudy and Virginia Smith across a 2-part cover story. Already having completed a legendary career with more than 100 years of experience between them, Rudy and Virginia took on the task of transforming a 4-club chain known as Las Vegas Athletic Clubs (LVAC). Across the totality of their careers, their list of colleagues, business associates and team members reads like a Who’s Who list of the most well known industry pioneers and legends, to whom we all owe so much. Todd Smith, along with his brother Chad, were deeply entrenched in this industry from their own early days, and those whom they were exposed to and learned from during their developmental years ensured a long-term future in the industry their parents helped build and loved so much. Read More...
Motionsoft Selected By Blink Fitness to Provide Club Management Software for Corporate and Franchise Gyms
Posted: June 7, 2016 in Chains, Suppliers
ROCKVILLE, MD – Blink Fitness, a premium-quality, value-based gym chain, has selected Motionsoft to provide club management software for both corporate and franchise locations. Motionsoft’s MoSo solution, an enterprise software solution designed for large fitness operators as well as franchise chains is now implemented across all 44 Blink Fitness locations. Read More...
Tennis Technology Conference and Expo Set for November
Posted: June 7, 2016 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) announced its new Tennis Technology Conference is set for November 3 - 4, 2016, at the Marriott Resort Hilton Head Island. The Tennis Technology Conference will feature interactive sessions covering the latest developments in products and software to help tennis coaches and club directors and managers to integrate this technology to run their businesses more effectively. Read More...
TIA Webinar Series – Successful Marketing & Sales for Your Facility: Internet Marketing Musts – By: Casey Conrad
Posted: June 7, 2016 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The TIA's new "Knowledge Base" will include a series of educational webinars this summer that touch on many segments of the tennis industry. A number of the topics for this "learning series" have been adapted from presentations at the Tennis Owners & Managers Conference that was held in Miami this past March. Read More...
Two Worthy Recipients Awarded Scholarships to the IHRSA Institute
Posted: June 6, 2016 in HFA
BOSTON, MA - IHRSA, The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association announced the recipients of two scholarships to attend the IHRSA Institute August 2 - 5 at The University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill. This year’s scholarship recipients are Azeza Tessereau, General Manager at Wellbridge Athletic Club and Spa located in Town and Country, Missouri and Brent Gallagher, Owner of Avenu Fitness & Lifestyle located in Houston, Texas. Read More...
Netpulse Fuels Growth with $13M in Expansion Capital
Posted: June 6, 2016 in Suppliers
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Netpulse, a provider of mobile apps and technology solutions for health clubs, announced that it has raised $13 million to support its accelerating growth. The investment, led by August Capital and with participation from Javelin Venture Partners, Nokia Growth Partners and DFJ Frontier, will fuel Netpulse’s continued expansion as a market leader for mobile technology in the fitness industry. Read More...
The Bay Club To Host 25th Annual Professional Squash Association Open Championship
Posted: June 3, 2016 in Chains
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Bay Club Company is partnering with TE Connectivity and Harvest Management Partners to sponsor the 25th Annual Bay Club Santa Clara PSA Open Championships, June 3 to June 5, 2016. Located at the Bay Club Santa Clara squash pavilion in the heart of Silicon Valley, the tournament will welcome leading contenders Charlie Johnson and Aisling Blake in addition to professional squash players from North America, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Mexico and beyond. Read More...
