Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Suppliers
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Jim Worthington to Deliver Opening Keynote at the 5th Annual Motionsoft Technology Summit; EOS Fitness, Excel Fitness Holdings, Gold’s Gym, and Planet Fitness Executives Join the Motionsoft Technology Summit Advisory Board
Posted: August 15, 2018 in Suppliers
ROCKVILLE, MD - Motionsoft, a leader in advanced software, integrated payment processing and back office business management services for the health, fitness and wellness markets and host of the annual Motionsoft Technology Summit announced that Jim Worthington will deliver the opening keynoted for the 5th annual Motionsoft Technology Summit in Washington, D.C. Motionsoft also announced that Troy Freet with EOS Fitness, Jeff Helfgott with Excel Fitness Holdings, Dave Reissman with Gold's Gym, and Craig Miller with Planet Fitness have joined the 2018 Motionsoft Technology Summit Advisory Board. Read More...
Class Is Back In Session
Posted: August 8, 2018 in Suppliers
ALPHARETTA, GA - School is about to start, and parents everywhere are rejoicing. You should be too! With kids going back to school, that means that stay-at-home parents everywhere are rearranging their schedules. If you use the right marketing techniques, your club will end up on their list of to-dos while their kids are in school! There are many things to consider when marketing to stay-at-home parents, with cost and time efficiency topping the list. Follow these four steps, and back-to-school for kids, could turn into back-to-gym for their parents... Read More...
Sarah Ziemer Joins Wellbeats Leadership Team as Vice President, Corporate Sales
Posted: August 8, 2018 in Suppliers
ST. LOUIS PARK, MN - Wellbeats continues to add top talent to their team, bringing on corporate wellbeing industry veteran Sarah Ziemer. Sarah joins Wellbeats with over 18 years of experience in corporate health and wellbeing sales, strategy and leadership with large multinational corporations. Read More...
TennisPro Magazine Editor Receives Award
Posted: August 7, 2018 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) announced that Peggy Edwards, Director of Communications and Editor of TennisPro Magazine, was presented a 2018 APEX Award (Awards for Publishing Excellence). The APEX award category ‘Magazines, Journals & Tabloids - Print’ was for the November/December issue of TennisPro. TennisPro is the official publication of PTR tennis teachers and coaches. Edwards, who has been with PTR since 1998, has been the recipient of 23 APEX awards for TennisPro. Read More...
HEAD Penn to Sponsor Professional Pickleball Registry
Posted: August 2, 2018 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR) announces a three-year sponsorship agreement with HEAD Penn. HEAD is the Official Paddle and Bag of PPR. PPR members are already receiving benefits from preferred pricing on HEAD Extreme and Radical series paddles, Supercombi bags and backpacks, as well as other pickleball equipment, including nets and eyewear. Read More...
Jim Fromuth, Vic Braden to Join Tennis Industry Hall of Fame
Posted: August 1, 2018 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD, ISLAND, S.C. - Tennis players, and their industry, can thank both Jim Fromuth and the late Vic Braden for helping to improve the game and grow the sport. Fromuth, the Founder of the Eponymous Tennis Equipment distribution company, and Braden, whose tennis academies, books and videos brought tennis to the masses, both have had a hand in millions of players enjoying this game over the last four decades. Both men will be inducted into the Tennis Industry Hall of Fame on August 27, during the TIA Tennis Forum at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. Read More...
Celsius Names Edwin Negron-Carballo As Chief Financial Officer To Support Continued Growth
Posted: August 1, 2018 in Suppliers
BOCA RATON, FL - Celsius Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CELH), maker of the globally marketed performance drinks, CELSIUS, announces the hiring of Edwin F. Negron-Carballo, as Chief Financial Officer. This addition to the leadership relieves CEO John Fieldly of his additional duties as Chief Financial Officer, a position which he held for his first six years with Celsius Holdings, Inc. Read More...
Muscle Up Marketing Acquired by Mudlick Mail
Posted: July 26, 2018 in Suppliers
STAMFORD, CT - Mudlick Mail announces that it will combine operations with Muscle Up Marketing, a full-service marketing firm specializing in serving the fitness and health and wellness industries. The combination will expand Mudlick's expertise into a brand-new vertical market while enhancing the digital services offered to clients. This acquisition marks the first transaction driving towards Mudlick's vision to become the leading provider of direct response marketing. Read More...
Inaugural Pickleball Coach Certification Held on Hilton Head Island
Posted: July 25, 2018 in Suppliers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR) conducted its first ever Pickleball Certification Workshop at Palmetto Dunes Tennis & Pickleball Center on Hilton Head Island. Twelve coaches from seven states, including Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, participated in the workshop that was conducted by Sarah Ansboury, PPR’s Education Consultant and Lead Clinician. PPR Clinicians Linh Ansboury and Randy Coleman assisted. Read More...
Daxko Announces Ron Lamb as Company’s New CEO
Posted: July 18, 2018 in Suppliers
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Daxko, a leading software and payments provider for the member-based health and wellness industry, announced that Ron Lamb will lead the company as its new CEO. Dave Gray, former CEO, will remain an active board member to support the company's future growth. Read More...
