{"id":2197,"date":"2017-02-07T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2017-02-07T18:12:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T23:12:40","slug":"world-gym-starts-2017-with-deals-for-over-30-new-gyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/world-gym-starts-2017-with-deals-for-over-30-new-gyms\/","title":{"rendered":"World Gym Starts 2017 With Deals For Over 30 New Gyms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/World-Gym-300x172.png\" alt=\"World Gym\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-567\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/World-Gym-300x172.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/World-Gym-200x115.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/World-Gym.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>World Gym<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOS ANGELES, CA<\/strong> &#8211; World Gym International, the iconic global brand for bodybuilding and seriously fun fitness, had another huge year of growth in 2016, signing deals for more than 30 new gyms. World Gym\u2019s continued expansion includes a mix of new gyms and conversions from existing gyms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2016 was an incredible year for the World Gym family,\u201d said Marcus Cammilleri, Director of World Gym. \u201cWith new agreements for gyms in eight countries, on six continents, we are proud to be the fastest growing full-service global gym brand for several years now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World Gym\u2019s franchising program has been successful in large part due to the marketing, branding and sales support provided by World Gym International\u2019s corporate team and the peer network of over 210 gym owners from around the globe. Both first-time entrepreneurs and experienced industry veterans alike have succeeded with World Gym. In 2016, World Gym struck deals to open franchises in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Australia:<\/strong> Brendale, Queensland; Maitland, New South Wales; Marconi in Bossley Park, New South Wales; North Lakes, Queensland; Osborne Park, Western Australia; Surfers Paradise, Queensland; Townsville, Queensland; Burpengary, Queensland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canada:<\/strong> Peter Robertson Blvd in Brampton, Ontario; Hansen Road in Brampton, Ontario; Downtown Hamilton, Ontario<\/li>\n<li><strong>United States:<\/strong> Healdsburg, California; Ukiah, California; Nashville, Tennessee; Friendswood, Texas; San Antonio, Texas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mexico:<\/strong> Arboledas, Tlalnepantla; Coacalco de Berrioz\u00e1bal; Luna Parc, Cuautitlan Izcalli<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taiwan:<\/strong> Taipei Yonghe Minquan; Hsinchu Zhongzheng; Ping Tung Ziyou; Taichung Xitun; Taipei Banqiao Zhongshan; Taipei Sanchong; Yilan You-Ai in Yilan City<\/li>\n<li><strong>United Kingdom:<\/strong> Bedford, England<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brazil:<\/strong> Curitiba, Paran\u00e1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Egypt:<\/strong> Dokki, Giza; Dreamland, Cairo; Heliopolis, Cairo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many of the above gyms opened in 2016, and the rest are under construction with opening dates targeted in the first two quarters of 2017. In addition to the list above, World Gym will soon be expanding into Mainland China, including China, Hong Kong, Macau, under the leadership of John Caraccio and Michael Sanciprian of World Gym Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>It was a landmark year for World Gym, which included celebrating the 40th anniversary of World Gym Global at a memorable convention in Las Vegas, adding its first gyms in new countries like the United Kingdom and Egypt and a successful global social media search for the 2017 fitness ambassadors, Joshua Petrecky and Genevi\u00e8ve Dub\u00e9 Carpenter, who will debut a new series of fitness videos for members in early 2017.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on World Gym International, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldgym.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.worldgym.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOS ANGELES, CA<\/strong> &#8211; World Gym International, the iconic global brand for bodybuilding and seriously fun fitness, had another huge year of growth in 2016, signing deals for more than 30 new gyms. World Gym\u2019s continued expansion includes a mix of new gyms and conversions from existing gyms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[20,69],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2198,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions\/2198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}