{"id":2968,"date":"2017-10-24T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2017-10-24T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T18:04:17","slug":"snap-fitness-continues-global-expansion-with-a-move-into-hong-kong-and-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/snap-fitness-continues-global-expansion-with-a-move-into-hong-kong-and-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap Fitness Continues Global Expansion with a Move Into Hong Kong and Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snap-Fitness-300x72.png\" alt=\"Snap Fitness\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snap-Fitness-300x72.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snap-Fitness-200x48.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snap-Fitness-800x193.png 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snap-Fitness.png 1793w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Snap Fitness<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHANHASSEN, MN<\/strong> &#8211; Snap Fitness, a premier 24\/7 fitness brand, has reached a milestone in demonstrating its commitment to growth by expanding further into Asia and announcing the signing of a master franchise agreement in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with the first club set to open in early 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Snap Fitness is partnering with experienced business leader Danny Diab, Managing Director of Hong Kong based Fitness Brands Limited, to continue its global expansion of the brand. Diab brings over 29 years of business and franchising experience to the partnership. He is a recognized leader in the Quick Service Restaurant industry, and has many years of experience in marketing, supply chain and developing and operating multi-site franchise businesses. The first Snap Fitness club will open in Hong Kong with plans to ramp up development in both Countries to meet growing demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been a part of many exciting opportunities and none have inspired and excited me like this one.\u201d I welcome the opportunity to help improve the wellness of the people in Hong Kong and Taiwan\u201d, Diab says.  \u201cIt is rare to find a business that combines a dynamic brand in a fast-growing industry which has at its core the health and wellbeing of its customers. I am confident that the people in Hong Kong and Taiwan will embrace Snap Fitness and make our brand a part of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the last five years, Snap Fitness has signed 26 countries for Snap Fitness expansion, establishing a strong foothold in each of these markets. The brand is currently in negotiations to sign master franchise agreements for more countries in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been thinking about expanding into Hong Kong and Taiwan for a while,\u201d says Peter Taunton, founder of Snap Fitness and CEO of Lift Brands. \u201cWhen the opportunity to work with Diab presented itself, we knew now was the time. We\u2019re delighted to welcome him to the Snap Fitness team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHANHASSEN, MN<\/strong> &#8211; Snap Fitness, a premier 24\/7 fitness brand, has reached a milestone in demonstrating its commitment to growth by expanding further into Asia and announcing the signing of a master franchise agreement in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with the first club set to open in early 2018. Snap Fitness is partnering with experienced business leader Danny Diab, Managing Director of Hong Kong based Fitness Brands Limited, to continue its global expansion of the brand. Diab brings over 29 years of business and franchising experience to the partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[20,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968"}],"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=2968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2969,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions\/2969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}