{"id":4826,"date":"2019-09-23T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2019-09-23T18:29:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T23:29:19","slug":"planet-fitness-announces-2019-franchise-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/planet-fitness-announces-2019-franchise-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Fitness Announces 2019 Franchise Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness-300x358.jpg\" alt=\"Planet Fitness\" width=\"300\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness-300x358.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness-200x238.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness-800x954.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness.jpg 839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Planet Fitness<\/p>\n<p><strong>HAMPTON, N.H.<\/strong>  &#8211; Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT) one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the U.S. and home of the Judgement Free Zone, has announced the winners of its 2019 Franchise Awards. Honorees were selected from various categories that contribute to Planet Fitness\u2019 overall system-wide success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We applaud all of the outstanding franchisees in our system, and are honored to recognize several groups for their phenomenal work and dedication to growing our brand, servicing our members, developing their teams, and giving back to their local communities,\u201d said Chris Rondeau, Planet Fitness\u2019 chief executive officer. &#8220;This year\u2019s nominees are great examples of franchisee excellence and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Planet Fitness Franchise Awards were given to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hall of Fame:<\/strong> Jeff &#038; James Innocenti \u2013 PF Supreme;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Franchisee of the Year:<\/strong> Mike Turner &#038; CJ Bouchard \u2013 Excel Fitness;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operator of the Year:<\/strong> Steve Kindler, Jr. \u2013 National Fitness Partners;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developer of the Year:<\/strong> Tim Kelleher \u2013 Taymax Group;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marketer of the Year:<\/strong> Shane McGuiness &#038; Eric Dore, Glenn Dowler &#038; Michael Hicks \u2013 Sunshine Fitness;<\/li>\n<li><strong>People First Award:<\/strong> Mark Christie, George, Nick &#038; Greg Mourgenos \u2013 Ohio Fit Management;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Judgement Free Generation Award:<\/strong> Bryan Rief &#038; Pete Hopkins \u2013 PF Michigan Group, LLC;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A leader in the fitness industry and franchising, Planet Fitness was recently named to Fortune magazine&#8217;s 2019 \u2018100 Fastest-Growing Companies\u2019 list, ranking 58 among the world&#8217;s top three-year performers in revenues, profits, and stock returns. The Company was ranked sixth on Forbes 2019 list of &#8216;America&#8217;s Best Franchises&#8217; which ranks brands on health and appeal. The Company also placed ninth on Entrepreneur&#8217;s 2019 &#8216;Fastest Growing Franchises&#8217; list which measures companies&#8217; ability to scale fast and take their franchisees to the next level, and seventh on Entrepreneur&#8217;s 2019 &#8216;Franchise 500&#8217; list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HAMPTON, N.H.<\/strong>  &#8211; Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT) one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the U.S. and home of the Judgement Free Zone, has announced the winners of its 2019 Franchise Awards. Honorees were selected from various categories that contribute to Planet Fitness\u2019 overall system-wide success. The 2019 Planet Fitness Franchise Awards were given to the following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[11,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826"}],"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=4826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4827,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826\/revisions\/4827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}