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Executive Insights with Bill McBride, Club One
Bill McBride, president and COO of Club One, San Francisco, shares details about Club One and its future, insights about social media and mobile applications, how litigation and consolidation are affecting the fitness industry and more. ...
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Executive Insights with Bill McBride, Club One
Bill McBride, president and COO of Club One, San Francisco, shares details about Club One and its future, insights about social media and mobile applications, how litigation and consolidation are affecting the fitness industry and more. ...
Seventh Annual Augie's Bash in Los Angeles
Club Industry sits down with Clubs for the Quest founder Patricia Laus at the Seventh Annual Augie's Bash on March 16th at the 2012 International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association Conference and Trade Show in Los Angeles. With the help of Clubs for the Quest, Augie's Bash raised over $1.6 million for research to cure amyotrophic lateral sclerosis....
Harringtons Keep Healthworks in the Family
Mark Harrington, president of Healthworks Fitness Centers for Women, is one of the lucky few who get to go to the office and work with his adult sons. Mark Harrington Jr. is Healthworks Fitness Centers’ executive director, and Matt Harrington is the Boston-based company’s strategic projects manager....
Persistence Pays Off for Debra Siena and Proactive Partners
Persistence pays off. That is true when it comes to an individual fitness plan and when it comes to business, or so Debra Siena, president of Chicago-based Proactive Partners, has found. ...
Smaiyra Million and Millennium Partners Transform Luxury Clubs into Lifestyle Brand
Millennium Partners Sports Club Management LLC, led by CEO Smaiyra Million, plans growth in the high-end club market beyond its six Sports Club/LA locations....
The Atlantic Club and Pat Laus Forge Ties with the Community
Patricia Laus turned a failing racquetball and fitness club into The Atlantic Club, a successful for-profit club with strong ties to its community....
Interview with Mark Mastrov and Jim Rowley, New Evolution Fitness Co., Lafayette, CA
In time, Mark Mastrov and Jim Rowley may build their still relatively nascent New Evolution Fitness Co. (NEFC) to a level that rivals their former company,...
Interview with Jonathan Adler and Mark Fisher, Sport & Health Clubs, McLean, VA
Prior to July of this year, the industry had not heard much about Sport & Health Clubs, a chain of clubs in the Washington, DC, area, since the company...
Interview with James Weaver, CEO, Gold’s Gym International, Irving, TX
When James Weaver took over as the new CEO of Gold's Gym International last fall, the question on everybody's mind was: Does he have a fitness background?...
Interview with Royce Pulliam, CEO of Lexington, KY-based Global Fitness Holdings and its 30 Urban Active clubs
Royce Pulliam, CEO of Global Fitness Holdings, and his team have their sights set on big growth ahead, with no plans to stop despite the economic downturn....
Interview with Chris Tointon, CEO of Greater Midland Community Centers, Midland, MI
This nonprofit organization with five facilities continues to grow its membership, serving 60 percent of its community by ...
Interview with Margaret Treland, Chief of the Air Force Fitness Branch, San Antonio
Treland is responsible for providing functional guidance and oversight for the Fitness Center Master Plan, assisting bases with fitness center design and construction projects,...
Interview with Kent Blumenthal, Executive Director of NIRSA
We’re about [two months] removed from the NIRSA Conference and Expo in Austin, TX...
Interview with Marc Meeker, program manager for Navy Fitness
Meeker discusses how the obesity epidemic and conflicts overseas have affected Navy Fitness....
Interview with David Schnabel, CEO of Gold’s Gym International
What do you bring to Gold’s Gym with your background in finance at TRT Holdings, the company that you joined in 2001 and the company that purchased Gold’s Gym in 2004...
Interview with Jim Mizes, CEO of Club One
Mizes talks about branding, Kranking, corporate fitness and expansion for this California company on the move. ...
Interview with Tim Miller, CEO of Crunch Fitness
With almost 20 years of experience in the hotel industry, Tim Miller is at your service with hip, cosmopolitan Crunch Fitness....
Interview with Carl Liebert, CEO of 24 Hour Fitness, San Ramon, CA
As former Home Depot executive Carl Liebert makes a home for himself as the new CEO at 24 Hour Fitness, he is moving the chain into new markets on the East Coast, in Asia and into the world of children’s programming....
Interview with Geoff Dyer, CEO of Lifestyle Family Fitness Inc., St. Petersburg, FL
Lifestyle Family Fitness Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, is projected to gross more than $100 million in revenue by the end of 2007. It has grown from seven clubs in 1999 to more than 40 clubs in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio....
Matthew Stevens, CEO of Spectrum Athletic Clubs, Los Angeles CA
Spectrum Athletic Clubs, Los Angeles, uses a rewards program to reach people inside and outside its clubs’ four walls, a move that has helped increase revenue by $40 million in three years...
