24 HOUR FITNESS announced plans to open a new club in one of Hawaii’s two former Comp USA stores on Oahu, according to the Honolulu Advertiser. The club will feature a full-size basketball court, pool, sauna, spa and cycling room, along with amenities.
AQUAHAB LP has reached an agreement to merge its Aquatic & Fitness Center (AFC) and AquaHab Cherry Hill, N.J., locations with Future Fitness Cherry Hill to form Future Fitness Powered by AFC. The new club is expected to open in early 2010.
BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORP., the Chicago-based operator of 328 gyms in 25 states, has reached an agreement that will enable it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization by allowing the company to reduce its debt by $660 million.
COLORADO ATHLETIC CLUBS recently announced plans to open a 40,000-square-foot facility in a mall in Boulder, CO. The company is operated by The Wellbridge Co. and has four centers already in the Denver area and a fifth under construction.
GOLD’S GYM INTERNATIONAL named Life Fitness the preferred equipment provider for all Gold’s Gym concept clubs, which will offer a smaller footprint than current Gold’s Gym locations and will be designed to address the demographics of each individual site.
LIFESTYLE FAMILY FITNESS has arranged to honor several thousand memberships from three to four Peak Fitness locations that are closing in Raleigh, N.C.
ONE2ONE BODYSCAPES announced a 17 percent cumulative increase in sales this April at its 11 personal training studios, as compared to the previous month. The company also experienced a 9 percent increase in personal training sales in the first quarter of 2009 over the fourth quarter of 2008.
PLANET FITNESS Planet Fitness has recognized its Oneida, NY franchise for possessing the highest percentage of female members – 66 percent of the membership – in a single club, out of the company’s 282 current locations, according to The Oneida Daily Dispatch.
