Selling gift certificates can be a great way to introduce fitness newcomers to the services your club provides. They also allow friends and family to support their loved one’s gym habits—since they don’t necessarily need another Christmas sweater or a fancy birthday dinner. However, before you make the decision to sell gift certificates, you should…
To promote and protect health clubs, we monitor many bills. In the past year, we’ve talked about everything from emerging opioid regulations to new overtime rules to changes in state sales tax on gyms. These are all issues that—at the moment—may only impact clubs in a few states. So, let’s look at the country as a whole and take a moment to…
How best to structure and manage staff compensation is a key issue for club operators. How you structure staff compensation ties directly into your management style and how you incentivize and reward performance. When it comes to group exercise instructor compensation in California, Janine Williams, former vice president of human resources for Leisure Sports Hospitality is…
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