Comunicado de prensa de HFA

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 3 de octubre de 2024. La Asociación de Salud y Bienestar Físico ha ampliado su equipo de comunicación con la contratación de Kelsi Steinkamp como coordinadora de comunicación. Steinkamp se une a la asociación tras graduarse en la Facultad de Artes y Ciencias de la Universidad de Dayton, donde obtuvo una licenciatura en Comunicación y Relaciones Públicas, con una especialización secundaria en Administración de Empresas...

BOSTON, MA—October 2, 2024—As part of its evolution, the Health & Fitness Association has renamed its convention and trade show, formerly called IHRSA, as The HFA Show, the global trade association for health club and studio operators announced. Registration is now open for the event to be held March 12-14, 2025, at the Mandalay Bay Resort…

BOSTON, MA—September 16, 2024—The global fitness industry reached new milestones in 2023 as more people than ever embraced health and fitness across key regions. According to data collected by the Health & Fitness Association (HFA) and published in its 2024 HFA Global Report, several established markets reported record membership levels and fitness penetration, while many emerging…

WASHINGTON, DC—September 13, 2024—Health & Fitness Association (HFA) President & CEO Liz Clark today announced that Anton Severin has joined the association as vice president, research. He will be based in Washington, DC. In this newly created position, Severin will conceive and direct a robust series of economic, data, and market intelligence products designed to benefit fitness…

BOSTON, Massachusetts, 6 de septiembre de 2024. A menos de dos meses del 21.º Congreso Europeo, organizado por la Health & Fitness Association (antes IHRSA), los líderes del sector del fitness se reunirán del 21 al 23 de octubre en el Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona, en Barcelona (España), para asistir al principal evento europeo dedicado al fitness, centrado en las tendencias y los retos de la región. Los asistentes podrán...

WASHINGTON, DC, 27 de junio de 2024. La Asociación de Salud y Bienestar Físico (HFA) elogia al Comité de Medios y Arbitrios de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos por sus medidas proactivas al considerar la H.R. 4818, la «Ley para tratar y reducir la obesidad de 2023». Esta legislación supone un avance significativo en la lucha contra la epidemia de obesidad, ya que amplía la cobertura de Medicare para los medicamentos GLP-1 para la pérdida de peso. La HFA...

BOSTON, MA–June 11, 2024–At its June 3 meeting, the Health & Fitness Association board of directors elected Chris Smith as chair, Luke Carlson as vice chair, and Al Noshirvani as treasurer, the association announced. Chris Smith has served on the Health & Fitness Association board for four years, the last year as vice chair. He is president and CEO of Fitness…

BOSTON, MA–June 11, 2024–The 21st European Congress, powered by the Health & Fitness Association (HFA, formerly IHRSA), will welcome health and fitness leaders to Barcelona, Spain on 21-23 October. The setting will be the Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona. Attendees are invited to stay on 24 October for tours of four of the city’s most innovative health…

BOSTON, MA—June 10, 2024—The Health & Fitness Association, a global community of industry leaders, has hired Singapore-based attorney and international industry advocate Sean Tan as the group’s senior representative in Asia. In this position, he will help increase association and convention participation, guide the formation and expansion of regional and national federations and industry partner organizations, coordinate…

WASHINGTON, DC, 10 de mayo de 2024. Ciento veinte líderes del sector participaron en la Cumbre de Defensa y Reunión de la Asociación de Salud y Fitness (Health & Fitness Association Fly-In and Advocacy Summit) celebrada los días 7 y 8 de mayo en Washington, DC, duplicando la asistencia del año pasado, según la Asociación de Salud y Fitness (antes IHRSA), una comunidad global de líderes del sector. Operadores de clubes de salud, estudios y proveedores del sector se reunieron con 130 miembros del Congreso...

WASHINGTON, DC–May 7, 2024–The 55,294 health club and studio locations in the United States have a $22.4 billion economic impact on the country’s economy, according to new data analysis prepared by the Health & Fitness Association (formerly IHRSA) and released today to coincide with the HFA Fly-In and Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC. The data…

Health & Fitness Association President & CEO Liz Clark today released the following statement to honor the life of Waldyr Soares, founder of Fitness Brasil and a longtime industry leader in Brazil and internationally: “Waldyr Soares was a giant in Brazil and throughout the world as an advocate, educator, mentor, and spokesperson for the international…