COMPANY PROFILE PROMOTION
New fingerprint technology meets
the growing demands for security Health club logos and branding can be used with GANTNER’s access screen technologies
central administration options, all conveniently operated by the access chip. It ensures that every visitor can only use one locker at a time and the occupancy can be monitored on a PC. The system also opens up the possibility for the easy monitoring of long-term locker rental, which can create an additional revenue stream for the club.
Increased consumption Allowing your regular club members to be cashless within your facility can actually have the effect of boosting spend for your ancillary services such as food & beverage, vending machines and retail, etc. According to Egele, in-club spending has been seen to increase by as much as 40 per cent when a cashless system is introduced, as spending becomes easier and more spontaneous. The access chip serves as a means
of payment and all services and offers can easily be booked onto the chip. At any time, the member can check at the information terminals to see which services have been used, and gain a detailed cost overview. The payment is performed either by uploading an amount onto the chip prior to consumption, or when leaving the club. It is possible for both methods of payment to happen at a self-service kiosk, and so cashless payments can add up to reduced staff costs, higher turnover, increased safety and enable an easy assessment of revenues.
Access all areas GANTNER systems are in operation in many leading health clubs and fitness chains. When Fitness First opened its Black Label club in London’s Baker street, it chose GANTNER for its access control, secure locker system and cashless payments. Global
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Marketing Director Fitness First Group, Martin Seibold, says these systems eliminated the problems of non-paid accesses and permanent occupation of lockers, while going cashless significantly increased the group’s revenues and reduced administration – freeing up staff to concentrate on customer service. Meanwhile at the new FIT21 health
club in Vienna, a complete GANTNER system guides members through all areas, from member check-in (where statistical analyses can be done) to cashless payments at vending machines and sunbeds. Even shower points are operated contact-free via their chip. For cost savings, health clubs can also
take advantage of GANTNER’s ‘open- access’ system, which means that any of the technology company’s products can be quickly and easily retro-fitted into existing club management software. GANTNER Technologies is now active in over 50 countries, with
subsidiaries in the Germany, the UK, Dubai and Australia, and so health clubs purchasing one of its systems can be assured of full support and back-up. Its contactless transponder technology provides innovative system solutions that fulfil complex requirements in the areas of access control, time recording, identification, entry and billing. In line with today’s growing demands
for security, new fingerprint verification technology helps address the problem of people exchanging membership cards.
GANTNER ELECTRONIC GMBH Tel: +44 (0)7841 794580 Email:
alexander.egele@
gantner.com www.gantner.com
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