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IHRSA convention and other fitness gatherings around the world,” says Gallup. “We will innovate through cutting edge technology and attract millennials as IHRSA members and fit- ness customers.”
Weather catastrophes This year hurricanes that made land- fall in Texas in August have affected a number of IHRSA-member clubs. The fitness industry has since joined forces to support and lend a helping hand to individuals and fellow clubs affected by this event and others like it.
New publications IHRSA published several key reports this year, starting with The IHRSA Health Club Employee Compensation & Benefits Report. This report, which comes out every other year, provides compensation information for senior management/corporate staff, salaried club-level employees and hourly club- level employees. IHRSA also released the 2017
Year in Review: Key IHRSA Highlights From 2017
It has been an eventful year for IHRSA and the fitness club industry
BY KRISTEN WALSH
Convention and Trade Show In March, nearly 12,000 fitness in- dustry professionals from over 80 countries were in Los Angeles for IHRSA 2017, the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association’s 36th Annual International Convention & Trade Show. They experienced the latest equipment and technology dur- ing the two-day trade show and early morning workouts, and attended edu- cational sessions given by industry experts and networking and social events, such as the 12th Annual Bash for Augie’s Quest.
New legislation A major focus at IHRSA 2017 was a “virtual fly-in” to support the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) legis- lation that would make access to phys- ical activity more affordable for U.S.
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taxpayers. If passed, the PHIT Act, the U.S. fitness industry’s top legislative priority, would save Americans 20–30 percent on annual fitness expenses by allowing the use of pre-tax savings ac- counts to pay for quali- fied fitness expenses, including fitness club memberships.
New chairperson On July 1, Derek Gallup, senior vice president of fitness & retail for New Evolution Ventures, began his term as IHRSA’s 2017-2018 chairperson. “Our platform will
IHRSA Global Report and the IHRSA Latin American Report, the most com- prehensive examination of key Latin American health club markets avail- able anywhere. The IHRSA Global Report, which is always IHRSA’s best- selling publication, details the mar- ket size and scope of the Americas, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, and Asia-Pacific markets and high- lights more than 300 leading club companies from around the world, including financial and membership information. IHRSA also released the 2017 Health Club Consumer Report, which provides detailed insight into the partici- pation trends of both member and non-mem- ber consumers in U.S. clubs. Finally, this month,
All publications mentioned in this article are available at
ihrsa.org/research-reports.
be to lead the way in revers- ing the physical inactivity epidem- ic through high visibility and active leadership in our communities, at the
the annual Profiles of Success report will be published and will pro- vide detailed information about health and fitness club benchmarks and oth- er aspects of club perfor- mance, including mem- bership growth and traffic, facility reinvestment, finan-
cial statement data and more. Kristen Walsh is the associate publisher at IHRSA.
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