California Fitness: CALIFORNIA CONCERN BUYS FITNESS CLUBS
World of Fitness Inc., owner of five health clubs with more than 6,000 members in the Orlando area, is ending months of financial troubles by selling out to a California operation that is building two ''superclubs'' in Central Florida.California Fitness Inc., a chain of nutrition centers based near Los Angeles, will complete its purchase of the World of Fitness corporate entity, including the five health clubs valued at a total of $2 million,...
California Fitness: Non-English-speaking mum given a hard time at gym
Two weeks ago, my mother went to the California Fitness gym in Bugis. She is a Cantonese speaker and does not understand English. When she approached the reception counter, the receptionist turned her face away, as if she would not entertain anyone who did not speak English.After struggling with the limited English she knew, my mother finally got in the gym, where she was stopped by another staff member.The English-speaking staff member told my mother that she had skipped some...
Bangkok Post:
Major takes stake in California Fitness
Major Cineplex Group Plc, the country's largest cinema chain, has acquired a 49% stake in California Fitness Centers in Bangkok for 139 million baht to support its expansion plans.Major purchased the 303,800 shares from Ortica Co, the local licensee of US-based California Fitness. To maintain an equity interest of 49%, Major will purchase another 176,400 shares at 100 baht each, totalling 17.64 million baht. Ortica Co is jointly owned by Singaporean investor Patrick Wee and...
California Fitness: LOCAL FITNESS CENTER EXPANDS TO CARMICHAEL
Local California Fitness club members who visit friends or relatives in Carmichael to gorge themselves on turkey and dressing on Thanksgiving Day will not have to wait until they return home to start losing those extra calories. That's because Thanksgiving week is the target date for the opening of a 30,000 square-foot facility in Carmichael by Russ Kuhn (owner of the original California Fitness here) and his partner, Larry Gury, assistant general manager of Southgate Recreation and...
California Fitness: Fire shutters at gym meant to separate inter-connecting floors
I REFER to the letter, 'Gym users trapped during fire scare' (ST, Feb 4), by Mr Chen Jinhai highlighting his observations following the sounding of the fire alarm at the California Fitness Gym, which occupies three floors - 13th to 15th storey - of Republic Plaza II.The Fire Code requires every floor which is above the 24m height of a building to be individually compartmental-ised between floors. In the case of the California Fitness Gym, because it has...
