Geared Up Issue 1 2015 | Page 6

member news | 2015 Issue 1 GearedUp 4 Tours and Trends During the Southeast Regional Owners Meeting T he Southeast Regional Owners Meeting convened May 7-9 at the Wyndham Garden in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Hosted by franchisees Alex and Shelley Choquette, there were more than 70 attendees. The meeting served as a chance for franchisees, vendors and representatives from Planet Fitness corporate to network with one another and learn about trending practices that others were enacting in their clubs. The meeting kicked off with a tour of a local club owned by Choquette. The newly built, 31,000-square-foot facility was equipped with floor-to-ceiling Planet Fitness branding. The new club also featured innovations to the traditional design that included individual Cardio Broadcast Vision TVs, TVs over the urinals in the men’s room, a triple street light in the 30 minute circuit and the new prototype“PF cyclone”—a walk-through hallway dressed in silver metal that blasts cool air onto those wishing to cool down after tanning or working out. After the tour, attendees enjoyed a dinner cruise together on the Spirit of Carolina as they sailed around the Char