New Appointment at 3d Leisure
December 2011
3d Leisure the fitness facility management company have appointed Mandy McCracken in the role of Business Development Manager. Having previously worked with contractor Bladerunner, recently acquired by Nuffield, Mandy has a vast experience in this role and has an in depth knowledge of the market place 3d leisure operates in.
Mark Bremner (Managing Director at 3d) commented “We are delighted that Mandy is now part of the 3d team and we are genuinely excited about the future growth potential of the company utilising Mandy’s expertise”
3d leisure currently operates 55 sites across hotel, corporate, schools and the private sector.
3d Leisure secures contract in Bridlington
September 2011
Leisure management contractor 3d leisure has secured an agreement with a hotel in Carnaby, Bridlington to offer management services at their health club.
The facilities include gym, pool, sauna, steam room and solarium. 3d have been brought in to put systems and standards in place in order to develop membership levels which have dropped in recent years due to the introduction of new competition locally.
The new addition takes the number of sites operated by 3d Leisure to 49 as they continue to grow in the hotel sector.
3d Leisure Charity Golf Day
March 2011
One of our team’s daughters, Evie, was born 11 weeks prematurely with Cerebral Palsy. Her family have been told by consultants that she will be unlikely to do many of the things we take for granted such as standing, sitting and walking without help! However, in America they have developed a revolutionary operation which would mean Evie has a greater chance of standing and walking unaided.
3d Leisure wanted to help Evie and her family raise money for the operation which costs £50,000!
On Thursday 24th March 2011, 3d Leisure organised a charity golf day at Camberley Heath Golf Club. The day started with bacon sandwiches and coffee before the 20 teams took part in a 9 hole Texas Scramble competition. Everyone returned for lunch and prepared themselves for the afternoon of an 18 hole stableford competition. After a fantastic day of golf, everyone returned for dinner and drinks where we held a raffle and an auction.
The day was a great success and we are pleased to say that we raised £8,000 for “Evie’s Journey”
We would like to thank all of our teams for attending the golf day. Also a very special thank you to all of you who so kindly donated prizes and lots for our auction. Your generosity is greatly appreciated
Evie underwent her operation on Tuesday 29th March 2011 and we wish her every success and a speedy recovery.
Due to such positive response, we will be holding another golf day next year on the 29th March 2012
3d Leisure extends Ireland contract
February 2011
Health Club management contractor 3d Leisure has extended its gym management contract with a Leisure Club located in a Dublin Hotel.
Despite the current difficult economic climate in Ireland, membership at the health club has grown from 450 to 1500 in a little over 18 months.
The director of the Hotel said “3d have supported us in growing our membership to around 1,500, we are now aiming for 1,700 members! They have been proactive in developing our marketing strategy and training our team to sell more memberships working to a sales system that works. In addition the fitness programme has minimised our attrition levels and so the membership has grown. I have always found 3d to be very professional and would recommend them to any hotelier who feels their leisure club is not achieving its full potential”
As a result of this success 3d are now actively looking for other clubs to work with in Ireland and are targeting 3 new contracts during 2011.
3d Leisure secures contract to manage a hotel's newly refurbished health & fitness club
3d Leisure, has secured a 4 year contract with a 3 star hotel in North Wales to manage their new leisure club which is being developed.
The leisure club has an existing pool which is being refurbished and new gym equipment supplied by Precor. The facility is due to open to members of the public from early February 2011. 3d Leisure will be responsible for developing the leisure brand, providing health & fitness club management systems, marketing and selling the club as well as administering all the memberships over the term of the contract.
Paul Ramsay, Operations Director at 3d says ‘We are delighted to have secured this agreement. The hotel is privately owned and we look forward to a great working relationship with the owner and his team which are all very passionate about developing an exceptional club with our support’
3d Leisure secures contract with a hotel chain to manage their 3 leisure clubs
January 2011
Gym and health club management contractor 3d Leisure has entered into a 3 year agreement to provide management support to 3 more leisure clubs for a developing hotel group. The leisure clubs are open to both hotel residents and members and each club offers a gym, studio, pool, sauna, steam room and spa facilities. 3d will be putting in place all their management systems with the aim of increasing service levels and developing the membership base to ensure that the clubs are delivering optimum results.
Mark Bremner, 3d Leisure MD said “We are delighted to start working in partnership with this client to get the most out of these leisure clubs in what is a more and more challenging market for smaller hotel based clubs. The hotels themselves have some great brand values and these needs to be translated in to the leisure offer."
3d Leisure secures an extension to existing consultancy contract
Management contractor 3d Leisure has secured a further extension to an existing gym & leisure consultancy contract with a client the company has worked with for many years. The contract sees 3d continue to support the hotel groups 5 leisure clubs within the group of hotels. 3d Leisure has now been working with these clubs for over 10 years.
Paul Ramsay, 3d Operations Director commented “We are absolutely delighted to extend our relationship with these clubs. The market is getting increasingly more challenging and we have to make sure we are constantly getting the best out of these facilities.”
3d Leisure Annual Awards
December 2010
3d Leisure held their annual awards party in December at the Thistle Hotel East Midlands. The awards were sponsered by Precor and Jo Headington from Precor handed out the awards with 3d Managing Director, Mark Bremner.
This years nominees and winners were:
CLUB OF THE YEAR
Winner: Revival
Nominees: Advantage Rushyford and Otium Brands Hatch
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jacqui Holtom, Otium Brands Hatch
Nominees: Ben Bestford, Otium Cheltenham and Andy Rudkin
ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Neil Birbeck, Advantage Rushford
Nominees: Paul White, Otium Middlesbrough and Stephen Ellis, Otium Inverness
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Winner - Robert Meiklem, Barracuda Dumfries
Nominees - Lucy Walton, Reflextions and Joe Selby, HLZ Cheshunt
CLUB OF THE QUARTER
Swallow Belstead Brook, Ipswich
3d Leisure develops partnership with Crerar Hotels
January 2010
3d Leisure, has extended its contract with Crerar Hotels to include gym management support at the Belstead Brook Hotel Leisure Club in Ipswich.
3d has been working in partnership with Crerar for 2 years and has introduced comprehensive management systems at the clubs which has seen the leisure brand develop and profits increase at all the sites.
3d will focus at Belstead Brook on implementing a sales and marketing strategy to increase membership levels by a minimum of 35%. Allied with this, 3d aim to drive secondary income areas and also aims to reduce costs through introducing suppliers from the company’s purchasing group called Retain.
Paul Ramsay, 3d’s Operations Director commented “We are delighted to be extending our relationship with Crerar Hotels by including the management at Belstead Brook.
The club has real potential and we are looking forward to growing membership”
This new contract takes the total number of clubs operated by 3d to 43 nationwide.
3d Leisure secures contract with Legacy Hotels
August 2009
3d Leisure has announced that they have recently agreed a management contract with Legacy Hotels to operate their leisure facilities at The Peaks Leisure Club in Chesterfield.
The facilities include a swimming pool, gym, steam room, jacuzzi and sauna. The club provides dedicated gym instructors and provides a service for hotel guests as well as external members. 3d Leisure are confident that membership numbers and customer satisfaction levels are set to increase.
Paul Ramsay, Operations Director commented "We are really pleased to have secured an agreement with Legacy Hotels to manage The Peaks. Our focus is to improve the overall standards within the leisure club as well as increasing membership levels"
3d Leisure secures Shearings contract
January 2009
3d Leisure has secured a 3 year management agreement with Shearings Holidays to operate four of their hotel leisure clubs at Eden Arms, Rushyford in Durham, St George Hotel Harrogate, George Hotel in Chollerford, Hexham and the Pitlochry Hydro Hotel, Pitclochry. 3d will be responsible for the ongoing operational management of the clubs which each consist of a gym, pool, sauna and steam room as well as developing a marketing and sales plan to deliver membership growth across the four sites.
3d Leisure extends management contract with the Best Western Buckingham Beales Hotel
3d Leisure has extended their management agreement with the Best Western Buckingham Beales Hotel to operate their hotel leisure clubs Revival Health and Leisure.
3d has been working in partnership with the club for over 6 years and are responsible for the ongoing operational management, marketing and sales of the club in order to deliver membership growth and optimum results.
The leisure club has been undergoing major refurbishments since December 2008 with the installation of New Star Trac SC Kit and The Free Motion range of resistance equipment, with completion expected by Feb 2009 the facilities are available to both residents and the local community.
"We are excited that the club has the additional benefit of investment which will allow us to further develop the club membership base and we are delighted to have further secured our partnership with the Best Western Buckingham Hotel." Commented Paul Ramsay, operations Director for 3d Leisure.
3d Leisure extends management contract with Crerar Hotels
3d Leisure has extended their leisure management agreement with Crerar hotels which now takes their number of managed sites with the group up to 5. The latest additions to their contract is the Golf View in Nairn and the Scotland's Hotel in Pitlochry.
3d has been working in partnership with Crerar hotels since January 2008 and were originally responsible for the operational management, sales and marketing of the leisure clubs at the Waterside Inn, Peterhead, Thainstone House, Inverurie and the Eight Acres Hotel, Elgin.
Pitlochry is a newly refurbished club and has received extensive investment in both the gym and changing rooms. They have also developed two treatments rooms.
The addition of the two new sites confirms our excellent working relationship with Crerar hotels. "We are looking forward to helping the clubs achieve their membership targets for 2009" commented Paul Ramsay, operations director of 3d leisure.
3d Leisure renew Thistle Contract
October 2008
3d Leisure has renewed its contract with Thistle Hotels to provide management support to all of Thistles 13 leisure clubs.
3d Leisure has been working in partnership with Thistle for 9 years and is responsible for delivering optimum profits from the leisure facilities within the hotels which are available to both residents and the local community.
Thistle Hotels have recently been undergoing a rebranding exercise but the leisure club brand of Otium remains unchanged. Thistle Brighton is currently undergoing a £400k investment to upgrade existing facilities and introduce new equipment.
The Otium club at the hotel is due to open in early November. Thistle St Albans has recently undergone a complete £150k refurbishment including new gym equipment from Precor and replacement of the sauna.
With other projects currently in planning, the aim is to bring the fabric of the Otium clubs up to a standard that would be expected in any 4 star hotel. This will improve services both to hotel guests and members.
3d Leisure secure Irish Contract - October 2008
3d Leisure have secured a 3 year management contract with Regency Developments Ltd to operate their leisure club at The Regency Hotel located in Dublin.
The leisure club has Technogym fitness equipment, an exercise studio and a fantastic pool hall with spa, sauna and steam.
"Membership sales had been slower than we hoped since opening and we were keen to see a better growth. By utilising 3d's experience we will review our operation procedures and develop a marketing and sales plan to deliver the growth we know is possible"¯ said Dennis McGettigan, a Director of the Regency group.
Paul Ramsay, Operations Director for 3d added "This club has huge potential and we are delighted to be working with the owner to deliver optimum results on their investment in what is a quality facility."