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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Talwalkars Opens 8 New Branches
Publication: Express Healthcare, Edition: National, Journalist: Bureau, Page No: 20, Location: Bottom-Center, Width(cms): 13, Height(cms): 13
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Talwalkars Opens 8 New Branches
Group plans to have 100 centres by year end
Talwalkars, a chain of health centres, has intensi­fied the pace of its expansion spree with the inauguration of eight new health centres across the country in a record span of 15 days. In continua­tion with their mission of cre­ating a healthier India, new Talwalkars health centres are now fully operational in Udaipur, Ludhiana, Nerul (Navi                       Mumbai),
Himayatnagar (Hyderabad), Bangalore, Hubli, Belgaum and Aurangabad. With an investment of over Rs 16 crore each, Talwalkars health cen­tres comes equipped with a gymnasium, counseling room, weight loss/gain programmes, cardio, spinning, resistance and free-weight training equipment. The company plans to reach the 100 centres mark by this year end.
Elucidating the rationale behind opening eight new
centres together, Prashant Talwalkar, Managing Director, Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Private Limited, said, "Lately, the fitness industry is seeing a paradigm shift with people aspiring for complete wellness rather than just stay­ing fit. At Talwalkars, we are completely in sync with con­sumer's needs. Besides open­ing new health centres in cities and smaller towns, our effort has been to introduce new services/facilities on a regular basis to help provide a complete wellness package to our members." With the addi­tion of these new health cen­tres, the total number of Talwalkars centres across India exceeds 50.
Speaking about the compa­ny's focus on corporate mem­bership aspect, Talwarkar explains, "Corporate member­ship will be a new focus area for us this year. With surging
work pressure and stress-relat­ed ailments rampant amongst the corporate crowd, we felt the need to offer specialised fitness packages to them at a discounted fee. We already have few large corporate firms availing this service"
Spacious and well-designed areas, elegant interi­ors, clear demarcation of space for different types of work-out and state-of-the-art fitness equipments from Nautilus and Precor charac­terise Talwalkars health centres.
Besides every centre has trained personnel which includes personal trainers, dieticians, physiotherapists and masseurs. The instructors and nutritionists undergo intensive training in Talwalkars own training acad­emy in Mumbai prior to assuming their role.
EH News Bureau