The future of fitness clubs is digital

A simple swipe of their membership credential can give verified access to the car park and the club entrance in seconds, while data displayed instantly to the receptionist will allow staff to greet individual members by name if so wanted.

For the club, our tamper-proof credentials linked to a networked system will eliminate member abuse by granting entrance to only paying members and enable you to know exactly who is in your club at any one time. Access control can be fully automated 24/7, while individual member access can also be restricted to certain areas of the club at any time through any of the common club management systems. As always with a Gantner solution, club owners can keep full control of their operations, both on-site and remotely.

Your staff will be freed up from many of the usual time-consuming daily club tasks, with more time to focus on building those all-important face-to-face relationships.

First impressions count! Many new and prospective fitness members may judge your club not only on how good your changing rooms look but how hassle-free they are to use. Imagine your member walking into the changing rooms, seeing at one glance which lockers are vacant, or accessing a simple touch-terminal to find a vacant locker, and then simply using their smartphone or membership card to open and close it. If they forget where their locker is, they can simply locate it using the changing room terminal.

From a club owner’s point of view, you can always keep complete control of your lockers by monitoring and accessing them from a central reception terminal. Eliminate overnight ‘locker hogging’ by having an end-of-day open function, boost security with 24-hr alerts for attempted break-ins, prohibit occupancy of multiple lockers, and even create bespoke longer-term locker access as a membership upsell. Optimized locker assignments may also reduce the number of lockers needed, saving you space, maintenance time, and ultimately money!

The possibilities are endless, and Gantner has innovative locker solutions for all sizes and types of health and fitness clubs Plus, smart electronic locker lock solutions, that can be easily retrofitted into your existing lockers without the need for cabling.

Once you’ve maxed out your member subscriptions, the route to increasing club revenue is of course to upsell your members on attractive additional services such as physio treatments, tanning, or power plates, as well as making it easy for them to spend on everyday products like vending, fitness accessories and food and beverage whenever they’re in your club.

GANTNER’S cashless payment systems can be comfortably used with the member’s ID card. Just imagine, with this one credential, they’ve been able to access and check in to your club securely and with ease, store their belongings in the changing room securely and with ease – and now they’ll be able to spend securely and with ease too.

With a Gantner cashless payment system, your members will never need to carry cash or even a bank card, as they can simply get what they need with the swipe of their member card or wristband.

From an operations point of view, you’ll also be freeing up staff from dealing with time-consuming transactions, leaving them more time to focus on exceptional member care.

So from the juice bar to the coffee machine to the in-club retail area or out-of-hours vending station, the ease of a Gantner cashless card system will encourage your members to spend with just a simple swipe. They’ll be happy, and so will your business bank account!