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			<title>IHRSA event held for the first time in Kuwait</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait’s first mini-International Health, Racquets and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) Conference has brought together fitness professionals from across the industry.]]></description>
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			<title>Survival of the fittest</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Attracting skilled staff and new memberships is a challenge for the region's fitness industry. Health club management experts talk to Leisure Manager about how to train your team, retain members and find your niche. ]]></description>
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			<title>Kids club</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[They may only be small but kids are set to be the next big thing for the fitness, sports and recreation industry. Louise Birchall investigates how tapping into the youth market can increase member retention and boost revenue.]]></description>
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			<title>Time to sharpen the sword</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This month's issue of Leisure Manager reveals reassuring steps being made to professionalise the region’s fitness industry, ahead of theSportex Middle East exhibition for health club and recreation professionals, which is being held from November 3 to 5 at Dubai World Trade Centre.]]></description>
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			<title>Smartening up membership sales</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Health clubs need to develop alternative membership subscription models ahead of more commercial chains entering the emirate, gym managers in the UAE have warned. ]]></description>
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			<title>Group fitness drives gym profitability</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[     Survey reveals group classes lead to a higher retention of membership and an increase in profit.  ]]></description>
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			<title>CW to have outdoor design award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Outdoor design to be honoured in annual Construction Week awards.]]></description>
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			<title>Academy to fill fitness industry skills gaps</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  A new training academy has opened to improve the skills of fitness instructors in the UAE.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Getting to the grassroots</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Focusing on the sports industry at a grassroots level is not something that is often talked about in Dubai.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Grassroots approach to boost participation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[To increase activity, fitness professionals need to get back to the grassroots of the industry and bring sport  into local schools.  ]]></description>
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			<title>A right result</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Health club operators will only succeed by giving members what they really want, says UK fitness expert Andy Jackson.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Instructor alliance announced at MEFit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Plans for a global fitness instructor alliance were announced at the recent Middle East Health & Fitness Summit (MEFit) held  in Dubai at the end of last month.  ]]></description>
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			<title>A forum for fitness</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The fact that this week's Middle East Health & Fitness Summit (MEFit) has attracted fitness professionals from across the region and beyond is testament to the growth of the health club industry in the region.]]></description>
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