Trib3, heading to Barcelona. The chain of gyms boutique has moved its headquarters from Manchester to the Catalan capitalas part of the restructuring of the operations of Holmes Place, owner of the group, which until now had two headquarters for the chain.
Jordi Bonich will be in charge of the company in Spain. The executive has worked for the last nineteen years at Holmes Places, where until now he was director of operations and member of the steering committee.
The restructuring will also mean a UK group size reduction and the group will transfer four centers that it owned in Manchester to various franchisees, according to the company in a statement.
Fisher, CEO of Trib3, commented that “the company has experienced significant growth in Europe, both at the brand and franchise level, despite the current macroeconomic situation, which is why we wanted to centralize new resources in a few unique central offices in Barcelona”.
Trib3 already appointed Albert Cuartero as financial director in Spain in October
Last October, the chain finished assembling its team in Spain with the signing of Albert Cuartero as financial director and Vanessa Ferreira as Director of Franchise Development In addition, the company appointed managers for the areas of product, marketing and training and development of the openings, reaching seventy workers.
Trib3 opera seven centers in Spain, has sold four franchises and is finalizing the sale of another four, with the aim of ending the first quarter of 2023 with a total of fifteen operating gyms. In addition to Madrid and Barcelona, the chain will land in Malaga, Bilbao, Seville, Valencia and Ibiza. The chain was taken over by Holmes Place in 2019.
Currently, its centers in Spain are located in Barcelona (two gyms), Madrid (four gyms) and Girona. The chain, which has not communicated its billing forecasts for 2022, operates under a franchise regime and is committed to a high-intensity group training method, monitoring heart rate.
Internationally, Trib3 has ten centers in the UK, two in the Netherlands, one in China, one in Finland and plans to expand in Belgium and Luxembourg. The company’s investment to open new centers ranges between 250,000 euros and 400,000 euros, depending on the square metres, and the average customer ticket is between 100 euros and 110 euros, depending on the subscription. All gyms have a treadmill zone, a resistance zone and an intensity zone.