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Retention Convention returns for 2025
The event will welcome over 150 senior professionals from public and private operators, higher education and global brands Credit: Retention Guru
Dr Paul Bedford has announced the return of the Retention Convention, which will take place on Thursday, 25th September 2025, at The Slate Conference Centre, University of Warwick.
This year’s theme, “Using Data to Change Behaviour”, will bring together senior leaders from across the health, fitness and leisure sectors to explore how data-driven strategies can drive retention and commercial performance.
Hosted by Dr Paul Bedford, the event will feature keynote sessions from Dr Melvyn Hillsdon, ReferAll founder Stuart Stokes and a panel of leading industry experts.
We’re proud to welcome Matrix as our lead partner for 2025, demonstrating their commitment to innovation in member retention.
This invite-only event will welcome over 150 senior professionals from public and private operators, higher education and global brands.
Attendees will also enjoy a gym tour of Warwick’s cutting-edge facilities and have the opportunity to experience a new-to-market exerciser onboarding programme from Pocket Rocket Group
and Time.
A limited number of partnership opportunities remain for brands looking to engage directly with decision-makers in a high-value setting.
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The Retention Guru’s aim is to be focal point for retention information for the fitness industry and to provide forward thinking leisure and fitness organisations with the necessary information, advice and training to enable them to measurably improve their customer experience, retention rates and revenue from membership.
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Dr Paul Bedford has announced the return of the Retention Convention, which will take place
on
Thursday, 25th September 2025, at The Slate Conference Centre, University of Warwick.
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