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Pedro Simão, CEO of Balance Company, says the company has acquired a 100 per cent shareholding in international franchise brands VivaFit and Personal 20 from founders Pedro Ruiz and Constance Ruiz.

VivaFit has entered the Spanish fitness market with the opening of a studio in capital city Madrid.

Female-only fitness franchise Vivafit has opened its fifth studio in India – a 110sq m location in the city of Gurgaon.

Boutique franchise operator Personal20 has opened a new studio in the Portuguese capital Lisbon.

Portugal-based operator Vivafit has taken its female-only franchised concept to Kuwait, with the opening of a health club at the Awtad Shopping Mall in the city of Al Jahra.

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Women-only fitness franchise Vivafit, headquartered in Portugal, recently continued its rapid expansion with three clubs opening simultaneously in three different markets across a single month: in Pune, India; Atyrau in Kazakhstan; and Dubai.

Portuguese women-only fitness chain Vivafit will shortly make its debut in Kazakhstan, with the launch of its first club in this market.

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Portugese health club operator Vivafit is expanding its reach with the signing of the first franchised club in Taiwan, belonging to an American/Taiwanese couple. The 170sq m (1,830sq ft) Taipei club is expected to be the first of a chain of some 150 Vivafit clubs in Taiwan.

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Vivafit, the franchisor of women-only express gyms, has signed a master franchise agreement for Indonesia.

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As part of its roll-out in India, ladies-only fitness franchise Vivafit has launched in New Delhi.

Women-only franchise Vivafit opened its fourth Singapore club in August. The club adopts Vivafit’s new model, which focuses on group fitness.

Vivafit - the largest women-only express fitness and nutrition franchise in Portugal - has launched Vivaslim, a weight management programme already available to all Vivafit franchisees, but now available as an independent franchise.

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Vivafit, the Portuguese female-only fitness and nutrition franchise, has revealed that it will be expanding into Malaysia with up to 200 health clubs under a new agreement.

A number of international health club operators are planning to expand their presence in India and benefit from the country's economic growth and swelling middle class.

VivaFit, the largest fitness chain in Portugal, will expand its brand into Northern Cyprus after agreeing a master franchising deal with two local entrepreneurs.

VivaFit has entered Uruguay via master franchise agreement signed in June with local businessman Ulisses Fontanini.

Portugal-based women-only health club chain Vivafit has signed a master franchise deal for 20 clubs in Uruguay – paving the way for further expansion into other South American countries.

The Indian market is being targeted by two international women-only fitness franchises: US-based Curves and Portuguese operation Vivafit.

Portugal-based women-only fitness chain Vivafit has signed a franchising deal with entrepreneur Cecile Jamoulle-Ogren which will see 100 Vivafit-branded sites open in Singapore by 2020.

Pedro Ruiz, CEO of Portugal's largest health club chain Vivafit, has warned that up to a third of health clubs in the country could be forced to close due to the government's decision to increase VAT on fitness from 6 to 23 per cent.

Vivafit, the largest chain of gyms in Portugal, has signed a contract to open a club in Lepe, near the city of Huelva, southern Spain.