Hilton Teams With Bally Total Fitness

Hilton Hotels & Resorts has signed an exclusive agreement with Bally Total Fitness to provide hotel guests with access to more than 5,000 certified personal trainers at Hilton or Bally Total Fitness locations in major cities throughout North America.

In addition, Hilton's Personal Performance Program includes enhancements to its in-room exercise options by offering an in-room "mini gym" designed by Bally Total Fitness at properties across the country. The hotelier plans to debut these services to hotel guests Feb. 1.

The decision by Hilton to join with Bally stemmed from a scientific study conducted on behalf of Hilton Hotels & Resorts by the former director of NASA's Fatigue Countermeasures Program. The study measured the impact of travel on performance and productivity and found that those who exercise while traveling performed 61% better than non-exercisers on alertness and reaction tests.

The individualized training sessions can take place at one of Bally Total Fitness' 400 locations nationwide, the hotel fitness center or at an appropriate outside area at an hourly rate. Guests also can opt, at no charge, to checkout a Hilton Travel Fit Kit, a mini gym that includes Bally Total Fitness-branded products such as: a yoga mat, elastic exercise bands, resistance tubing, two sets of hand weights and basic conditioning instructions developed by the Bally Total Fitness head trainer that are easily done in the privacy of a guest room.