Parkwood Leisure goes fast-track at the new Spiceball Leisure Centre – March 2010
Parkwood Leisure has installed the first Legend self service kiosks at the new Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury. The new centre opened in December 2009 following a £15m investment. Facilities at the new site include a 25m swimming pool, 8 court sports hall and a state of the art new gym and health suite.
Parkwood Leisure implemented the Legend leisure management system in the old Spiceball leisure centre several months ago, but the new Spiceball is the first to get the Legend self service kiosks. The choice to install Legend’s kiosk solution was confirmed following site visits to other Legend customers to see it in action.
Graeme MacLennan, Group Marketing Manager at Parkwood, says: “The implementation service has been faultless and the kiosks look fantastic. These kiosks are high spec units manufactured in the UK. The result is a superior kiosk solution and, compared with other quotes, the Legend kiosk solution still managed to come in at half the price. The solution was implemented perfectly on time without fuss thanks to the Legend team.”
Sean Maguire, Legend’s Managing Director, says, “Congratulations to the Parkwood Leisure team on the successful opening of the magnificent new Spiceball Leisure Centre. The implementation has gone completely to plan as expected thanks to Parkwood Leisure’s staff and also our own implementation team. The Legend kiosk solution is the first of several new innovations for Parkwood in the short term pipeline. We are working very closely with the Parkwood team to provide these additional benefits to Parkwood Leisure and their public leisure centres.”
About Parkwood Leisure
Parkwood Leisure specialises in the development and operation of leisure facilities on behalf of local authority and non-local authority clients. The Company’s management experience ranges from 50m pools to theatres, ice rinks and stand-alone catering facilities.
The Company has developed an established reputation for high quality management and customer-focused service provision and has a strong track record in increasing the usage of the facilities it manages, through financial investment and a flexible approach to community needs.
Since the formation of the Company in 1995, Parkwood Leisure has increased its portfolio to over 70 facilities working with 25 clients across England and Wales.
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