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| Even more impressively, our adjusted EBITDA almost doubled compared to the prior year |
| Nice job and I hope you're all doing well |
| So we are really, really thrilled about the way every -- the business is working |
| Simeon Siegel So, Bahram, really great seating, increased engagement stats and the retention was fantastic |
| But the new business model, this is the most important thing, the most important takeaway for all of you, the new business model, the positioning of Life Time as the higher end leisure company, having the most engaged customers that we have ever had, having the most visits per memberships that we have ever had, the new model is far superior to anything we had ever executed over the last 30 years |
| So we feel really solid about what we're telling you here |
| Revenue per access membership increased to $711 from $640 in the prior year period as we continue to benefit from higher dues, increased visits, and increased in center activity |
| Our beginning of the year is slightly above our expectation, in terms of the net membership gain, and that is truly the name of the game in our business |
| We expect to realize the highest retention rates in the history of the Life Time for 2024 |
| With momentum on our side, we are very excited about the opportunities in front of us in 2024 |
| Our strong financial performance continues to drive growth in cash flow and a reduction of our net debt leverage |
| While establishing waitlist for our busiest club is designed to maintain our extraordinary member experience, it also improves our member at retention |
| Over the last 30 years Life Time has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to respond to major challenges and emerge better and stronger every time |
| So and then there are -- we're discussing people office building is another market where it's another huge growth opportunity |
| Nice quarter, nice year |
| We are extremely pleased with the company's financial performance in 2023 |
| Increased visits per membership translates into higher retention rates and enhanced member satisfaction |
| We spent the bulk of that money over the last 24 months, and the results of that is that they're all having their best same stores on a general -- and generally speaking, those older clubs are doing better than they ever have as well and they're continuing to accelerate in their ramping |
| So right now, if you came in today and put your notice to drop your membership, you're effectively in April attrition, right? So we can see that number forward and the trends are very, very solid |
| I'm extraordinarily proud of our accomplishment this past year |
| 2023 was a great year of outstanding progress for Life Time |
| We achieved every one of our operating and strategic objectives, while exceeding our financial goals and our progress is continuing this year and has set us up very nicely for 2024 |
| Early 2024 has been among the strongest starts we have ever seen in terms of member engagement, member visits, and member retention |
| To track our success, we constantly measure member engagement, which has never been higher as illustrated by visits per membership and our improving retention rates |
| We are confident that this megatrend will be particularly positive for Life Time |
| We have an amazing company and a strong financial team |
| We do a lot of things great and we have a lot of opportunity to improve our execution, John |
| If you look at our app today, it basically provides everything from podcast, the best content, the best information, it has best on demand sort of exercises and a very, very robust streaming and everything else you would ever need |
| So the fourth quarter was just slightly above our expectation in the net memberships |
| For the full-year, total revenue increased 21.6% to $2.217 billion driven by a 24.4% increase in membership dues and enrollment fees and a 15.3% increase in incentive revenue |
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| So it's our own lack of execution when the customer isn't buying from us |
| The service is slow, the food isn't exciting, it's not thrilling |
| The next piece is we feel a little pressure on the club utilization |
| We were misunderstood beginning of last year |
| It was unimpressive |
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.64 compared to a loss of $0.21 per share for the prior year |
| And not only that, they also start seeing, hey, shoot, I am losing weight, but I'm also becoming skinny fat, to put it mildly |
| I think the nine to 10 is a bit below what you've been doing |
| But as you look at the centers now, and forgetting or putting aside for a second the new centers you'll be opening in '24 and beyond, what's still the incremental EBITDA? So again, I'm asking this from a perspective here you've been for all intents purposes blowing away your EBITDA expectations over the last several quarters now |
| But then we saw that number just consistently come down |
| But generally speaking, a very uninspiring, very boring, just kind of defensive actions and that was the 2024 initiative |
| First, the biggest indicator of the desirability we offer is that we -- our customer wants to stay, right? So I had been surprised in the persistence of a higher attrition rates than 2019 in 2023 early half of the year |
| We got hit by a Tsunami, a hurricane and a tornado all at the same time at 2020 |
| Some of these people would feel uncomfortable going to clubs initially, now that they get a little head start, they lose 15, 20, 30 pounds, they get more comfortable coming in |
| It's not the market, it's not outside forces, it's just our own lack of precision in execution in some of those markets, which is then we work really, really hard to sort of try to figure out how we problem solve |
| First, we had to get the traffic and dues in, then we had to work the next most important thing, reinvent our personal training |
| We're seeing the lift start, but it's going to be kind of slow and gradual |
| We have a total of about nine, 10 clubs and I think the one thing that would tell you is that when you guys -- this is the challenge that we've talked about with our business is that, it's like this asset light doesn't mean they are smaller |
| It's just naturally the business caught up, more dues coming in, as the clubs are re-ramping and producing |
| Now that doesn't seem like a big margin, but it is quite a bit when you actually look at the numbers that 1% up or down |
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