Learning Welsh boosts fitness trainer's business

[Francis Hult]

Wales News

 

Learning Welsh boosts fitness trainer's business

 

Learning Welsh was a personal challenge which made business sense for fitness instructor Ryan Condon.

 

Freelance trainer and semi-professional boxer Ryan learned the language through a Welsh for Adults course at Cardiff University. The 27-year-old could see the commercial benefits in communicating with Welsh- speaking clients in their own language and he has since been reaping the rewards.

 

Since promoting himself as a bilingual fitness instructor, Ryan says that his Welsh- speaking clients are more likely to stay with him because they feel more comfortable communicating in Welsh.

 

Full story:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/03/12/learning-welsh-boosts-fitness-trainer-s-business-91466-23124254/

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