With outstanding support from trade partners Albixon and MaperGlas, Leisure Shelters chose the UK Pool & Spa Expo for its first ever exhibition.
Author: Ashleigh MacKenzie
Universally acknowledged as one of the buzziest shows for several years, the SPATEX team has been given an ideal launch pad as it prepares to move the trade show location to the Midlands
The much-anticipated UK Pool & Spa Expo got off to a flying start at the NEC Birmingham opening a new chapter on a book that looks set to be a best seller for the UK water leisure sectors.
The team from Panache Pools has proved there is a pool for every occasion, after completing the installation of a timber pool, with a counter-current unit, in a converted single garage in rural Northamptonshire.
The new UK Pool & Spa Expo, at the NEC, offered the perfect opportunity for Vita Spas UK to hold a dealer meeting followed by a networking meal in the Woodside Spa Hotel in Kenilworth.
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) is exploring options to outsource the delivery of its services, either partly or as a whole, they say, to safeguard the long term viability of the institute in a challenging financial climate.
Once earmarked for closure by the local authority, prospects for the former Burnham Pool could not be brighter earning it the 2012 title of ASA UK Swim School of The Year.
Scheduled to open in 2015, the spa at 51˚ Spa Residences is at the heart of a pioneering real estate and lifestyle project with the resort.
Stephen Crabb, of Catalina Spas, was honoured with a special achievement award, one of the highlights of the recent British and Irish Spa and Hot Tub Association (BISHTA) Awards.
Women’s World Triathlon Champion, Helen Jenkins, uses Jacuzzi® hydromassage as part of her training regime helping her body recover so she can push herself harder.












