Up against three lower-priced potential suppliers, Aquatrac was the pool cover of choice for an Essex customer who wanted a quality product at best value rather than lowest price.
Author: Ashleigh MacKenzie
Amid fears that a rival exhibition could strip the core pool and spa industry associations of vital future revenue, water leisure sectors are being urged to back SPATEX, the exhibition that has raised in excess of one million pounds for the industry in its 17 year history.
SPATEX is part of the BSPF umbrella group that includes the member organisations of SPATA and BISHTA. Enjoying a virtually free rein since its inception in 1996, SPATEX, held every February in Brighton, now faces stiff competition from a rival event.
Going head-to-head on timing and on price packages, the organisers of Piscines, Lyon, the world’s largest dedicated water leisure show, will launch an alternative UK pool and spa show to be held at Birmingham’s NEC in January 2013.
The organisers of the bi-ennial Lyon pool show are teaming up with UK partners to launch Piscine UK, a new show for the pool and spa
sectors that will be held at Birmingham’s NEC from next year.
Piscine UK 2013, from January 23 to January 25, is a joint venture between Lyon organisers, GL events and the UK based NEW events,
is aiming to provide the UK, Europe’s fourth biggest pool and spa market, with a professional even that targets international exhibitors,
say the organisers.
Leading by example comes naturally to Francesca and Glen Squire, UK distributors of Sundance Spas who practice what they preach as Sundance’s top UK retailers.
The recent installation of a Heatstar Gemini heat pump, at the prestigious Rottingdean Place luxury residential estate in East Sussex, has demonstrated a year-on-year reduction
in energy use of 70% compared with the previous system, at the same time reducing gas consumption by 83%.
Country Leisure, specialist designers and manufacturers of fibreglass fittings such as pool steps, slides and diving boards, has opened an additional 6,000-square foot factory to help cope with increasing demand.
Some of the stand-out projects and performances from 2011 are recognised in the Pool and Spa Scene Annual Awards.
The pool store of Grayfox Swimming Pools, of Stow, Lincolnshire, has been completely destroyed in a fire that caused damage estimated at £250,000.
It took the crew of eight fire engines more than four hours to bring the fire under control as flames threatened to spread to the nearby family home.
Up against three lower-priced potential suppliers, Aquatrac was
the cover of choice for an Essex customer who wanted a quality
product at best value rather than lowest price.
The Aqua Ocean model was housed in a purpose-built, below
ground pit with removable stainless steel trays.
Aquatrac worked hand-in-glove with Patten Penguin, the
swimming pool contractor commissioned to build the pool as part
of an exclusive up-market residential development.
Hotel and spa pools are crowd pleasers for visitors and members alike but are they worth the investment? Jan Hurst gets the inside story from some of the busiest operators in the UK… In a recent customer survey, conducted by Hilton Hotels, the presence of a pool was deemed to be a major deciding factor for guests in choosing where to stay.
