Location Is Key For Barnsley Hot Tubs

Two years into selling hot tubs, Sean Pickles of Barnsley Hot Tubs has decided to invest in location, location. He has moved out of his plusher showroom, on the same business estate, opting instead for a ‘rustic theme’ display room on the busy Carlton Road. “We had a smaller but posher unit around the corner […]

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A Fresh Approach

A ripple of reaction reverberated around spa showrooms in response to the Riptide Pools promotion in the April issue of Hot Tub & Swim Spa Scene. The full page advert, proclaiming US-made hot tubs were overpriced, oversold and over here was a direct reference to the war time era when American soldiers were accused of […]

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A Very Sad Farewell

One of the brightest smiles in the industry, Sean Blake from Romerils, Jersey, died recently, losing a brave battle with liver cancer. Instrumental in the development of the spa market in the Channel Islands, Sean was an outstanding professional who could always be relied upon. “For the past 15 years, Sean has been the life […]

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Busy Start To Season

The Malvern Spring show launched a busy season for popular Midlands spa dealers, Complete Spas. The multi-award winning team has just expanded its showroom to include a swim spa area with two swim spas and space for two additional large spas, so they can better promote their swim spa ranges. Based at the Blackminster Business […]

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Rock And Roll Spas For Holiday Park Lifestyle

Taking its inspiration from great British rock music, the Rockstar holiday home at Away Resorts’ Tattershall Lakes in Lincolnshire, pays homage to the country’s best and biggest rock legends with an interior décor that has more than a hint of country chic. Vivienne Westwood meets the Rolling Stones, we are talking about a mix of […]

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Rubber Duck Fears

Aqua Warehouse, the UK’s leading supplier of rubber ducks to the trade, moved to reassure spa dealers following negative reports on the cleanliness of the popular bath-time toy. They poured cold water on hygiene claims pointing out that their superior stock was not affected. Several national media titles carried the report claiming researchers from the […]

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Prime Time TV Promotion

Kent-based, The Hot Tub & Spa Company, scored a major publicity coup for itself and the industry as a whole, with its recent appearance on the popular This Morning television showAttracting audiences of up to two million This Morning broadcasts live on weekdays from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm featuring news, home and garden, food […]

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Retailer Of The Year Set To Expand

The reigning Hot Tub Retailer Of The Year, UK Leisure Living, was launched less than three years ago but expects to more than double revenues this year – from £750,000 to over £2million. The winner of the prestigious UK Pool & Spa Awards title in 1917, is planning to open new showrooms and increase the […]

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Double Bubbles

North Spas, Hot Tub Suppliers and Hydropool Devon all came away with two gold awards apiece in the recent 2018 British Pool & Hot Tub Awards for member companies of the British and Irish Hot Tub Association. The awards evening at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, was held to coincide with SPATEX, the water leisure exhibition. […]

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HOT PROSPECTS

The weather might have been cold, but the UK’s hottest destination at the end of January was officially Coventry’s Ricoh Arena for SPATEX 2018, UK’s annual wet leisure exhibition. The show was the perfect platform for the UK’s thriving hot tub industry to show off its latest products and services directly to contractors, installers, distributors […]

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