āOpportunitiesā provided the theme for the annual Jacuzzi Spa and Bath training seminar held at the Rookery Hall Spa and Conference centre in the heart of Cheshire, writes Christina Connor. UK-based dealers were given statistics on another record- breaking year of sales for the Jacuzzi hot tub brand.
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Golden Coast has been confirmed as the new exclusive UK distributor for Sundance Spas.
Leading spa suppliers and water treatment specialists are expressing concern over increased sales of Tri-Chlor tablets, mostly via the Internet, to unwitting hot tub owners who are unaware of the potentially detrimental effect on their hot tubs, especially to heating components.
Pool & Spa Scene editor, Christina Connor, was invited to take the wraps off the new Vita Spas model at the recent UK Pool & Spa Expo.
Already predicted to be a challenging year for many companies due to the sustained economic depression, UK water leisure companies faced the additional challenge of arctic conditions as they welcomed in 2013. After what weather experts have confirmed as one of the wettest years on record in 2012, January was beset with prolonged snow and freezing conditions that played havoc throughout January. Nearly all UK water leisure businesses were impacted in some way
Already weakened by the combined impacts of the economy and the weather, the spa sector is facing its severest challenge yet, warns Stephen Weller, one of the founder members of the UK and European spa trade. āThe spa and swimspa market is saturated with the industry currently out-performing double glazing and time share sellers in questionable sales techniques and dubious claims,ā says Stephen. āThe internet is expensive for legitimate companies while used by the worst rogue traders and this will not change while major consumer shows, in the past enjoyed by many companies, are now a sales monopoly for one supplier,ā Stephen continues.
Iain Crighton, the chairman and owner of Peterborough-based Crightons Hydropool, was honoured with carrying the torch for a leg of the 2012 London Olympics.
The Hydropool UK team is celebrating record-breaking sales at a mammoth Ideal Home Show, topped off by a royal visit to their
prominent hot tub and swim spa stand by HRH Prince Charles ā who officially opened this yearās event ā officially the UKās number
one consumer show.
Making his second visit to Ideal Home in concurrent years, the Prince of Wales met Hydropool UKās managing director Jonathan
Bunn asking about the business; its products and its history as well as Jonathanās opinion on the economic climate and future
prospects.
The eyes of the world will be on Britain this summer as the country celebrates a unique combination of events with the coinciding of
both the Queenās Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
The great British weather permitting; the summer of 2012 promises to be a ray of sunshine amid the recent years of
prevailing economic storm clouds.
Hot tub retailers, Wittering West, are celebrating 25 years in business by investing for the next 25 years with a major overhaul and expansion of their showroom in Kettering, Northamptonshire, reports Christina Connor.
