MORE THAN HOT AIR

Make space for an inflatable spa on your showroom floor…. With over 750,000 owners in the UK, and apparently insatiable demand, Lay-Z- Spa offers the luxury of home hot- tubbing at an affordable price for a huge proportion of the population. An inflatable hot tub is an affordable commodity to relax and indulge time and […]

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EMBRACE CHANGE TO BOOST SALES

Rob Carlin encourages a fresh approach to 2021 business strategies… Innovation is critical to survive in the competitive spa market. To compete, we must develop new ways to serve our customers, that keep us ahead of the game. We have to choose to embrace change, rather than resist it. Resistance is futile. This is mainly […]

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SNUG FIT

This Vortex swimspa blends perfectly with a family’s wishes… Prospective customers in the Northamptonshire area were looking for something that offered a great swim for their daughter, who swims for her county, but also an area where they could relax and enjoy the outside space. The team from Kettering-based Aqua Living recommended a Vortex Hydrozone […]

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SAVING A LOTTA HOT TUB BOTTLES

A water treatment product range that aims to protect people from hot tub infections uses British sea shells as its magic ingredient. Pennosan products are made using crab, langoustine and shrimp shells from around the UK including Scotland and Cornwall and Northern Ireland. All the shells were destined for landfill. When the hard outer skeletons […]

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… NIC WALKER

Name: Nic Walker Role: I am the head technician at Superior Wellness and work within a team of four people My role is to go out and fix hot tubs and swim spas and sometimes baths and showers too. Date started: 2013 Stand Out: Nic recently won the Spa Technician of the Year award in […]

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ROLLER COASTER YEAR FOR UK RETAILER

Christina Connor talks exclusively to Mark Anthony of Award Leisure… While many hot tub retailers acknowledge 2020 as one of their most challenging ever business years, surely no retailer has experienced a more extreme roller coaster ride than Award Leisure. Reading more like a best-selling novel, the past 12 months has seen the company undergo […]

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SHINING EXAMPLE

This gold award winning entry in the recent UK Pool & Spa Awards’ Sunken/Semi-Sunken Hot Tub Category is a shining advertisement for stainless steel finishes. Specialist suppliers, Morgan Bros (Leisure), were called in by main contractors, Barr + Wray, to complete the transformation of the existing GRP sunken spa at the Carrick Hotel at Loch […]

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MARQUIS RING THE CHANGES

The board of directors at WEXCO Inc., the parent company of employee-owned Marquis Corp., has confirmed two key appointments at its factory headquarters in Independence, Oregon. Senior Vice President Sam Collins has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer for Marquis Corp. Collins is a 35-year company veteran, starting straight from school and rising through […]

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SHOWROOM CHAMPIONS OPEN THIRD SITE

The reigning champions of the UK Pool & Spa Awards, Pool & Spa Showroom of the Year, 1 Stop Spas are taking the wraps of their third show site. The new store in East Bridgeford, Nottingham, will focus on Master Spas and Tuff Spas as well as 1 Stop’s usual footprint of hot tub accessories […]

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RIGHT OF REPLY ON USA VS CHINESE SPAS

Following Rob Carlin’s interesting piece, in the last issue of Hot Tub & Swim Spa Scene, I wanted to add my own take on things, writes Richard Hart of the Aqua Warehouse Group. The article centred round the rise of the Chinese spa manufacturers versus American producers. Now Rob was very polite and careful with […]

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