Alex Kemsley, managing director of the Waterstream Group, based near Gatwick in West Sussex, is so confident of an Indian Summer, that he is guaranteeing the sunshine for anyone who buys a £6k plus pool or a hot tub from them between now and the official end of British Summer Time – and paying them in hard cash if he’s wrong!
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Easily the biggest and most influential stage on the global pool and spa stage, Piscine 2012 gets set to raise its biennial curtain in Lyon this autumn, from November 13 to 16. Every two years, Piscine, the global spa and private pool exhibition and Aqualie, the commercial and wellness show and conference, combine to form […]
Taking the notion of plug and play spa to a whole new dimension, self-styled spa enthusiast and all-round clever guy, Ian Bowden has come up with a new style of mobile hot tub. An enterprising ‘Brit’ living mostly in Sweden and also in Spain, Ian began to explore the possibility of a portable spa pool […]
The curtain has gone up on a unique style of cinema where the patrons enjoy their movies from shared hot tubs.
Throughout September, a large decorated rooftop, in Hackney, East London, complete with Moroccan-style tents and 14 portable spas, was transformed into the Hot Tub Cinema.
SPATEX, the annual swimming pool and hot tub business exhibition has launched a promotional campaign to attract visitors to the Brighton event at the Hilton Metropole Hotel from Sunday to Tuesday, February 3rd to 5th next year.
With a distinctive post-Olympics and Paralympics buzz, Leisure Industry Week, the traditional curtain-raiser to an autumn and winter season of business to business leisure exhibitions, set the 2012 show bar very high . Aimed at the commercial leisure markets, LIW offers a mixed menu to ensure it has something to offer all tastes. Read more…
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. “The 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,” says Stephen. “The 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,” Stephen continues.
HotSpring World has supported the Scotsdales Charitable Foundation and Cambridge Cancer Help Centre by giving away a hot tub worth over £7,000. Having recently opened a new hot tub showroom at the Scotsdales Garden Centre in Cambridge, HotSpring World was eager to help reach this final fundraising goal so donated the hot tub from the […]
A team of 19 staff from Bosta UK pipe and pool equipment suppliers, is celebrating after successfully completing its Three Peaks Challenge, raising more than £5000 for its two worthy causes – the St. Nicholas Hospice and Help For Heroes. The last of the team to complete the gruelling challenge reached the top of Scafell […]
A soggy start to the show season for many spa retailers, the persistent rainy weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of the UK’s newest spa team, Interhiva UK. The team dodged the rain clouds to put on a strong MAAX spa showing at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh in June supporting Maax spas dealer, […]
