A month after visiting a children’s education centre in Jamaica back in 2010, Bob Lauter, the ceo of Master Spas, launched The Master Spas Naz Project, a fundraising effort in which dealers would make a donation with each swim spa it sold with the manufacturer matching the amount. The group, along with key executives and […]
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With almost 500 points of sale across 32 countries, Hungarian based Wellis has firmly established itself as one of Europe’s largest spa manufacturers. Having enjoyed steady growth year on year, Wellis products have found increasing popularity among consumers throughout Europe, since the company was established in 2003. Wellis is owned and managed by brothers Zsolt […]
Hot Tub People Inc. worked with Czech-based, one piece pool manufacturer, Niveko, to create this one-piece outdoor training pool in Bristol. A family of keen swimmers, the client requested a swimming pool that would provide an adequate training facility, allowing users to tumble-turn and achieve adequate swimming lengths that could be timed and assessed for […]
Watkins Manufacturing Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of hot tubs, has acquired Endless Pools®, Inc. through its parent company, Masco Corporation. The acquisition allows Watkins to expand its line of personal wellbeing products into the aquatic fitness category, opening new channels of distribution and access to a new customer base. Watkins Manufacturing will maintain the […]
Homewood Leisure officially opened its doors to the public in December, lifting the lid on its brand new showroom facility. Based in East Sussex, the family run company supplies hot tubs, swimming pools, heat pumps, covers and enclosures and also offers pool servicing and maintenance. With higher visitor numbers than expected over the opening weekend, […]
Bristol-based hot tub company Urban Cedar was overwhelmed with sales enquiries recently, after stealing the limelight in an episode of the popular BBC1 programme The Apprentice. The family-run company, which specialises in the design and manufacture of contemporary cedar hot tubs was approached by the BBC in May last year and offered the opportunity to […]
With leading spa and hot tub retailers reporting a third of purchases being made through finance – partnering with the best credit providers is crucial for any business aiming to maximise consumer sales in 2015 and beyond. Statistics also suggest that half of those finance purchasers are opting for bigger ticket items lured by the […]
Peterborough-based Posh Spas Leisure has been appointed as Cal Spas distributor for the UK and Northern Ireland. They will help promote their new role with the help of an endorsement deal with Olympic gymnast and star of Strictly Come Dancing, Louis Smith MBE. The Posh team will be working with Cal Spas and Louis to […]
Having helped train and support spa and hot tub dealers all over the UK in recent years, David Wright, Pleatco’s Perfect Spa Guy 2014, is turning from gamekeeper to poacher with the launch of his own showroom under the Passion4Spas banner. Contracts are now being finalised on a prime site in Hampshire where David will […]
Sustained hot weather provided a boost for the UK water leisure sectors last year as consumers lapped up the good weather and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for outdoor living. In July, the Pool & Spa Scene team carried out a snapshot analysis of some 137 pool and spa businesses with 54 per cent of businesses […]
