Rain, Rain Go Away!

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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US Show Returns To New Orleans

  After a nine year absence, the Pool Spa and Patio Expo returns to New Orleans taking place November 6-8, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, with the educational conference taking place November 3-8. Online registration is available at www.PoolSpaPatio.com/ attendee, where information is constantly accessible. Registering in advance will save […]

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Inventive Spirit Takes Plug And Play Spa To New Dimension

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 […]

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Swimming Back To Nature

Maybe it is their love of Freizeit and Nature but the Germans are leading a stampede for natural swimming ponds across Europe. Very similar to natural garden ponds, they are specifically designed for swimming in clean, pure water that is free from chemicals.

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Lights Down At Hot Tub Cinema

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.

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Good Spa Winners Are Shining Lights

The Good Spa Guide’s annual awards shine a light on the best spas in Britain. This year’s hotly contested results include winners ranging from the well established, such as Ragdale Hall in Leicestershire, to newer kids on the block, such as The Spa in Dolphin Square, London. The awards also gave spa goers the chance […]

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Tough Times Forecast For Spa and Hot Tub Retailers

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.

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Olde Worlde Charm

  Not quite a boutique hotel and not quite a country house hotel, The Feversham Arms Hotel, with its award-winning wellness facilities, is recognised as one of the leading small luxury hotels in the world. Set in Helmsley, a market town in the heart of North Yorkshire, guests can enjoy a hotel that has a […]

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HotSpring World Makes A Difference

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 […]

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Award-Winning Swimming Design Is Fit For Purpose

This award-winning pool was constructed by the team from David Hallam Swimming Pools who provided the specialist water leisure knowledge on a special educational needs school building project in Rutland by main contractor, Willmott Dixon. The pool is 10m x 5m x1m and has a turnover of approximately half an hour. Equipment includes chemical control […]

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