With over 90 confirmed exhibitors, SPATEX 2017 will welcome leading water leisure suppliers and loyal followers to the show. Marking its 21st anniversary milestone SPATEX returns to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena from Tuesday January 31 to Thursday February 2 inclusive, and promises to re-invigorate and re-energise the industry for the year ahead. As usual, SPATEX offers […]
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Every year BISHTA and SPATA come together to promote and celebrate the excellence of their member companies nationwide and overseas in the British Pool & Hot Tub Awards. The annual awards showcase the best examples of water leisure design, construction, installation and innovation from member companies of the trade associations and they also provide the […]
Despite fears of an economic downturn following Brexit, the UK’s leading water leisure show, SPATEX 2017, reports that sales of exhibition space are as buoyant as ever. “The exhibition attracts a significant proportion of international exhibitors, and fortunately the fears of an economic downturn have not translated into a reduction in sales,“ says Organiser Michele […]
Celebrating 21 years of success, the water leisure industry is making SPATEX the UK wet leisure event of the year. “We could not have wished for a better start to the year,” says SPATEX’s very happy organiser, Michele Bridle. “We are passionate about building on the success of the 2016 Show, which saw a 28 […]
The organisers of SPATEX 2017 are already gearing up for a bumper edition of the industry show, which will take place from Tuesday January 31 – Thursday February 2, 2017. Organiser Michele Bridle says we can expect all of SPATEX’s much-loved, familiar ingredients, coupled with some exciting new twists next year. “We are grateful and […]
Attracting over 450 delegates over the three days, the ISPE Workshops at SPATEX were extremely well-supported once again. Covering over twenty topics there really was something of interest to everyone and delegates packed the ISPE technical arena to take advantage of the information on offer. Whilst ISPE Workshop attendance was around 6 per cent up […]
Alex Kemsley, the incoming BSPF President, gives his view on his forthcoming year in office… Taking on the role of BSPF President is a great honour, given the existing work commitments that I already have with my own company and as Chairman of BISHTA and also as a PIP Committee member. It is reassuring to […]
Acknowledged as the best to date at its new Midlands base, the 20th anniversary SPATEX signalled a return to the good times for the combined water leisure sectors. Welcoming 1,426 unique visitors and with well over 120 high quality companies exhibiting, the event delivered on multiple fronts. For three days the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at […]
Offering a concerted strategy to attract more shoppers into specialist pool and spa stores, Bayrol, operating in the UK exclusively through PPG, has unveiled a combination of initiatives to energise its UK retailers. Speaking at the recent PPG seminar, Bayrol’s Juergen Konig revealed some key tactics in the battle to attract more traffic away from […]
Now entering its 38th year, the Institute of Swimming Pool Engineers enjoyed a busy last quarter of 2015, with technical seminars, filtration workshops and the AGM. John Cheek, FISPE, was inaugurated as the new ISPE President as Allen Wilson, FISPE completed his two year term of office. October also saw the retirement from the Institute […]
