Returning to the Ricoh Arena for the second year in succession, SPATEX 2015 descended upon the Jaguar Exhibition Hall over the first weekend in February. More than 100 exhibitors took to the show floor, 30 per cent of which were new to the SPATEX arena, together presenting a vast array of products and expertise. “We […]
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QHotels is investing over £1.5 million in creating a city centre day spa brand inside the iconic Manchester hotel, The Midland. The former health club is currently being completely replaced with a new, state of the art, yet highly accessible spa which is set to open in June 2015. The spa will boast a Himalayan […]
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 […]
Diabetes UK has revealed the UK’s swimming hotspots, ahead of the launch its national swimming challenge. People in Sevenoaks in Kent and Westminster in central London swim more regularly than anywhere else in the country, according to the league table based on Sport England data. Other regions in the top 10 include Fylde in Lancashire, […]
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, […]
Work is well underway at Inverness Leisure on the refurbishment of the existing pool filtration equipment and the installation of a state-of-the-art backwash water recovery system. Main contractor Morrison Construction appointed aqua leisure specialist Barr + Wray to renovate the filtration equipment used in both the 25m competition pool and the three flume leisure pools. […]
The pool and spa sectors breathed a collective sigh of relief as a combination of warmer and drier weather, together with an improved economic outlook, boosted consumer confidence and corresponding pool and spa sales. Portable hot tubs were the biggest winners of 2014 with across the board reports of sales increases around 20% plus. So […]
Boasting two 50m swimming pools, the Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex is one of the most sought-after leisure facilities in the country. Welcoming over 100,000 visitors through its doors annually, the leisure complex serves the community in the London Borough of Hillingdon, as well as people from the surrounding boroughs and the South East region. […]
A commercial pool featuring the new Guncast spiral lift moving floor system provides the centre piece of a university sports centre in Quebec, Canada. The existing pool did not give the university the flexibility they needed to make the most efficient use of the facility, practically, economically or financially. A moving floor would transform the […]
