BISHTA has issued a nationwide hot tub consumer safety alert about the risks of hot tubs within the UK that are operating at more than 40°C and are potentially a fatality risk. A new study of the current UK hot tub market by BISHTA has highlighted that there is a growing trend of some hot tub suppliers promoting the fact that their products can be adjusted by owners to have … [Read more...]
Piscine Global Europe digital promotion
Piscine Global Europe organisers have reported that a special digital platform edition will be running in November to provide exhibitors with a virtual event to replace the physical France-based wet leisure extravaganza. With Covid-19 pandemic restricting the travel arrangements for international wet leisure exhibitors and trade representatives visiting major exhibitions … [Read more...]
Call for 2020 survey respondents
Hot tub and swim spa specialists are being asked to take part in the 2020 Wet Leisure Survey along with their pool market counterparts that will help to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. After launching the Wet Leisure Survey in 2011, and then publishing the inaugural results and analysis during SPATEX 2012, this will be the tenth time that Barnstaple-based Golden … [Read more...]
SPATEX 2021 going virtual
SPATEX organisers have announced that the 2021 edition is moving from a physical to a virtual format with the help of vFairs that is conducting a demonstration of its virtual event platform on Tuesday. After other major wet leisure exhibitions have been postponed this year by the Covid-19 pandemic, and in line with recent government regulation to protect visitors and … [Read more...]
New and old faces join Superior Spas
Thriving Derbyshire-based hot tub and swim spa distributor Superior Spas have welcomed a trio of new recruits and the return of a former employee to provide increased technical and direct support for enhanced customer satisfaction. After previously working as the Client Relations Manager for the Alfreton-based warehouse storage and logistics specialist Silver X Group, Gemma … [Read more...]
SPATEX wave of optimism
SPATEX organisers are riding a hot tub wave of optimism while preparing for the 25th anniversary edition of the wet leisure showcase after other European exhibition schedules have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The organisers are confident that the 2021 event will be a success, which also marks BISHTA’s 20th anniversary and SPATA’s 60th anniversary and have been … [Read more...]
Marquis gains special anniversary tribute
Marquis granted a wish for a leukaemia sufferer twenty years ago and now the manufacturer’s first Make-A-Wish recipient has paid a special anniversary tribute of praise after purchasing another hot tub by the iconic brand. Andrea was only 15 when she was diagnosed with leukaemia. Chemotherapy was necessary to save her life, but this resulted in extreme joint pain and made … [Read more...]
Final call for hot tub prize nominations
RotoSpa is making a final call for nominations of deserving ‘heroes’ who have gone the extra mile during the Covid-19 pandemic and could be in with a chance to win a DuraSpa S380 hot tub. The Sutton Coldfield-based British manufacturer, which has reported that it has been selling five times as many hot tubs as normal due to increased demand in the spring and summer months, … [Read more...]
Grant aid for Piscine Global exhibitors
Piscine Global Europe organisers have reported that new grants are available for hot tub product exhibitors to be among over 700 wet leisure specialists that have confirmed they will be attending the exhibition in November. With the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown retail and travel restrictions being eased by European countries, the Piscine Global Europe organisers GL Events have … [Read more...]
Moving forward with hot tub marketing
BISHTA is urging members to promote their hot tub dealerships effectively during the Covid-19 pandemic as part of the announcement for the launch of entries for the 2021 British Pool & Hot Tub Awards. With its ‘BISHTA moving forward’ strategy during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the association has been implementing new measures to assist members with their showroom … [Read more...]