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92 SPN FEB 2010 ShowReview INT�L POOL, SPA & PATIO EXPO, LAS VEGAS
INDUSTRY RECOVERY STILL TWO
YEARS AWAY WARNS THE US
T
he world�s largest pool and hot tub �In the meantime pool renovation and quality this year. The quality and quantity of
market says that 2010 will be a year refurbishments are vital. Sadly we still believe the exhibitors was well worth our time and
of only partial recovery for the there will be further casualties in 2010 of cost to attend. We walked away with several
specialist trade. businesses who are still finding it tough to new and innovative products for 2010 that
The message to come out of the United keep their businesses together.� we would not have seen had we chosen not to
States, 2009 International Pool, Spa and Total attendance at the Las Vegas event attend,� said one visitor.
Patio Expo in the Bayside Halls at the was 9,118, with 825 fewer visitors than the The APSP Live Workshops taught attendees
Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las 2008 show.  how to use, sell and install the latest pool and
Vegas, was that any sort of full market Attendees represented all 50 states, with spa equipment, materials and techniques
recovery was still two years off. the largest number from California, Texas, through a series of 11 sessions.  Sponsored by
Industry predictions at the show said that Arizona, Florida, Nevada, New York, Illinois, the APSP Builders Council and Service Council,
there were signs of some recovery in the last Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  The workshop topics included salt water pool
quarter of 2009. largest number of international attendees chemistry, decorative coatings, control
�The hot tub market has been more severe came from Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Australia, systems, pumps and hydraulics, safety
and the best we can hope for in 2010 is United Kingdom, France, Brazil, Netherlands, systems, suction entrapment, as well as a
progress especially at the top end of the China, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, Ecuador plastering and shotcrete demonstration. 
market. We may never see the return to pre- and Venezuela.
recession sales and there have been so many A total of 433 exhibiting companies were Make Plans for 2010
casualties that the market has changed,� said at the event and the show floor was packed The 2010 Expo will be held from 3 to 5
an Association of Pool and Spa Professionals with a wide variety of pools, spas, hot tubs, November, two weeks earlier than originally
spokesman. water features, casual furniture, pumps and scheduled.  Held in the Bayside Halls at the
�Pool building is better, considerably heaters, lighting, landscape d�cor, hearth, Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas,
better than 12 months ago. Our view is that grills and much more. the conference will be held from 31 October to
we still have a tough 18 months ahead of us While there were less exhibitors than last 5 November.  Housing will open in March and
before the financial situation improves year, attendees were quite pleased with the online registration will open in June.  
enough for us to say � �yes we�ve come assortment of companies and product Visit www.poolspapatio.com for more
through this�. selection. �I found the show to be of top information on next year�s event.
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