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ShowsRoundup DEC 2010 SPN
INTERBAD LEADS THE WAY WITH CONFERENCE THEME
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SHOW DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Pool Expo 2010 – Turkey Istanbul, Turkey 2 - 5 December
Tel: +90 (212) 290 3333 W:
www.hmsf.com
Canadian Pool & Spa Expo Toronto, Canada 6 - 9 December T: +1 416 291 9940 W:
www.poolandspaexpo.ca
Salon de la Piscine & du Spa Paris, France 4 - 12 December T: +33 (0)1 47 56 64 65 W:
www.salonpiscineparis.com
Europe following the success of the German interbad event in October. The international fair for swimming pools, saunas and spas attracted more international guests alongside a record 465 exhibitors at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre. Yet it was the accompanying programme of events taking place alongside the exhibitors which, say organisers, showed the trend for visitors wanting a conference theme to help develop their businesses. More than 1,000 attended the seminars and presentations at the 62nd Congress for the Recreational and Medicinal Bath Industry and the Spa Market Conference.
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A new swimming pool congress looked at private swimming pools which were hugely well received. Further specialist conferences such as public swimming pools, physical
radical re think on what trade shows have to offer visitors may be developed throughout
therapy, sauna and swimming pool personnel presented current developments from the various areas of the industry.
Important features at the event programme were the special area ‘Bathing in Light’ and the presentation of the first public value award for commercial swimming pools which went to the indoor swimming pool at Helene- Weigel-Platz in Berlin, to an indoor swimming pool in Bremen and to a leisure pool near Stuttgart. The award recognised the value these public swimming pools made to society and how a public swimming pool can contribute to the welfare of a community. At the special area ‘Bathing in Light’, the European Waterpark Association showed visitors how light can be used as a design element to create a relaxing atmosphere.
The event which took place from 13 to 16 October attracted 16,000 visitors.
Dr Christian Ochsenbauer, Managing Director of the German Association for the Recreational and Medicinal Bath Industry said: “Over 1,000 people registered for the interbad congresses. For the first time, we organised specialist conferences as a main theme for the four day event which attracted plenty of interest. This subject is set to play an increasingly important role in the future. Our research throughout Europe shows that trade shows need to have much more of a conference feel to them. In this industry people are very busy with their businesses and there needs to be quality information and support rather than just the need to see products. This is very much the future here in Germany and I believe elsewhere in Europe.” The next interbad event, with its developed congress programme, will take place from 10 to 13 2012 in Stuttgart.
DUBAI SHOW CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION
The Middle East’s pool and spa industry – now growing faster than almost anywhere in the world – attracted buyers and visitors from all over the world to Dubai.
UK companies led by Certikin and Calorex and including brands such as Filters 4 Spas, Palintest and Tintometer were part of a UK pavilion at the show organised with the support of the UK Trade and Investment Authority. In total more than 70 exhibitors took part in the event – the fourth time the ME Pool and Spa exhibition has been held in Dubai. It attracted over 3,500 visitors and is increasingly being seen as an important show on the calendar. The Middle East region as a whole now has a rapidly expanding pool and spa market with Dubai itself nothing more than a global phenomenon for the sector. The presence of leading hot tub specialists including Canadian Spas and Arctic Spas reflected the dynamism of the hot tub market based in Dubai.
Piscina 2011 Verona, Italy 27 - 28 January T: +39 (0)3 7685 4931 W:
www.fierapiscina.it
SPATEX 2011 Brighton, UK 5 - 7 February T: 01264 358558 W:
www.spatex.co.uk
Aqua-therm Moscow Moscow, Russia 8 - 11 February T: 020 8910 7743
W:
www.aquatherm-moscow.ru
International Pool Salon 2011 Athens, Greece 18 - 21 February T: +30 210 825 0128-9 W:
www.poolaboutsalon.gr
Forumpiscine - Italy Bologna, Italy 24 - 26 February T: +39 051 25 55 44 W:
www.forumpiscine.it
SPLASH! – Asia Singapore 4 - 5 May
Tel: +61 (0)2 9660 2113 W:
www.splashasiaexpo.com
For details of more events and exhibitions running throughout 2011, take a look at the spn website.
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