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10 SPN FEB 2010 IndustryNews
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GRAN CANARIA VENUE
SPLASH SPAS LAUNCH
FOR COMPASS POOL’S
CONSUMER HOT TUB SITE
EURO CONFERENCE
Splash Spas Ltd has launched a dedicated, hot tubs only, e-commerce
website,
www.hottubsuk.co.uk, for consumers looking to purchase
their own hot tub. It provides a ‘one stop shop’ for consumers to buy
their hot tub with a comprehensive hot tub comparison tool,
combined with objective and straight-forward advice about safe
water care and treatment methods.
Splash Spas has launched the new website that aims to emulate
the company’s success in the on-line retail supply of hot tub
chemicals and accessories by launching a new site at
www.hottubsuk.co.uk.
The range of hot tubs for sale from
www.hottubsuk.co.uk span
from the latest inflatable ‘bubble spas’ from China to high-end acrylic
hot tubs from the USA.
Andre Knight, a director of Splash Spas, said: “The UK hot tub
market needed a website that was easy to use, well informed and
offered the consumer impartial advice about water treatment as
well as just bandying on about a particular tubs ‘jet count’ or
other bells and whistles.” He added: “Consumers need to know
about how important water care is when owning and operating a
hot tub so that they can make the best, safe choice for them and
their lifestyle.”
BLOW-UP POOLS NEED
GREATER WARNINGS
Water safety experts are owners that it is vital to check all
demanding better warning year around to protect young
Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands When he started the company labels worldwide on blow-up children from drowning in garden
was the venue for a pan -European Ian’s original desire was to build swimming pools, as new figures pools,” Royal Life Saving boss
marketing and sales conference the best, safest family pools released show drowning deaths David Macallister said.
for Compass Ceramic Pools. possible – pools they would be are on the rise. Blow-up pools are of particular
Over 150 delegates happy for their own family to Many countries in 2009 saw a concern with some lacking
representing dealerships and enjoy, pools they would be happy record number of drowning in warnings that a fence is required
franchise holders from all over to sell. home pools – many of them if they are more than 30cm deep.
Europe attended the four day The company philosophy has unsupervised blow-up pools Michael Ilinsky from Royal Life
event held for the first time on the lead Compass Pools to become where regulations such as alarms Saving said: “They are shocking,
glamorous Gran Canaria. world leaders in the industry with and fencing are often not absolutely shocking, there has to
Delegates came from every the invention in 1993 of a new relevant. be an elevated approach to put
corner of Europe from Russia, the patented technology – the The campaign for greater blow- out some form of mandatory
Ukraine, Belgium, Poland, Ceramic Composite pool, with Bi- up pool warnings started in warnings on these types of
Germany, Spain and the UK where luminite interior – technology Australia where leading products to warn parents of the
Selwyn Mindell and his wife Diane that has been licensed to pool newspaper The Daily Telegraph risks.”
represented the UK franchise of builders in Western Australia, launched a campaign for all pools “You put it up, put over a metre
Compass Pools. Northern Territory and the USA. to be fenced, for councils to keep of water in some of them and it is
Delegates had a mixture of More recently they pioneered the a register of pools and inspect in the middle of the garden.”
work sessions and social events world’s first successful, affordable them every three years and for “This isn’t a local problem or
over the conference with goal in-floor cleaning and circulation fines to be enforced. even a problem in Australia. These
setting for 2010 and emphasis system for Composite pools – the “The message doesn’t seem to pools can bring danger anywhere
put on product development Compass Vantage System. be getting through to pool in the world.“
and marketing of the Compass
Pools range.
The event was hosted by Zoltan
Berghauer, Director-General of STA APPOINT REGIONAL SALES MANAGER
Compass Pools, together with
Miro Ruziak and Tibor Heszatros. The Swimming Teachers’ Association has appointed Laura Bower as
Compass branded pool Regional Sales Manager for the Midlands and the North. Laura joins the
equipment featured as did a new STA from Coventry Sports Trust where she has spent the last two years
internet and home page. Ian working as a Swimming Brand Manager responsible for the strategic
Merritt who with his wife started growth and development of the Trust’s Learn to Swim Programme.
building the original range of Laura, who graduated from Loughborough University in 2005 with a
Compass Pools in 1980 was at first class honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science, said; “I will be
the conference. He made a looking for opportunities where I can apply my knowledge and
presentation on the company’s experience to ensure they derive the maximum benefit from the range
activities in the Australian of products and services offered by the STA.”
market.
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