INCREASING CONCERN
for our well-being has provided a major boost for the pool industry.
is the future. The connected pool market currently accounts for a very low percentage of the total, and my company’s target is to have sold one million connected pools by 2025. The presence of swimming pools in the world has also changed, given that, in addition to residential pools, whose owners and managers are demanding more and more maintenance facilities, the pools located in the different tourist structures have also evolved; whereas in the past hotels only had a swimming pool, nowadays they have an integrated spa, a wellness zone with cold, warm and hot water and a children’s area offering water games, among many other features. This year coinciding with its 25th
anniversary, holding an exhibition like Piscina & Wellness Barcelona, is essential, because each event renews its commitment to innovation.
WELLNESS EXPERIENCE In addition, the fair will also
present the Wellness Experience Awards for the best spa, health resort, thalassotherapy centre and thermal or wellness technique and the International Competition for Students of Architecture, devoted to water facility projects. The fair will also provide a space
devoted to start-ups, organised in partnership with Fluidra Accelera, where fifteen emerging firms will
present disruptive solutions in the water, aquatic facility and wellness sectors. In the same area, these entrepreneurs will explain the main characteristics of their proposals to other companies in the sector and investors. The purpose of all these initiatives
is to confirm our commitment to RDI and its momentum and recognition because, without any investment in this area (Spain, with more than 1.2 million units, ranks fourth in the world and second in Europe in terms of the number of swimming pools), we wouldn’t have such a well-established industrial sector, currently one of the most dynamic and international on the planet. Thus, it just remains for me to
encourage all the professionals from the sector not to miss Piscina & Wellness Barcelona, a fair which, since its first year in 1994, has contributed to energising one of the healthiest markets in the country. It’s a strategic meeting point for
companies seeking to find out more about the latest market innovations, consolidate their distribution networks, expand their domestic and international customer portfolios and discover new ideas to diversify their businesses and, in short, invest in knowledge and networking. It’s a valuable opportunity to
exchange experiences and to greet each other in person. We look forward to seeing you.
15 -18 OCTOBER
Piscina & Wellness Barcelona will be held from 15 to 18 October 2019 in Halls 1 and 2 of Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue.
ELOI PLANES TOOK UP HIS
current position as Fluidra’s chief executive, heading the merger with US company American Zodiac in 2017-18.
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