Biggest ever Aussie pool & spa trade show
The 2014 SPLASH! Pool & Spa Trade Show has proven to be the biggest and best ever held.
More than 2000 visitors came to see the 105 exhibits and participate in the extensive education program including the first ever World Aquatic Health Conference held outside the United States.
A wide range of visitors attended, including pool builders, service technicians, retailers, landscapers, wholesalers, distributors, architects, sports and aquatic centre management, government, construction managers and engineers.
The visitors came from every state of Australia, New Zealand, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, UAE and the USA. The exhibitors also had an international flavour including companies from Singapore, China, the United States, Hong Kong, New Zealand, England and Belgium.
About 1000 people were estimated to have attended the SPASA Alliance welcome reception around the award winning Jupiters pool, while the inaugural SPASA Australia awards night had been sold out for weeks beforehand. The golf day, sponsored by Lo-Chlor, finished the week with Steve Rae from Malibu Pools taking home the great prize of a trip to Vegas to compete in the World Shootout Championships in 2015.
Interpoint managing director Simon Cooper says the 2014 event was the biggest and most diverse pool and spa trade show ever held in Australia.
“We had more than 100 exhibitors and more than 2000 visitors, making it the biggest pool and spa trade show we’ve run. What’s more, an even more diverse range of delegates than usual attended thanks to a number of the related SPLASH! Week events including the World Aquatic Health Conference, the ALFA Queensland Conference, the Certificate III and IV training, the big combined awards night, and several conferences and forums organised by industry organisations and suppliers, many of which involved bringing in senior representatives from overseas.
“In all, we’re extremely pleased with the week and the feedback I’ve received is that the trade show visitors, conference delegates and exhibitors all found the experience highly rewarding and profitable.”
Cooper made a point of thanking sponsors AstralPool, Bioniser and Eagles, as well as the Alliance for sponsoring the drinks, LoChlor for sponsoring the golf and Sunbather for sponsoring the SPLASH! Environmental Awards.
Interpoint said that the standout sessions in the education program included a seminar from Ernest Gavery of Solazone, and a discussion on increasing sales of swimming pools hosted by Cal Stanley. Site visits included Turtle Beach and the very popular option to tour the Commonwealth Games pools at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre which is not yet open to the public.
The next SPLASH! expos are Piscine SPLASH! Asia from May 20-21, 2015 in Singapore, and SPLASH! NZ in Auckland from June 21-23, 2015.
For more information email the event organisers or call 1300 789 845.
There will be a full review of the show in the August printed edition of SPLASH!
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