We have thrown out the template for this issue of SpaRetailer. While you’ll find some of the regular sections, many have been replaced to make room for articles devoted to marketing. It’s something we’ve never done before, even in our other themed issues, so I’m excited to share it with you. Marketing is one of…
Visitors to apsp.org and nspf.org will find a new logo at the header of these webpages. The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance officially launched April 1, unifying the National Swimming Pool Foundation and the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals. The new organization operates with PHTA as the umbrella, leading industry-wide advocacy, alliances and promotions….
On January 22, the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals and National Swimming Pool Foundation announced (again) that they were going to merge. Today we’re joined by Larry Caniglia, CEO of APSP, to discuss the reasons behind the merge, where they’re at in the process and what the industry can do to help the merge…
The National Swimming Pool Foundation and the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals announced that the organizations will unify to form the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance. The unification was approved by the boards of directors of both organizations at the end of last week and work is underway to finalize the structure of the…
The National Swimming Pool Foundation has awarded 17 scholarships and fellowships to college and graduate students for the 2018 academic year. “We are all about education,” says Thomas Lachocki, CEO at NSPF. “When a member of our CPO Certification family is pursuing a college degree, we are pleased to help.” In August, all recipients were…
The National Swimming Pool Foundation has added two new members to its board of directors as another retires. Brian Van Bower and Skip Phillips, both Society of Watershape Designers Masters and the founders of Genesis, have joined the board of directors. In January of 2016 Genesis merged with NSPF. “The addition of Genesis to the…