The BCN 2013 International Swimming Pool Show opens tomorrow. This year , Piscina BCN is evolving, integrating three markets into a single event: Swimming Pools, Wellness, and Sport & Leisure Facilities . The novelty this year comes from this last category, which is focusing on water parks.
The show will host the first edition of the Waterpark Symposium under an agreement signed with the World Waterpark Association (WWA) , a forum in which international experts in the field of water parks will participate, such as Roger Currie, sales director of the construction company Neuman Aqua Ltd. (United Kingdom); Frederic Bouvard, president and CEO of the leisure and fitness center Splashworld (United Kingdom); Damien Latham, operations director of the entertainment holding company Majid Al Futtaim (Dubai); Sean Hinton, vice president of the company Whitewater West Industries (Canada), and Faustino Costa, export director of the pumping systems construction company Herborner Pumpenfabrik LH Hoffmann (Germany).
This is an industry with a growing presence in Spain . Water parks began to be established in the 1980s and registered high annual growth rates until 2011. Despite the economic crisis and the consequent decrease in leisure spending by Spanish families, the water park sector maintained a turnover of €136 million in 2012 (DBK Sectoral Studies Agency, May 2013). According to experts, there is currently a notable surge of interest in water parks, especially in southern Spain, where campsites and hotels are incorporating these structures, designed specifically for the leisure and entertainment of their guests.
October 17th will be the day dedicated to this sector with the Waterpark Symposium . You can check the program on the event’s website . We’re definitely going!
