The International Swimming Pool Exhibition “starts moving”

The Salón Internacional de la Piscina 2001 (The International Swimming Pool Exhibition) will be held in Barcelona from 17th to 20th October 2001. Innovations include the new venue of the Exhibition at the Montjuïc-2 Halls, with all the advantages of a modern location.
The international projection of the event, started in the last edition in October 1999, has led its promoters to start-up a complete communications programme (invitations, direct marketing and campaign in the trade press), to attract professional visitors and exceed the good results achieved in 1999.
Direct information through the web provides professionals with a summary of activities, with direct access to participation applications, discount vouchers for travel and hotels accommodation and other services of interest.


EVOLUTION OF THE SWIMMING POOL EXHIBITION

In 1999, the Exhibition covered a surface area of 14,241 sq.m., with a participation of 264 companies, 115 of which were from abroad, equivalent to 43.6% of the total. The presence of 11,632 professional visitors from all over the world is proof of the quality and diversity of the exhibition, and establishes Barcelona as an international meeting point for the swimming pool industry.
Following the European integration process and organised by ASOFAP, a meeting was held with the presidents of European Associations of Equipment, Chemical Product Manufacturers, Pool Builders, Technicians and Producers to promote the study of a single Standard that is able to control, in a unified fashion and with the same criteria for all EU countries, the quality of water and its maintenance, together with building and environmental safety.
Several acts took place during the exhibition, such as the 5th Congress of Aquatic Activities.
Since it started in 1994, the Exhibition has progressed to such an extent that in the near future, Barcelona is predicted as becoming the capital in Europe for swimming pools.