The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance has awarded the 2025 Greg Garrett Scholarship to Chad Bland, owner of Pool Certs, and McKenna Paschell, aquatic facilities designer at Absolute Pool Care, LLC. The winners were honored during an awards ceremony at the 2025 International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo in Las Vegas on Oct. 21.
The Amenity Collective, North America’s leading provider of single-source solutions across the aquatics, fitness and recreation industries, announced two senior leadership appointments. Phil Carter and Kevin Mac have both been named executive vice presidents of new business development, responsible for leading integrated commercial strategy across The Amenity Collective’s 12 brands.
Pure Swim owner Rich Gallo was selected for the 2025 Talking Pools Podcast Mentor of the Year award, becoming the first recipient of the Mentor Championship Belt.
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance announced Southern Nevada Health District in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the recipient of the 2025 Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant. SNHD was honored during the PHTA Awards of Excellence Reception at the 2025 International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo in Las Vegas.
The largest global franchise pool service brand, Poolwerx, announced Nic Brill as global CEO, effective Oct 2.
The Pool Horizons Summit Barcelona 2025 will gather global industry leaders, innovators and educators on Nov. 17 to discuss the role of swimming pools as spaces that promote health, inclusion and community. The event will be held as part of the Piscina Barcelona trade fair. Created in 2023, Pool Horizons is an international initiative that…
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance welcomes public review and comments on revisions to the ANSI/APSP/ICC-11 2019 American National Standard for Water Quality in Public Pools and Spas. Public review is a fundamental part of the American National Standards Institute standards consensus development process.
JED Pool Tools, a manufacturer of swimming pool maintenance equipment and accessories, has received a Customer Excellence Award from Estes Freight, the largest privately held freight transportation company in North America.
The International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo brought together professionals from over 40 countries for three days of education, networking and product innovation, highlighting new technologies shaping the pool, spa and outdoor living industries.
The National Drowning Prevention Alliance has introduced its “Commitment to Safer Waters” Seal Program, designed to publicly recognize companies and organizations within the pool, spa and aquatic safety industries that demonstrate meaningful action toward drowning prevention and water safety awareness.
Nidec U.S. MOTORS has expanded its TITAN motor line with two new weather-protected vertical frame sizes and a new enclosed fan-cooled 2-pole horizontal motor extension. The models are designed to serve applications in water and wastewater, petroleum, chemical and electric power industries.
The Float Like A Duck water safety initiative has recognized three-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines with its Water Safety Hero Award for his leadership and advocacy in promoting water safety.