FIRA DE BARCELONA
        
        
          | 2013
        
        
          REPORT
        
        
          Piscina Barcelona
        
        
          Swimming Pool International Show
        
        
          15-18/October
        
        
          Gran Via. 11th event
        
        
          Piscina 2013 was a landmark for the show and
        
        
          turned Barcelona into the world capital of the new
        
        
          water culture, which combines welfare, sports,
        
        
          leisure, pleasure and health.
        
        
          Over four days, the the Gran Via venue
        
        
          received the most important companies of the
        
        
          sector of residential swimming pools, wellness and
        
        
          sports, and recreational aquatic facilities, 62% of
        
        
          which were international. The event, which brought
        
        
          together exhibitors from 26 countries, reinforced
        
        
          its internationality: 45% of the more than 17,000
        
        
          professional visitors were foreign, coming from
        
        
          almost a hundred countries, including France,
        
        
          Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Israel, Germany,
        
        
          Argentina, United States, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine,
        
        
          Morocco and Arab Emirates.
        
        
          With the aim of widening its offer and turning
        
        
          into a knowledge and networking platform for
        
        
          the sector, the event hosted the first edition of
        
        
          the Wellness & Spa Experiences Event, which
        
        
          gathered a reputed group of international experts
        
        
          who emphasised the essential elements needed
        
        
          for a wellness centre that aspires to combine
        
        
          quality and profitability.
        
        
          In addition to wellness, Piscina tackled on the
        
        
          world of fitness, coinciding for two days with Body
        
        
          Life Barcelona, an event specialized in the fitness
        
        
          sector organised by Health Beauty and Fira, which
        
        
          presented proposals for equipment, management
        
        
          and design of sports facilities. With this joint
        
        
          offer, Piscina Barcelona showcased a complete
        
        
          picture of the new concept of welfare to all the
        
        
          professionals interested in the world of water,
        
        
          health and sports.
        
        
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          AREA
        
        
          11,500 m
        
        
          2
        
        
          (net)
        
        
          EXHIBITORS
        
        
          300
        
        
          TYPE
        
        
          Professional
        
        
          ACTIVITIES
        
        
          First edition of Wellness
        
        
          & Spa Experiences Event,
        
        
          Piscina Barcelona 2013
        
        
          awards for innovation and
        
        
          sustainability, first edition
        
        
          of Waterpark Symposium,
        
        
          new products area
        
        
          62%
        
        
          international companies