SPLASH! Asia a Success in Singapore

Last week's SPLASH! Asia international trade show for the pool and spa industry was the first exhibition to address the opportunities and challenges facing the Asian pool and spa sector.
Held last week at the Raffles Convention Centre in Singapore, the event attracted 5 exhibitors from Australia, Singapore, Canada, New Zealand, France, USA, Malaysia, UK, Germany and China.
As Simon Cooper, Managing Director of organiser Interpoint Events & Publisher of SPLASH! Magazine explains "the award-winning SPLASH! Trade Shows are currently held in Australia and New Zealand and this was our first event in Asia.
"We recognised the market was different with greater emphasis on the commercial sector (and the) seminar program reflected this with the most popular seminars being on water chemistry and commercial filtration."
SPLASH! Asia was sponsored by the Pentair Pool Group, whose Director Hugh Smith added "the show was definitely what I expected. We had visitors from all over the region - there is a real thirst for knowledge and specialty training. All in all (the show was) fantastic and we will certainly be included in the future."
David Close, of welcome reception sponsor NSPI, added "SPLASH Asia worked. (It was) an amazing hub for all of Asia (and) we fielded questions from Singapore, Malaya, Indonesia, UAE and even India.
"There was a good steady flow of prospects (while) our Professional Development Workshop was well received, and the topics generated a series of separate meeting with Singapore Government officials. Follow up emails were back in Brisbane before we were!"
The show attracted more than 650 attendees from 21 countries. More than 60% of attendees came from outside Singapore making SPLASH! Asia a truly international event. Talks were held with a number of organisations to further develop the event for 2013.
For more information on future SPLASH! events contact Melanie Robertson on 02 8586 6115.
melanie@intermedia.com.au