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Making Scents: The History of Spa Fragrances

Spa fragrances have a long history of masking smells, but they offer specific therapeutic benefits, too.

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The Desert Deep Purple Project

This pool is part of an outdoor design that features a planting palette comprised of plants indigenous to Arizona.

Operation: Jumbo Drop

Herbie Breaux had a problem. The owner of Blackthorne Pools and Spas in Salinas, Calif., needed to place a 14-foot Artesian TidalFit Swim Spa in his client's backyard in the ...

The New Craze: The Hot Tub Boat

What do you get when you cross a boat and a hot tub? In the Netherlands, you get the Hot Tug, a wood-fired hot tub you can sail for picture-perfect, luxuriously ...

Why Do Olympic Divers Go Hot Tubbing After Dives?

You’ve seen it before: an Olympic diver climbs the ladder, pauses for a deep breath and takes an artful plunge into the pool below.

Why Do Olympic Divers Use Hot Tubs After Dives?

At the Olympics, the hot tub is an athlete’s best friend — here’s why.

The New Spa Buyer

Few would deny that life is different now than it was before the Great Recession. It was a devastating blow not just to our economy but to our confidence ..

Manufacturer News

Bullfrog Spas Wins 2012 IDEA Design Award

Olympic Hot Spring Spa Featured in Award-Winning Seattle Landscape

It’s true: Landscape design is a competitive field. Bring a contest into the mix and put a “best landscape” title at stake, and the competition is fierce. Guild Quality, a consortium of builders, announced Prestige Custom Builders of Seattle as the winners of its Back Yard Contest. And what set Prestige’s landscape apart from the rest? It could have been the Vanguard Hot Spring Spa from Olympic Hot Tub sitting in the backyard.

Merlin's Magic

T.J. Moreland is business development manager for Merlin Industries in Hamilton, N.J., a diversified company that makes vinyl liners, safety pool covers, spa covers — and even its own electricity...

Futuristic Hot Tub Design

Spa Design, Ltd., a company established in Hong Kong, has developed a new portable spa design combining portability and perimeter overflow capability.

APSP Releases Water-Management Talking Points

It’s been a dry and hot summer for most of the United States. In much of the nation's midsection and the South, vast swaths are under either “severe” or “extreme” drought conditions, according to the University of Nebraska’s Drought Mitigation Center. These conditions make it likely that pools and hot tubs will be targeted for water-usage restriction by state and local government officials, APSP says. Under “exceptional” conditions (often categorized as Level III or IV), all non-essential water uses are subject to review and restriction. The goal, however, is to move pools and spas as far down the “list”’ as possible, to the point where they are only impacted under the worst (and extremely rare) conditions. Accomplishing this goal requires an energized and proactive membership, willing to engage and demonstrate to state or local officials:

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