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The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, has awarded 2023 Greg Garrett Scholarship Awards to Kaitlyn Bierce, Pool Service Technician for the Neave Group, and Lee Comer, Owner and Operator of Carolina Pools and Backyards. The winners were announced during the PHTA Awards of Excellence Reception at the International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo (PSP/Deck Expo) on November 12, 2023, in Las Vegas, NV.

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, an spa industry, is proud to announce the winners of its 2023 Awards, including Builder of the Year, Service Professional of the Year, Retailer of the Year, Young Professional of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, and Chapter of the Year.

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, is pleased to announce Franceen Gonzales as the winner of the first-ever PHTA Achievement Award. This award was presented during the PHTA Awards of Excellence Reception at the International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo (PSP/Deck Expo) on November 12, 2023, in Las Vegas, NV.

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, released the second-ever Quarterly Pulse Report for the 3rd quarter of 2023. These quarterly reports share the sentiments of pool and spa executives about their company’s performance compared to previous quarters, with a look ahead at how they think their company will perform in the next quarter.

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week November 13-19. The theme of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week is “Registered Apprenticeship: Superhighway to Good Jobs,” highlighting how apprenticeship programs are a proven training model for many industries. During this week, PHTA will be promoting its two Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) for people interested in careers as pool maintenance and service professionals and for pool builders.

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, is pleased to announce that Joseph Laurino, Ph.D., MBA, has been appointed to Chairman of the Board for 2024. Laurino is President and CEO of Periodic Products, Inc., a material science technology company based in Sarasota, FL.

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, is issuing a call for participation on the Standards Consensus Committee (SCC), PHTA’s official consensus voting body. The SCC is responsible for reviewing and voting on all pool, spa, and hot tub standards to be approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, announces the review and revision of ANSI/APSP/ICC-11 2019 American National Standard for Water Quality in Public Pools and Spas and calls for subject matter expert (SME) participation in the PHTA-11 Standard Writing Committee (SWC).

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry, released its first of a series of Quarterly Pulse Reports. The results came from PHTA’s new quarterly industry survey that captures the sentiment of pool and spa executives about their company’s performance compared to previous quarters, with a look ahead at how they think their company will perform in the future quarter. The report shows overall steady growth for the first half of 2023 and a promising outlook for the start of 2024.

Step Into Swim, a non-profit initiative of the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA) dedicated to creating more swimmers through safe swim education, today announced a strategic partnership with Stew Leonard III Water Safety Foundation. The Foundation committed $200,000 and received a direct match from the PHTA Board of Directors, which will help Step Into Swim gift grants to learn-to-swim providers across the Northeast and fund 40,000 swim lessons for thousands of children while driving down the drowning rate.