Olympic Hot Tub
in 1977, Alice Cunningham and her husband, Blair Osborn, left good jobs to start Olympic Hot Tub Company. Cunningham says…
Mermaid Pools & Hot Tubs
Our SR columnist Dave Riley reported in a recent column that 28 percent of hot tub business sales are to…
Barto Pool & Spa
Amy Barto and her brother Jeff Barto worked in the family business off and on for most of their lives….
American Pools and Spas
Mike Beani, owner of American Pools and Spas in Whitehall, Penn., says getting into the pool and spa business was…
Combined Pool & Spa
“IF THERE’S A BETTER way of doing something, we’re going to do it,” says Tom Junck, co-owner of Combined Pool…
Premiere Hot Tubs
WHEN BILL MEYER, owner of Premiere Hot Tubs in Austin, Tex., talks about his focus on closing sales, he wants…
Halcyon Spas
MOST WOULD AGREE that 56 is not all that old, but Duane Hunt, owner of Halcyon Spas in Regina, Saskatchewan,…
Viscount Pools, Spas and Billiards
IMAGINE RECOVERING FROM THIS: It’s the spring of 2009 and you just spent $25,000 on a two-week radio campaign. In…
Swim Fitness
WHEN THE FOLKS AT MASTER SPAS convinced Joe Stone to jump back into the hot tub industry, he knew the…
Pristine Pools and Spas
IN MAY OF 2010, Pristine Pools and Spas moved into a 20,000-square-foot showroom, 18,000 square feet larger than where it…
Fun Outdoor Living
WHEN MONEY IS TIGHT, it can be tempting to slash the marketing budget first. But for Fun Outdoor Living, that…
Evergreen Hot Tubs
MISHAWAKA, IND.-BASED Evergreen Hot Tubs has been in business for almost a quarter century. The company has spent those years…