{"id":855,"date":"2025-12-15T16:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispe.co.uk\/wb\/?p=855"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:24:08","slug":"spatex-2026-the-show-everyone-is-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispe.co.uk\/wb\/2025\/12\/15\/spatex-2026-the-show-everyone-is-talking-about\/","title":{"rendered":"SPATEX 2026: The Show Everyone is Talking About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spatex.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispe.co.uk\/wb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SPATEX2026-PR-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ispe.co.uk\/wb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SPATEX2026-PR-Banner.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.ispe.co.uk\/wb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SPATEX2026-PR-Banner-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ispe.co.uk\/wb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SPATEX2026-PR-Banner-768x337.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thinking BIG starts at SPATEX 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This special 30th anniversary SPATEX isn\u2019t just the UK\u2019s BIGGEST water leisure showcase, in continuing its quest to offer the UK\u2019s most up-to-the-minute and authoritative guidance in the management of water leisure facilities, the 2026 event has its best double seminar programme to date. 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