ForumPiscine 2027: the leading fair in Italy for the swimming pool sector
From 10 to 12 February 2027, ForumPiscine returns, as part of the wider XLeisure format: the event bringing together the worlds of fitness, wellness, pools and spas. An opportunity to explore and capture the opportunities reshaping the contemporary leisure market.
Bologna, 6 July – There is a common thread linking wellbeing and quality leisure time: today, free time is no longer simply an interval to be filled, but a value to be designed, driven by growing demand for experiences that enhance people’s lives while transforming spaces and services. It is from this shift that XLeisure takes shape – the trade fair for leisure professionals, the event that from 10 to 12 February 2027 will bring the entire contemporary leisure supply chain to BolognaFiere.
Promoted by Editrice Il Campo in collaboration with BolognaFiere, the exhibition returns with the aim of offering an integrated vision of a sector that continues to expand its boundaries and generate new opportunities for investment and growth. It is a universe in which fitness, wellness, aquatic activities, space design, technology and sustainability are increasingly interconnected, shaping the places and experiences of tomorrow’s leisure industry.
In 2027, XLeisure once again positions itself as the hub where the many dimensions of leisure meet and take centre stage, bringing together under one roof the 18th edition of ForumPiscine and the 28th edition of ForumClub. These two long-standing events have, over time, helped define standards, language and development paths within their respective sectors. ForumPiscine – the International Pool & Spa Expo – is the leading event in Italy for the entire swimming pool sector, involving manufacturers, distributors, designers, facility operators and industry professionals. Its exhibition offering is complemented by an extensive programme addressing the sector’s most pressing challenges, from technology and management to new models of sustainability and facility use. Alongside it, ForumClub is Italy’s leading B2B event dedicated to fitness, wellness and sport professionals: for almost thirty years, it has provided managers, entrepreneurs and staff from clubs and sports facilities with a place to discover the market’s most advanced innovations and engage with some of the most authoritative international experts through a high-level conference programme.
The road to the new edition builds on a solid foundation. In February 2026, XLeisure confirmed its role as a key industry reference point, recording a 23% increase in exhibition space and attracting more than 8,000 professional operators, all eager to discover the latest innovations presented by exhibitors and take part in a programme of more than 100 events.
An experience combining business, education and innovation
For three days, BolognaFiere will become an international hub connecting companies, professionals, designers, operators and buyers from Italy and abroad. The exhibition area will offer a comprehensive overview of technologies, products and services for fitness clubs, sports centres, public and private pools, spas, hotels, resorts and wellness facilities.
From energy efficiency to intelligent sports facility management systems, from technologies for fitness and aquatic activities to software, access control, furnishings and innovative materials, XLeisure showcases the most advanced trajectories of a market in transition – one in which innovation and sustainability are no longer separate fields, but integrated drivers reshaping the way spaces dedicated to wellbeing and leisure are designed and managed. In this context, leisure confirms itself as a single, constantly evolving universe driven by the quality of the experience it delivers.
Alongside the exhibition offering, the ForumPiscine training programmes and the ForumClub International Congress will deliver high-level content for entrepreneurs, managers, designers and technicians. The return of the experiential areas has already been confirmed in a renewed and updated format, including a new installation focused on the dialogue between “Water and Fire” – primary and complementary elements brought together to explore the relationship between landscape and contemporary design, where balance and naturalness emerge as key design assets. The initiative is being developed in collaboration with AIAPP – the Italian Association of Landscape Architecture. The offer will be further enhanced by a conference programme organised in partnership with trade associations and industry bodies, together with live shows that in recent years have helped establish the exhibition as a laboratory for ideas and practical applications.
The strength of the system
From an organisational standpoint, the entry of Editrice Il Campo into the BolognaFiere Group, following the completion of the acquisition process, opens the way to new synergies between exhibition activities and publishing expertise: an integration that strengthens the project’s positioning and creates new business opportunities. In 2027, XLeisure will further consolidate its growth and once again be held alongside OUTEX – Outdoor Experience, the format dedicated to modern outdoor living. Outex acts as the bridge connecting increasingly adjacent worlds: on the one hand, the universe of water, sport and wellness; on the other, the world of hospitality, open-air spaces, wellness environments, social spaces, convivial outdoor cooking and urban regeneration projects.
A new feature of the 2027 edition will be the addition of Be Fire – International Biomass Heating & Fire Fair, the new event dedicated to technologies and products for biomass heating and to the enhancement of the forest-wood-energy supply chain. This comprehensive offering will also include outdoor fire and cooking solutions such as ovens, wood- and pellet-fired outdoor kitchens, fire pits and barbecues.
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