(Houston, TX) Platinum Pools – A Cody Pools Company is proud to announce we are the recipient of a 2026 International Award of Excellence from the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), the trade association representing the swimming pool, hot tub, and spa industry. We have won the Silver, Bronze, and Merit Award for multiple projects.
PHTA’s International Awards of Excellence program is one of the largest, most renowned design competitions in the pool and hot tub industry. These distinguished awards recognize exceptional installations of pools, spas, hot tubs, and water features that showcase the most beautiful, creative, and innovative work in the industry. Each year, hundreds of entries are submitted from across the U.S. and the world.
“We are incredibly honored to receive this PHTA Award of Excellence,” says Jordan Hougaard, Marketing Director. “We want to thank everyone who was involved with this project. The team really went above and beyond to create an innovative and beautiful pools, and we couldn’t be prouder of the finished product.”
The competition is open to pool, spa, or hot tub builders as well as installers, designers, retailers, or service companies that receive payment for the submitted project. Entries are judged by an elite team of professionals who work in the design, construction, and service sectors of the industry. To learn more about the awards program, visit phta.org/aoe.
About the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), a non-profit organization with 4,000 members from around the world, was established in 1956 to support, promote, and protect the common interests of the $62B pool, hot tub, and spa industry. PHTA provides education, advocacy, standards development, research, and market growth initiatives to increase our members’ professionalism, knowledge, and profitability. Additionally, PHTA promotes the use of pools by expanding swimming, water safety, and related research and outreach activities aimed at introducing more people to swimming, making swimming environments safer, and keeping pools open to serve communities. For more information, visit www.phta.org.
