Consolidation has reshaped the landscape, with independent showrooms and manufacturers being acquired by larger entities, and mega-shows growing so vast that our niche risks being overshadowed. Amid this shift, the DPHA Annual Conference and Product Showcase, being held October 16–19, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, stands out as the only focused, intimate, and authentic venue dedicated entirely to our industry.
The heightened awareness and changing nature of the home was the dominant trend throughout the past year and a half, and the large percentage of consumers still working from home as we head into the end of 2021 — combined with health and wellbeing being top of mind — homeowners recognize that the primary bath can be a refuge from Zoom fatigue, a wellness center and a space where they can spend a few minutes for themselves, devoid of emails, texts, video calls, school assignments and family obligations.
One of the major advantages of the new group was that membership was open to all segments (dealers, wholesalers, manufacturers and manufacturers reps).
The recent Forte 2013 Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas brought together more than 150 principals operating in excess of 250 showrooms across North America, as well as 65 preferred vendors.