TPLBS comes in 6% down on last year
This was Year 2 of the NBS Three Year Plan
TPLBS: The Tullett Prebon London Boat Show final release says the show started the Olympic year successfully for the leisure marine industry with strong, positive feedback from visitors and exhibitors, writes Peter Nash.
This is Year 2 of the National Boat Shows (NBS) Three Year Plan for the London Boat Show. It started last year with a target of 120,000 and got 109,778. The target this time was ‘the same as last year’ and the show bought in 102,841, which was 6% down.
This year’s other shows brought in 31,912 to give a grand total of 134,753 for the five shows promoted by NBS. That’s the boat show, the Luxury Lifestyle & Supercar Showcase, the Outdoors Show, the London Bike Show and the Active Travel Show.
NBS went on to say the show continues to be a resilient and evolving event, in line with industry demand, with sales figures proving better than expected for many.
More than 1200 visitors climbed the foretopgallant mast from HMS Victory (it had some genuine original Victory spars on it), over 1850 got afloat on the Watersports Action Pool with Neilson and Rockley Watersports and thousands of visitors took advantage of the mild weather to head out to the Used Boat Marina in association with YachtWorld.com
“We have worked extremely hard to create a 10 day event that our exhibitors would be proud of and that meets visitors’ expectations,” said NBS MD Murray Ellis. “The response we have had from visitors is that we are continuing to deliver the ‘wow’ factor. We acknowledge that numbers are down, which is a disappointment, but we are pleased with the high quality of visitors and the reflective sales.”
There has been a real buzz around the show, he added, from the moment the show was opened last Friday by Tamara Ecclestone with a media throng.
“With 14 world launches and more than 45 boats being launched in total, the London show has once again cemented itself as an important event in the international marine calendar,” said NBS chairman David Pougher. “We welcomed 128 new companies to the show, over 500 companies in total, who have taken advantage of the January timing to promote themselves and their products to a significant audience, which they would not have otherwise seen.”
Read the exhibitor Show Quotes and Peter Poland’s Tullett Prebon London Boat Show review in the February issue of Boating Business. Or put your views on the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show on the Boating Business LinkedIn page…
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