Next year's London Boat Show cancelled

Lack of support blamed for the demise of 2019 show

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Next year’s London Boat Show has been cancelled. The event, which was due to run from January 9-13, 2019, was pulled by organisers British Marine due to ‘insufficient support from a large proportion of the marine industry to the London Boat Show with its current format, duration and location.’ The decision was based on the findings of an independent research agency, which spent three weeks carrying out interviews with more than 67% of exhibitors. This revealed that while a number of marine companies supported last year’s change from ten to five days, a large number of key exhibitors were not prepared to commit to next year’s show. This was backed up by British Marine’s own figures, which revealed that ‘an insufficient number of signed contracts of commitment to the 2019 show had been returned.’ Visitor research also showed that consumer satisfaction at the 2018 show was considered to be ‘below acceptable industry standards.’ The news comes