With less than eight weeks to go to this year’s Sydney International Boat Show, the preparations are progressing well. The 47th edition of this popular event will run in the glamorous Australia yacht holiday destination – Sydney from July 31 to August 4, 2014.
While the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre undergoes a major upgrade over the next three years, the Sydney International Boat Show will move its undercover exhibits to the interim facility that has been specially built at the historic working port known as Glebe Island.
The new Sydney Exhibition Centre at Glebe Island is a fully functioning exhibition facility designed to accommodate world class exhibitions. The spectacular Cockle Bay Marina, always a show highlight, remains on its traditional site in Darling Harbour.
Imperative to the success of this year’s show will be to ensure that the visitor has a positive experience. Part of that process will be to explain to the audience how to best plan for their visit, understating travel options, as well as how the FREE ferry and bus services will be made available to get them between the two locations.
To assist the Sydney International Boat Show with this process, the Boating Industry Association (BIA) is pleased to announce that Andrew Ettingshausen (ET) and Jessica Watson have both agreed to front the campaign to deliver this and many other messages about the show. Both ET and Jessica are well known, credible and well admired boating personalities who will be an asset to the show.
Education & Entertainment
Whilst the show will always remain “the best place to see boats and the best place to buy boats”, visitors to the event can also expect to be both educated and entertained.
The Marine Precinct will remain a vibrant and educational element at the show where together with Transport for NSW’s office of Maritime Management Centre, and in conjunction with Roads and Maritime and other key organisations, visitors to the show will be able to be guided and have many of their recreational boating questions answered.
