PRESS RELEASE - New London Caravan and Motorhome show is on

[Clive]

 

PRESS RELEASE 22ND October 2010

 

Caravan industry takes “levers of control” to run their own exhibitions

In response to requests from the caravan industry, the NCC has set up a wholly owned subsidiary called NCC Events Ltd, to run industry exhibitions. A new NCC Motorhome and Caravan Show 25th – 30th October 2011 at ExCel, London has been launched. The Managing Director, Gary Barbe, previously worked as Events Director on the National Boat, Caravan and Outdoor Show.

The major industry manufacturers have joined forces in support of the new Motorhome and Caravan Show and have underlined this by financially underwriting NCC Events Ltd. The key underwriters are Bailey, Coachman, Elddis, Lunar, Swift and Trigano. The Caravan Club and The Camping and Caravanning Club are also 100 per cent behind the NCC and are showing their support with unprecedented marketing initiatives for the show.

NCC Events Ltd works under the vision statement “through business partnership, bring together the industry to create inspiring exhibitions for the effective promotion of caravanning to the wider consumer market”.

John Lally Director General of the NCC says: “This is the most exciting and positive change for the industry. It’s a win/win situation for all parties and an enormous opportunity to grow the consumer market.

“This new show will be run by the industry, for the good of the industry. Exhibitors will benefit from greatly reduced rates and there will be significantly lower show ticket prices for the consumer. I’m delighted to be involved in this project and to have the support of key players in the industry behind me.”

Peter Smith, Chairman of the Swift Group, said: “Swift are 100% committed to this new show and I am thrilled that the industry has taken control of its own destiny.”

Chairman of Bailey, Patrick Howard, agrees: “It’s fantastic that the industry has come together and can now offer a truly co-ordinated marketing effort to drive higher consumer traffic to the show. This in turn benefits all of the industry and the visiting public will pay lower entry prices.”

For more details regarding the initiative, please contact John Lally on 0844 8094694 (office hours) or 07799 030521 (out of hours) or visit www.motorhomeandcaravanshow.co.uk

 

[kelly58]

Good news all around for the Traders and the paying public ,the prices for the Oct NEC show were obscene @ £19.95 each for what is only a " Shop Window " we went on the Wednesday by good fortune and the generosity of a forum member who gave us the tickets he had won and could not attend , but being on a fixed income " Pension " we could not justfy paying that amount to go,and we commented on the lack of people wandering about which may have been a reflection on the cost of going. I very much appreciate the enormous cost to traders to attend these shows and with the recession it must be very difficult to do so, and without the paying public because of high attendance costs for some traders can hardly seem viable. Lets hope it will be well attended show and affordable to the average customer something to look forward to for next year.

[malc d]

Any competition for the NEC must be a good thing.

 

Shame it's in London though, which will not doubt make it expensive to get to, so I'm unlikely to visit.

 

Anyone been to Excel before ?

 

What's the parking like ?

 

 

 

[johnnerontheroad]

The last time we went to the Ecel we flew from Newcastle and it cost us more to get from Stansted than the flight, London is not a good choice.

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

[Guest JudgeMental]

kelly58 - 2010-10-23 12:25 PM

 

the prices for the Oct NEC show were obscene @ £19.95 each for what is only a " Shop Window " .

 

 

Düsseldorf show which is light years ahead of NEC, was 12 euro (approx £10 at the time) and about 20 euro for the 2 days, but most dealers send you complementary tickets so I had two days for nothing.....

[BarnacleBob]

I wish NCC Events Ltd. every succes with the new show.

 

Whilst I am not a fan of the NEC, mainly because of the extortionate prices charged to organisers and exhibitors and the lack of services provided for exhibitors and visitors, it's location is much better than London Docklands.

 

In my experience Excel Exhibition Centre does not work well because it is difficult to travel to and it provides even less facilities than the NEC and even more expensive refreshments. I don't think the costs are any lower for organisers /exhibitors than the NEC.

 

I used to attend the Earls Court Boat Show without fail every year, but since it moved to Excel, which offers more exhibition space than Earls Court, I no longer attend because arguably it is an even more souless venue than the NEC. Many exhibitors have pulled out because attendance figures have not been high enough to justify the high costs.

 

I really hope that the NCC is able to attract a really good selection of exhibitors from across the board. It would be really good if some of the smaller firms offering services and accessories could afford to attend also.

A high number and varied exhibitor list, good visitor facilities and an attractive ticket price for visitors is what may persuade me to battle to Docklands next year.

[malc d]

JudgeMental - 2010-10-23 1:32 PM

 

kelly58 - 2010-10-23 12:25 PM

 

the prices for the Oct NEC show were obscene @ £19.95 each for what is only a " Shop Window " .

 

 

Düsseldorf show which is light years ahead of NEC, was 12 euro (approx £10 at the time) and about 20 euro for the 2 days, but most dealers send you complementary tickets so I had two days for nothing.....

 

 

 

... except the cost of getting there.

 

;-)

[Andy_C]

Good to see some competition for the 'big' NEC shows but I'm not at all convinced that ExCel is a good choice. I seem to recall the last caravan/motorhome show held there was a bit of a disaster and subsequently cancelled.

 

I see there's no mention of on-site camping but it's inside the LEZ anyway so we probably won't be going.

 

Andy

[Guest JudgeMental]

malc d - 2010-10-23 5:29 PM

 

JudgeMental - 2010-10-23 1:32 PM

 

kelly58 - 2010-10-23 12:25 PM

 

the prices for the Oct NEC show were obscene @ £19.95 each for what is only a " Shop Window " .

 

 

Düsseldorf show which is light years ahead of NEC, was 12 euro (approx £10 at the time) and about 20 euro for the 2 days, but most dealers send you complementary tickets so I had two days for nothing.....

 

... except the cost of getting there.

 

;-)

 

 

 

Mmmm.........What about the price of the campers? approx 8 - £10.000 cheaper then here, and thats just panel vans *-)

 

Nice hotel in the centre £35 a night, air fair £80. we usually take the van and camp on site and make a break of it, but wife had to go back to work :-S

 

 

[malc d]

JudgeMental - 2010-10-23 5:45 PM

 

malc d - 2010-10-23 5:29 PM

 

JudgeMental - 2010-10-23 1:32 PM

 

kelly58 - 2010-10-23 12:25 PM

 

the prices for the Oct NEC show were obscene @ £19.95 each for what is only a " Shop Window " .

 

 

Düsseldorf show which is light years ahead of NEC, was 12 euro (approx £10 at the time) and about 20 euro for the 2 days, but most dealers send you complementary tickets so I had two days for nothing.....

 

... except the cost of getting there.

 

;-)

 

 

 

Mmmm.........What about the price of the campers? approx 8 - £10.000 cheaper then here, and thats just panel vans *-)

 

Nice hotel in the centre £35 a night, air fair £80. we usually take the van and camp on site and make a break of it, but wife had to go back to work :-S

 

 

 

The previous posts were about the accessibility and cost of going to motorhome exhibitions, so the price of vans is not relevant.

 

 

 

[Guest JudgeMental]

"The previous posts were about the accessibility and cost of going to motorhome exhibitions, so the price of vans is not relevant."

 

Dont get this at all, I go to shows when I intend to change a camper, so the the price is very relevant. You where the one winging about cost of getting there, which in my book is irrelevant. Because at UK shows you see a very limited range. So to me that is a waste of time and money.

 

I live in London so a local show would be great, but I wont hold my breath, as it will be worse then hopeless, and no better then the lamentable NEC

 

 

 

[Clive]

That,l be Dussledorf again then!

 

[Guest JudgeMental]

Clive - 2010-10-23 10:10 PM

 

That,l be Düsseldorf again then!

 

 

LOL OK then!

 

Clive I know you are an enthusiast and go as well, its hard to explain how satisfying an experience it is, and on the other hand how frustrating and disappointing UK shows are in comparison. We have been 3 times since 2000 and only when thinking of changing van......Because I want to see ALL that is available, not just what UK importers think they can make more bucks out of.....

 

Plus it is a great show, in a great town, and we have a very nice time there.

[Mickydripin]

EXCEL and london a big mistake why should all the shows go to London do they think that london is the be all and end all of the UK.

 

Put the show in the center of the country and all people have a chance they say this is the most exciting and positive change for the industry and is a win win situation NO it is not if you decide to have it in London I for one will not go, just look at what happend at Earls court it will be a flop right from the start

[PCC]

2 problems with Dusseldorf: the lack of British manufacturers; and not all the exhibitors have brochures in English. Okay, there's the distance too but it's not that bad.

 

On the plus size there's: the shear size of it; variety of exhibitors(particularly the equipment suppliers); helpfulness of everyone there; cheap entrance fees and camping; good food and drink; lack of crowds; easy access to the motorhomes; and the fact that they treat you as a customer to be valued rather than an inconvenience!

 

Hard to imagine the NEC or Excel ever grasping the last point.

 

Shame the British manufacturers don't at least have a limited presence.

[lennyhb]

Been to Düsseldorf brought a van will go again next time we buy a new van. Can't see the point of paying to go to a British show to see a pile of British made poo.

 

 

[Mel B]

What you need to remember is that:

 

- not everyone can afford to go to Dusseldorf, or get the time to do so, regardless of the 'cheaper' vehicles on offer;

 

- not all of the vans at the UK shows are British either;

 

- not everyone goes to shows to buy a new motorhome, some go for other reasons too.

 

Whilst I wish more motorhome shows were located farther North, at least with London transport links to/from are good and you can get some cheap train fares if you time it right.

 

We bought our new Chausson Flash 04 from the Feb NEC show - had we not gone we probably wouldn't have seen it, unless we decided to traipse round loads of dealers, and assuming they had one of these models in stock when we did. We certainly wouldn't have bought it from Dusseldorf as we wanted RHD and also had a van to px, for which we got a good price.

 

We were looked after very well by Highbridge where we got our van from, and found other dealers pleasant too when at the NEC.

 

If you want to buy from foreign parts that's fine, but please don't deride those of us who don't.

[Mickydripin]

 

Mel all the dealers are pleasant when buying a motorhome it is when you have signed that bit of paper and put your deposit down that they turn in to monsters :D

[david lloyd]

Being in London, at Excel and within the LEZ apart.....................my concern would be that not all manufacturers will support a show organised by the National Caravan Council - especially those that do not have their products NCC approved.

 

David

[fred grant]

WHATS WRONG WITH BRITISH me ansums. fred wood never ever buy a chinese van, half the contents of me house comes from that continent and its fallin to bits. and who is this converter dusseldorf. if they cant be bothered to sell in england thats there lookout my biddies.

 

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