There has never been a better time to focus on our marine heritage as evidenced in a renewed focus on the marine leisure industry and its vital infrastructure!

Mike Butterfield,
Commodore, Royal Anglesey Yacht Club

The Liverpool Boat Show will be the most stylish, cost-effective, exhibitor-friendly boat show the UK has ever seen.

Manufacturers will be able to display their boats, in water, with all the inherent cost savings this affords. Their boats will enjoy a magnificent setting in the historic Albert and Salthouse Docks within a magnificent new, purpose-built show marina.

For exhibitors, we will be taking a groundbreaking approach to overheads and add-on costs such as boat transportation and power supply, working with you to keep them down to a minimum.

And, because the show is not taking place in a formal exhibition venue, there will be no enforced contractor costs, with exhibitors able to source services such as catering and price-controlled accommodation in the most competitive way.

Controlled access to the pontoons through wristband purchase will ensure a dedicated, pre-qualified audience of yachting enthusiasts and affluent spenders.

Land-based exhibitors will have the choice of exhibiting in wrist-band only marquees or within the public areas of the event where the footfall of both yachting enthusiasts and would-be participants will ensure a massive audience for their products.

One of the show's highlights will be a series of VIP floating islands which will be created for the most exclusive entertainment of all, with exhibitors' guests ferried to and fro via water taxi.

Fabulous hospitality and entertainment options will be available to exhibitors and corporate clients in the luxury bars and restaurants which line the historic quayside of the Albert Dock, on board their own boats or on many of the larger feature vessels.

The organisers will provide a unique Concierge Service to allow exhibitors to pre-book hotels, concerts, Premier League football, restaurants, championship golf courses and race meetings to maximise the entertainment options for key clientele visiting the show.