International trade event at this year’s London Boat Show
The British Marine Federation (BMF) has revealed details of an expanded and revamped programme for giving buyers the opportunity to learn more about new and innovative marine products at this year’s Collins Stewart London Boat Show.
The International One to One initiative in association with IBI Magazine, formally Meet the Buyer, will allow, for the first time, international suppliers of marine products from around the world to come to the Boat Show and meet potential customers in a ’speed dating’ format of timed meetings.
A rapid and comprehensive meeting schedule will allow those in the market to get an overview of what's on offer in today's marine sector. Buyers will be drawn from four market sectors - Distributors, Boatbuilders, Superyacht yards and Designers/Project Managers - and around 20 countries. You can see the latest list of Buyers attending at
http://www.international-121.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&itemid=4
The importance of the event is underlined by support from UK Trade and Investment - the Government's overseas trade promotion body. The UK has one of the most dynamic and successful marine industry's in the world, a large proportion of which relies on export markets for business.
In the previous format of the meeting programme in 2007, 25 buyers came from 17 countries and 515 individual meetings took place.
Commenting, Tom Chant, International Commercial Manager at the BMF, said: "The key difference with the new event is the international scope. Previously we had included only UK suppliers, but now we are opening up the event to suppliers from anywhere in the marine world."
Rob Stevens, Chief Executive of the BMF added: "The Collins Stewart London Boat Show gives the UK marine industry the chance to showcase its value to the world. Through the revamped international 121 initiative, the BMF hopes to ensure that buyers and suppliers from around the world will be able to exchange ideas and develop business links in a productive environment at the show.
"I believe this year's event will be the best ever for business and prove hugely beneficial to the industry"
Prospective attendees - suppliers and buyers - for the international one to one programme can register their interest at http://www.international-121.com
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