Marine17 incorporates BLA Tradeshow


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he Marine17 Trade Exhibition at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 30 July-1 August has confirmed that it will now include the BLA Tradeshow.


BLA Distribution is Australia’s largest wholesaler of products to the Australian marine industry and also distributes throughout New Zealand and Asia. BLA’s product range currently exceeds 15,000 product


lines, including some of the most internationally- recognised and trusted brands on the market, including: SeaStar Solutions, Humminbird, Minn Kota, MarineTown, Whale, Attwood, Sierra, Mastervolt, BEP, Lewmar, Clarion, Old Town, Fischer Panda, 3M and Hydrotab. All these brands and many more will be on display


at Marine17, together with a significant presence from their manufacturers. The purpose of the BLA Tradeshow


is to release all the new products and is where the trade gains access to the best pricing from BLA for the year. In doing so, representatives from the leading brands around the world will be on site to speak to visitors and demonstrate their offerings alongside the BLA sales team. “We are excited to welcome BLA on board,” said


Howard Glenn, National CEO of the Boating Industry Association. “It really is a perfect fit for the exhibition. The BLA Tradeshow will only attract further involvement from marine businesses, more B2B companies, more robust displays and more key decision-makers walking the exhibition floor. What a win for industry!” Marine17 info@marine17.com www.marine17.com


Open forum at METSTRADE


With a powerful combination of year-round engagement and interactive seminars, METSTRADE, the leading platform for product and concept innovation in the global leisure marine industry, is proactively continuing its involvement in matters related to environmental sustainability across all sectors of the boating market. This is a logical continuation of the themes established with successful environmental/ sustainability conferences held alongside the METSTRADE event over the last two years. Based on input from the METSTRADE Online


Community (an open source information exchange facility) on some of these key topics, there will be an opportunity for them to be discussed in open forum during the METSTRADE Show in November. These mini-seminars will be moderated by expert speakers from the industry and will be held at the Innovation Stage, which has become a popular and permanent feature of the show in recent years. Irene Dros, Manager Maritime METSTRADE at


RAI Amsterdam, explained: “We were very pleased to successfully put environmental and sustainability issues


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fi rmly on the agenda in a conference setting and to see the involvement of senior fi gures from the boating industry, together with representatives from various government and trade associations. Following that, it was logical to broaden the outreach, thus giving the whole marine industry – and any one of our many thousands of visitors – a chance to get personally engaged in the subject matter throughout the year and during the show itself”. METSTRADE metstrade@rai.nl www.metstrade.com


RAI Amsterdam’s Irene Dros.


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BOAT SHOWS Diary of events


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Adelaide Boat Show Adelaide, Australia 30 June-2 July, 2017 www.adelaideboatshow.com.au


Marine17 Sydney, Australia 30 July-1 August, 2017 www.marine17.com


The Sydney Int’l Boat Show Sydney, Australia 3-7 August, 2017 www.sydneyboatshow.com.au


Brisbane Boat Show Brisbane, Australia 25-27 August, 2017 www.brisbaneboatshow.com.au


Perth Int’l Boat Show Perth, Australia 22-25 September, 2017 www.mandurahboatshow.com.au


Auckland on Water Boat Show Auckland, New Zealand 28 September-1 October, 2017 www.aucklandboatshow.com


China (Shenzhen) Int’l Boat Show


Shenzhen, China 26-29 October, 2017 www.sibex.net.cn


China (Xiamen) Int’l Boat Show Xiamen, China 3-6 November, 2017 www.xmboatshow.com


METSTRADE Amsterdam, The Netherlands 14-16 November, 2017 www.metstrade.com


Thailand Yacht Show Phuket, Thailand 14-17 December, 2017 www.thailandyachtshow.com


Phuket Rendezvous Phuket, Thailand 4-7 January, 2018 www.phuketboatshow.com


Taiwan Int’l Boat Show Kaohsiung, Taiwan 15-18 March, 2018 www.boatshow.tw


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