Another Record Biograd Boat Show!

The 28th Biograd Boat Show marks the 27th record show with well over 400 Exhibitors and 500 vessels and a record 23.856 attendees. The technical team at marina Kornati did an excellent job at moving almost 200 charter vessels to make more space for exhibitors, and managging logisticsm making a show of this scale possible. 

Biograd is known for a special atmosphere unlike any other.  On Friday alone, there were 6 parties and concerts attracting more tha 1.500 people following the show mantra “when the sun sets, the exhibiting stops and the party begins“.

With all available exhibition space is booked, the focus on growing the show is through business to business activities through the Biograd B2B brand.  This includes the 10th anniverssary of the Croatian Nautical Days, an extensive congress program sponsored by Chamber of Economy attracting the most important players in the industry over 4 days.  A new Biograd B2B App was develpoed with a Marketplace, Meeting Software, and an Interactive Show Map, to network exhibitors with business visitors improving business effectiveness.  important Biograd B2B event was the 8th Croatia Charter Expo (CCE), sponsored by the Croatian Tourist Board attracting over 100 busines from the yacht charter industry, representing over 3000 Yachts.  This event was held during the first 2 days in Hall D, finishing on Thursday evening.

By Friday morning, after working all night, Hall D was transformed into The Croatia Luxury and Adventure Travel Show (CLAS), Sponsored by the Zadar County Tourist Board, which included luxury and adventure travel exhibitors as well as luxury cars including exotic rental cars and the official launch of the new Audi Q7.  A popular feature was various gastro tastings, including fine wines and cocktails.

The 3rd Biograd Boat Show Eco Excellence Awards were held on Friday to a full Captain's Club audience. These awards are independantly organized by 5 entities, with Croatian Luciano Beg of Marservis winning both the Croatian and International  main awards with his amazing Eco Cube innovation.  He also won the main DAME award for innovation award at the METZ show in Amsterdam.

The international nature of the show was confirmed by positive reactions shipyards that directly exhibited at the show and invited their dealer networks.  One senior manager of the Benetaeu Group who spent a full 5 days at the show commented that Biograd is one of the most international shows in Europe, and their 3rd most important show for their catamaran brands.  As for atmosphere, he stated their is none like it.

Being the last major boat show in the calendar year, it still managed to attract more than 45 World, European, and Croatian vessel premieres, with vessels ranging to over 5 million Euros.