A second reduced weekend at the Nautic
The Paris Boat Show has announced a change in its opening dates in 2022. The Nautic will take place from December 3 to 10, 2022 and not until December 11 as initially planned. There will be only one complete weekend, the second Sunday being abandoned in favor of the return of an opening night on Friday evening, December 2. The 2 other highlights announced are the evening reserved for professionals on Tuesday evening and the closing Saturday night.
Alain Pichavant, General Commissioner of the Nautic, explains "It's not really a reduction of the show's opening hours in the end because we only lose a few hours counting the private invitation-only evening on Friday between 5 and 10 p.m. which was no longer held. This format allows professionals to arrive quietly on Friday morning. On Saturday the 10th, we are in the process of setting up the events for the evening event that will close the show at 10 pm. And by removing Sunday, we avoid the frustration of some visitors on the last Sunday to visit a show with dismantling stands. Nevertheless, we keep 2 weekends, which is essential for builders given the cost of bringing a boat to Paris. We will try this option for 2022" .
Optimism and caution about the number of exhibitors at the Nautic
6 months before the opening of the Nautic 2022, the organizers are optimistic about the filling rate of the halls, while the marketing is in progress. "We're way above 2021 levels, about halfway between 2019 before covid and 2021. The organization of the lobbies is going to stay the same as 2021. They were full and should be very full this time! We also couldn't take reckless risks on the spaces to be reserved at the Porte de Versailles that we then have to pay for." says the Nautic commissioner.
Without a revolution, it remains to be seen if the evolution of the Nautic will convince Parisian boaters to come to the aisles and national and international shipyards, in need of supplies and with well-filled order books to make the trip to the French capital.
