Genoa International Boat Show

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Salone Nautico di Genova
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Genre Boat Show
Location(s) Genoa
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Inaugurated1962
Next event19 – 24 September 2024
Attendance280,500 [1]
Organized byI Saloni Nautici, Confindustria Nautica
Website https://salonenautico.com/en/

The Genoa International Boat Show (Italian : Salone Nautico di Genova) is one of the world's premier boat shows, held annually in Genoa (Italy, EU). The exhibition is organised by Confindustria Nautica, the Italian Marine Industry Association.

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History

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aerial view of Pavilion B

Owing the popularity of nautical tourism along the Italian Riviera, as well as Genoa's history as a city for the ship and yacht building industry, the 1st International Boat Show was opened by Senator De Gregorio, Undersecretary to the Treasury, on 27 January 1962. With 300,000 visitors [2] that year, the Genoa Boat Show was an instant success.

Over the years, the Boat show grew mainly by an increasing number of exhibitors and professional organisations attending the show, and with the 46th International Boat Show in 2006, the marina underwent one of its most substantial extensions. In 2009 the new 20.000 sqm Pavilion B - designed by French architect Jean Nouvel - was opened.

Since its inception, the shows were officially opened by Italian government ministers of Economy and Finance, Infrastructures and Transports respectively. Next to the boot Düsseldorf trade fair, the Salone Nautico is regarded as one of the world's largest boat shows. [3]

Exhibition spaces

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exhibition at anchor
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indoor exhibition space
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sailing boats

As the largest event on the Mediterranean, the Genoa Boat Show is the world’s number one showcase for the very best the Made in Italy brand has to offer, welcoming every year industry professionals and boating enthusiasts alike to over 200,000 square metres of display area on land and sea.

Since its first successful introduction in 2018, the Genoa Boat Show has taken on a new multi-specialised format, that of 4 Boat Shows in 1, each entirely complementary yet at the same time characterised by their own specific identities: no divisions, no limits, just an extension of the Genoa Boat Show’s key strength, that of being a cross-segment event with in-depth vertical support chains that define a tailored one-to-one relationship with each and every exhibitor and visitor.

The layout provides a TechTrade Fair dedicated to components and equipment, a sailing boat show (Sailing World), an area dedicated to outboard motorboats (Boat Discovery) and a Yacht and Superyacht Show.

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References

  1. 49th International Boat Show
  2. "Genoa International Boat Show 1962". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  3. Europe hosts world's biggest boat shows in 2010, The Independent, 10 December 2009

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