Trade Shows
          
        
        
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            Caravaning
          
        
        
          The International Caravanning Trade Fair
        
        
          
            04-12/ October
          
        
        
          Gran Via. 31st edition
        
        
          Pavilions 4 and 5 at the Gran Via venue hosted
        
        
          this new edition of the International Caravanning
        
        
          Trade Fair, one of the most successful in its
        
        
          history, as 90% of the products on show were
        
        
          sold, a 35% improvements on the results
        
        
          obtained in 2012, consolidating “Caravaning”
        
        
          as the industry’s leading business event.
        
        
          The show surpassed the exhibitors’ initial
        
        
          expectations, attracting quality audiences –
        
        
          more than 44,000 visitors – with high purchasing
        
        
          intentions. According to industry professionals,
        
        
          the fact that both the new models for the 2014-
        
        
          2015 season and outlet / low cost vehicles
        
        
          were on sale was one of the keys behind this
        
        
          year’s success.
        
        
          In this regard, the International Caravanning
        
        
          Trade Fair was successful in attractingthe new
        
        
          generation of Spanish caravanners, 40% of
        
        
          whom said that they had taken up this activity
        
        
          less than ten years ago. Of these, 20%, had
        
        
          been caravanning for less than five years. This
        
        
          was the audience most interested in the Camper
        
        
          Zone where, besides showing this range of
        
        
          vans, caravan DIY workshops were organised,
        
        
          attracting more than 300 fans at the different
        
        
          sessions programmed.
        
        
          The show also provided the finest
        
        
          educational tool for this lifestyle by launching
        
        
          a movement,
        
        
          I am Caravaning
        
        
          , that highlights
        
        
          the values linked to this way of enjoying
        
        
          holidays and leisure time, stressing contact
        
        
          with nature and the importance of freedom.
        
        
          Those endorsing this initiative included well-
        
        
          known personalities such as world motorcycle
        
        
          champion Marc Márquez, the winners of the
        
        
          Dakar Rally, Nani Roma and Marc Coma, fashion
        
        
          designers Custo Dalmau and Miriam Ponsa
        
        
          and the coach of Málaga CF, Javi Gracia.
        
        
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            Area
          
        
        
          20,000 m
        
        
          2
        
        
          
            Exhibitors
          
        
        
          107 exhibitors /
        
        
          +200 brands
        
        
          
            Type
          
        
        
          Professional and public
        
        
          
            Activities
          
        
        
          16th Meeting of Camping
        
        
          Entrepreneurs,
        
        
          
            I am
          
        
        
          
            Caravaning
          
        
        
          , Fam Parc
        
        
          (activities for children),
        
        
          caravan DIY workshops,
        
        
          Gastrovaning section
        
        
          90%
        
        
          of products sold