Caravan Show Reports Record Sales

Dear All

Reports coming out of the NEC Caravan Show in Birmingham are showing positive signs for the Caravan Industry with top manufacturers like Elddis and Bailey part of a first day sales drive of around 400 vans (estimated worth of the touring caravans around £6million!).

There was also an increase of visitors of more than 10% which makes 2009 the most popular show in history with around 78,000 people! Around 3,000 of these visitors signed up for a brand new Touring caravan as well which is an excellent sign that the industry is thriving in these difficult times. We may be seeing the green shoots of recovery for the economy in that around £45 million of vans were purchased at the show!

We have seen the impact of the shows ourselves from our sponsoring of the increasingly popular Spring Fair in Newark which we are attending again in 2010 as noted on previous blog articles. I will hopefully be there myself but this is dependant on family commitments at the time, keep your eyes peeled for updates!

Happy touring

Mike