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VLC Boat Show Consultants Committee reflects on nautical sector future

by Natalia Segrelles on 12 Feb 2013
Comité Asesor VLC Boat Show VLC Boat Show http://www.vlcboatshow.com/
This week VLC Boat Show has held the first Consultant´s Committee meeting in the 'Veles e Vents' building, where this new nautical event is set to take place next April.

Jorge de Haro, President of Union de Empresas Nauticas and event´s main responsible together with Cristóbal Grau, Sport Councilman form the Valencia´s City Council; Pablo Landecho, Consorcio Valencia 2007 Chairman; Michel Bonnefous, ACM ex-chairman; Carlos Rodríguez, Management System´s Director at Boluda Corporación Marítima; Vicente Sanlorenzo, Azimut General Director and Francisco Rivas Marina Estrella General Director.

Despite the economical situation, all participants have agreed that this new Valencian exhibition has great potential to reach international recognition within a few years.

VLC Boat Show has an increasing value for Valencia and the Marina Real Juan Carlos I, due to its climate and the numerous activities offered to visitors in this unique spot.

The visitor´s experience as well as the exhibitors´ participation must ensure the event´s success. This has been one of the main ideas underlined during the meeting, a target VLC Boat Show is putting lots of emphasis on.

Furthermore, they emphasized how important it is that the show reunites a considerable number of boats representing the main nautical brands. In that way, VLC Boat Show already counts with recognized brands among its confirmed exhibitors and continues to receive national and international participation VLC Boat Show
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