London Boat Show achieves record attendance at ExCel
30 January 2004 by James Garner
Caterers at east London venue ExCel enjoyed the best-ever London Boat Show, with record attendances.
Organisers of the event, held at ExCel for the first time in its 50-year history, said a bumper crowd of 210,000 passed through its gates for the 10-day show in early January, 45% more than the previous year.
Visitor spend was, on average, £7.50, the highest spend at any event held at the venue.
The Costa Coffee outlet recorded sales 20% higher than usual and retail outlet Birleys sold a total of 12,000 burgers, 1,500 on the last Saturday - a record for its operations.
The next event to be held at ExCel is Hotelympia, which runs from 23 to 27 February.
Consumed at the boat show
- 100,000 coffees
- 30,000 hot dogs
- 24,000 chestnuts
- 20,000 pizzas
- 12,000 filled bagels
- 10,000 Cornish pasties
- 60,000 pints of Guinness
- 1,400 Champagne bottles
