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IBA 2023
Southampton Boat Show 2026
(18 September 2026
- 27 September 2026
)
Venue:
Mayflower Park
Organizer:
British Marine Federation
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Update
Southampton Boat Show 2026 will occur in Mayflower Park between the 18th and 27th of September 2026. The event will be held in an in-person format.
Preface
The Southampton International Boat Show is the UK’s most extensive and popular boating festival. It showcases a wide range of boats and products from many worldwide marine brand names. The Boat Show also showcases the most up-to-date and advanced marine technologies. The Boat Show occurs in Mayflower Park.
Southampton Boat Show attracts a large group of attendees from both the UK and the world. For instance, one edition received over 100 exhibitors and 103 000 visitors. Besides the UK, attendees come from countries such as the USA, the Netherlands, and Germany. Specialists tend to be manufacturers, distributors, traders, and salespeople. Many are also heads of projects, innovators, or marina developers.
About the Southampton Boat Show
The Southampton Boat Show is a leading boating festival and maritime industry highlight. Its goals include showcasing the latest innovations and promoting brand growth. It furthermore aims to encourage networking and drive sales. Organisers provide attendees with ample opportunities through diverse sub-events to achieve such goals.
The sub-events are frequently part of the Spotlight Days. These are themed days that present the latest issues within the industry. Examples include subjects related to pedagogy, environment, women, and associations. Each such challenge is debated during a specific day. Most frequently, the Spotlight Days influence the topics of the Foredeck Stage. It includes panel meetings, conferences, and presentation sessions that overview various subjects of interest.
The Southampton Boat Show likewise features many zones that allow participants to examine various wares and topics. One such location is the Water Sports Zone. It is the showcase site for water sports, such as paddleboarding and windsurfing. This includes being able to examine brands, as well as experience such sports via the Try-a-Boat and Get Afloat shows.
Similar in intent is the Dinghy Zone. It displays the latest dinghies, trailer vessels, cabin cruisers, boat-building providers, equipment, seafaring clubs, holiday suppliers and training opportunities. Additionally, visitants can learn about operating such a vessel via the on-site training site provided by RYA - the Royal Yachting Association.
Participants should also consider the similar Classic & Day Boat Zone. It is the location for examining classic boats. Such include day boats, wooden models, materials, and equipment. Additionally, participants can learn about boat woodworking skills. This is due to the training area that includes on-site demonstrations, building technique talks, and keynote speeches. Attendants should also consider the Show Marina. This is a purpose-made marina berth zone for presenting various sailing, power, tender, and chase boats.
Southampton Boat Show’s exhibitors include leading companies such as:
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Many industries are present at the event during its editions. Such include apparel, water sports, yachting, the marine sector (including the boats-related ones) and sea-coast guard agencies.
Southampton Boat Show Accommodation
Procure suitable accommodation for Southampton Boat Show before all the good deals are taken with Travel 2 Fairs Ltd. All that is necessary is to inform us about the rooms you need, how much you wish to spend, and your desired location. Travel 2 Fairs Ltd manages the rest. Reserve lodgings adjacent to Mayflower Park and gain valuable access to public transport. We can advise you on the best routes to take to the venue. Aside from affordable hotel accommodation for exhibitions, we also provide transport services. One way to travel to your hotel is to have a rent-a-car wait for you at the airport. Another is to schedule an airport transfer in both directions.
Event information might be outdated because of the coronavirus pandemic. More information is available from the organiser.
Past Iterations
Southampton Boat Show 2021
The Southampton Boat Show 2021 occurred between 10-19.09.2021. The event took place as an in-person event at Mayflower Park. The iteration included strict COVID-19 prevention measures, including participants needing to provide negative tests. The exhibition was hailed as one of the most successful yet. The 2021 rendition showcased over 350 brands and over 500 boats, including many new debuts. Over 88 000 visitants attended despite the pandemic. This showed the importance of the event. The rendition featured many changes, including a new layout, five dedicated zones, and a larger footprint. Over 30 yachts made their debut on the marina or land. Over 13 760 visitants showed a wish to try water-sports-related activities.
Southampton Boat Show 2022
Southampton Boat Show 2022 occurred in Mayflower Park between 16-25.09.2022. The locale did not feature coronavirus safeguards because the UK removed its pandemic restrictions. The event received 685 exhibitors and over 83,000 visitors on more than 70,000 m2 of event space.
Southampton Boat Show 2023
Southampton Boat Show 2023 occurred as a live event between 15-24.09.2023. It featured over 92 000 visitants. They examined the wares of 640 exhibiting firms.
Southampton Boat Show 2024
The Southampton International Boat Show 2024 was a live event held between 13-22.09.2024. It featured more than 650 crafts presented by 575 exhibiting firms. They were overviewed by over 100 300 visitants on more than 70 000 m2.
Southampton Boat Show 2025
Southampton Boat Show 2025 was a live event held between 19-28.09.2025. It featured over 540 exhibiting firms and 92 000 visitants.
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Our visitors for the event
RĂ¼diger Stollmeier
Patricia Ziebis
Good day.
I´m fine. I hope you too.
Thank you for asking. This is the second time my colleagues stayed at this hotel because of its proximity to the fairgrounds and comfortable facilities.
We knew it thanks to Megan and already accommodated in 2022 during the same fair.
Compared to the previous time I was informed by colleagues that the treatment was not that good.
On the other hand, the treatment with Megan Moore has always been very correct and efficient. I hope to contact her for other alternatives next time.
Light + Building – 2024
DANY THROUDE
Thank you Megan,
Comfortable hotel, friendly welcome Very close to the centraal station, easy access to the fair and the city center.
METSTRADE 2023
Franck Zitarosa
Good morning Michelle,
Hope you are well.
First of all, I wanted to thank you for the 25hours hotel in Koeln. I really liked this hotel a lot. Localisation was perfect, Staff very kind and efficient and the style of the hotel, the rooms
For sure I would love to book it for next Anuga 2025, but this time I ll try to be more precise with who is flying and when đŸ˜‰
Anuga 2023
Ms. Yvonne Chen
Hello Anna,
Everything went well in Berlin, again, thank you for your support!
Best regards,
Yvonne Chen
Marketing Manager
Loredana Meligy
Dear Anna, The Hotel Monte Christo - Koln was great ! Flights was all ok. Hotel Very clean and neat. Hot inside as much as you wish. Very nice hosting service ! The Hotel receptionist man, Swen was very very nice to me, more than helpful and was a real pleasure to deal with him. Alexandra, his colleague also she was very nice, even tough I only deal with her for several hours, before I left the hotel , back to Romania. I know I might not have been so easy to deal person at times, but you was patient to me. I appreciate all your efforts to find the best deal based upon my requests. Thank you again for all your support ! Have a great day !
Juanhong Wang
Hi Tracy,
Everything went well.
Juanhong Wang
Ms Emma Nordgren
Dear Megan,
The hotel all in all is good. Rooms are fine with good beds and bathrooms. Breakfast is very good for a hotel of this size. A small thing, but it would have been good with more English speaking TV channels.
It is ok to use public transports to the exhibitions ground, but it would have been even better to have a similar hotel along U78 north of the city centre when exhibiting at the Dusseldorf Messe.
Best regards,
Ingrid/Group Marketing Manager
Lill Gran
Hi George,
Everything is ok for Aqua nor 2023.
Lill
Nutthaya T.
Thanks for your service. We will get back to you once we plan to go on our next events!
Best regards,
Nutthaya
Carla Carreira
An excellent hotel, with good rooms and a great outdoor space. Very welcoming.
Elisa Lullo
Thank you, Megan!
All your support and kindness so far has been really precious indeed :)
Have a very nice afternoon.
Kind regards.
Elisa
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