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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
Gambardella Peggy
Monika Laskowska
Good day Megan,
Thank you, we were delighted with the hotel and its proximity to the fair,
Monika Laskowska
Anuga 2023
Giada Giombi
Dear Tracy,
Thank you for your kind email.
Everything was fine about the booked hotels, thank you 😊
I wish you a nice day.
Kind regards,
Giada Giombi
HANNOVER MESSE - 2024
Henrik Pilborg Fritsche
Hi Michael and Tracy,
Thank you for follow up.
Was a nice hotel, although it was placed a long way from our originally booked hotel in the center of the city – so it had an extra cost for taxi’s.
Besides that we had some good days and the hotel was nice – we were all named Ronni, which gave som challenges as that is not our names, and they could not change the names at the hotel.
Best regards/Med venlig hilsen
Henrik Pilborg Fritsche
Irina
Many thanks to Mr Tom Parker from GoFair throughout the whole process of searching for a suitable hotel. The hotel is located perfectly good- just 10 minutes walking up to the Messe, or several minutes by train. The interior layouts are also very good. The rooms are spacious, comfortable bed, shower room etc...A good room service. The only minus there is extremely poor breakfast that really should be improved.
ANDREA RAMPOLDI
We found the hotel clean and tidy with really helpful and friendly staff.
The location of the hotel is convenient and easily accessible
Constance Vigne
Dear Tom,
I hope you are doing well.
Thank you for your message.
We were very satisfied with the STAYERY Frankfurt Sachsenhausen. The rooms were great and the location worked very well for us. It took us around 20 minutes by car to reach CPHI in the morning, which was perfect.
The only very small downside is that our rooms were not all located close to each other – only 2 out of 4 colleagues had rooms next to each other. This is not a major issue at all, more of a small detail, but I am mentioning it as feedback.
I will try to complete the questionnaire later today.
Regarding your question about preliminary rates for next year, as far as we know, the 2026 edition of CPHI will be held in Milan, not in Frankfurt – which is why I am not sure I fully understand the proposal to review hotel rates for the same hotel next year. Could you clarify this point?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Constance Vigne
CPhI Worldwide 2025
Diogo Lucas Pires
Hotel was good and all went okay with my trip.
Facilities were clean and staff was friendly.
Only issue was that its my first time in Munich and it was confusing for me to get to the hotel but that wont be the issue next year.
Roberta Trapani
Dear Megan,
I’m so sorry not to have reverted to you before. Everything were ok, and the guests found the Hotel very good and in a very good position in respect of Innotrans. Please let me also thank you for your professional assistance even for the last minute request. Thank you very much for the service rendered and I’ll keep in contact for future events like the Innotrans.
Kind regards,
Roberta
Güray Onur
Especially quite satisfied with Ms. Ellie Stone assistance in terms of:
1-prompt reply
2-multiple options
3-sufficient instructions
4-easy to communicate
5-easy to reach
Krzysztof Nowak
Good morning,
Thank you very much for your services. We were very satisfied with the hotel.
The only problem was the lack of parking - we had to use offsite car parks. We need to take this into account in our future arrangements.
Pozdrawiam / Best regards
Anuga 2023
Fatiha Ramzi
Dear Mark,
Many thanks your email. Nothing to say about your service, perfect ! Appreciate very much your good communication. I was very happy to have for the first time a hotel very close to the ANUGA (which gave me time to do running daily after the exhibitionJ) The hotel was good. It is a pity however that no meal was served (except the breakfast) while the Ibis hotel close to Ibis Budget was serving meals at dinner. I was also disappointed to book for a taxi at the hotel that never came. Fortunately, I went by foot to take a taxi outside in order to avoid missing my train.
All the best to you.
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