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Sound & Vision BRISTOL SHOW 2009
beats Doom, Gloom and Nay-sayers
A huge sigh of relief was heard across the UK AV industry,
as enthusiastic punters turned by the thousand at the 2009
Bristol Sound & Vision Show run by the Audio-T group
Over 500 people lining up at opening time on Friday
- UK's largest show exceeds expectations
- Successful 2009 show
- Solid initial bookings for Bristol 2010
- 23 years and counting
- New Manchester Show launched at Bristol Press conference
- Industry welcomes new show and key brands have already booked
The 2009 Bristol Show
- 500 people queuing on opening day
- People queuing at opening EVERY day
- Trade attendance over 400 people plus 560 trade exhibitors staff
- Over 120 registered press attended
- Visitors were in spending mood
- Accessory sales were tremendous
- But serious kit also purchased
- Pioneer best-selling brand
- Attendance and sales slightly down Friday
- Attendance and sales UP Saturday
- Sunday peaked middle of day with a quiet end
- All exhibitors over the moon
- Overall sales 8% down
- People up Saturday, down Sunday
- Trade and press up on Friday
Considering the recessionary doom
& gloom these figures are fantastic result.
THE UK Trade Show
- Trade attendance over 400 plus 560 trade exhibitor staff
THE Show for press
- Over 120 press registered and attended plus many as exhibitors guests
- Packed press conference on Friday
- Valuable key industry statistic presentation by GfK
- Large number of new products
- World first showing of Sennheiser HD 800 & Eclipse TD712zMK2
- many more global and UK product launches from exhibitors
165 exhibiting brands
More brands and exhibiting companies than any other UK Show
Sales brand leader was Pioneer. Strong sales from JVC and Arcam
Increasingly an international Show
Quite a few overseas distributors attended, plus lots of principals
and management from overseas exhibitors. Every year the Show
attracts international visitors and exhibitors.
As KEF said, "there are now only two worthwhile
shows in Europe, Munich High-end and Bristol"
Visitors came from (in order of numbers)
Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Norway, Poland and more
Including Ghana, Hong Kong, Iran, South Africa & Canada
The Key Comment, made over and over again by exhibitors was.
that the visitors were of very high quality with not too many 'tyre
kickers' and they were ready to spend!
Smooth Operators
For exhibitors, Bristol has always been the best organised Show
and 2009 was no exception. Easy in and easy out....
THE 2010 BRISTOL SHOW
Friday Feb 25th to Sunday Feb 28th 2010
- now taking bookings. Large suites already sold
NEW MANCHESTER SHOW 2009
In October 2009, the complete S&V team that have made
the Bristol show so successful over 22 years, will move to
Manchester, to give the annual Practical Hi-fi show a major
facelift under the banner of the new Audio-T group.
Substantial bookings have already been taken and almost
all the large suites have already been sold.
The Renaissance has huge 25sqm bedrooms which make
fantastic demo rooms and we plan to increase the number
of these available by 100% for 2009.
Sound & Vision MANCHESTER 2009
In association with What Hi-fi
Saturday - 17th October 2009
Sunday - 18th October 2009
10 - 5 every day (TBC)
Great location in city centre Manchester
Renaissance Hotel, Deansgate
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Bristol Exhibitor 'Vox Pop' Quotes 2009
Geoff Meads - Arcam
"Nice to see the continuous and strong public support
of the show. Attendance was strong and while we had
huge interest in our HD & Blu-Ray products, there was
also still strong enthusiasm for High-end music"
Alan Sircom - Hi-fi Plus
"Show is going gangbusters, absolutely
packed even on sleepy Sunday"
Johan Coorg - KEF
"In KEFs opinion there are only two shows in Europe
worth doing. Bristol and Munich.
For three days it has been absolutely non-stop!"
Roger Bachelor - Denon
"Every demo on every day, was packed to the gills.
Another great year for Bristol and we felt it was as
busy as last year. Very positive vibe from visitors"
John Payne - True Colours Industries
"Best Friday we've ever had at the show.
Everyone was in a buying mood"
Noel Keywood - Hi-fi World
"Friday solidly busy - a non-stop punter day
I've never missed a press conference yet, it's really useful"
Mike O'Mahony - Pioneer
"Incredibly busy day on Friday - lots of people buying and
buying complete AV systems. Many more came back on
Saturday with their spouse to 'approve' purchases."
Terry Miles - Spendor
"Absolutely Manic - Lots of interest - Very worthwhile show"
Martin Binnendijk - van den Hul
"No gloom and doom - perfect amount of people
very enthusiastic & knowledgeable visitors.
Saturday was great"
David Campbell - Dealer from Northern Ireland
Trade visitor - Chronos Audio-Visual
"Bristol is now a lot more than a dealer show.
Probably the busiest show I've been to in a long time"
Paul Miller - Hi-fi News
"Our demo room was packed every hour on the hour
all through the whole weekend. It was great!"
Chris Tuck - Eclipse
"Been very pleased with attendance and the numbers of
the people through the room. Also with the number of
press visiting us."
Adrian Dykes - Pioneer
"Business was fantastic again.
Hope to be sales leaders this year (They were)"
John Franks - Chord Electronics
"One of the most exciting shows we've ever done"
Bill Leigh - Icon Distribution
"Busier than expected.
Sales were good and for us up on last year"
Alan O'Rourke - Vita Radios
"Very positive response from everybody.
For us it was up on last year and visitors looking to buy!"
Dominic Baker - Focal
"The show has been absolutely fantastic for us. Jammed solid
in our rooms all weekend. Those who backed out - missed out"
Doug Graham - Naim Audio
"We were really pleased with the show. Our rooms were
consistently busy and the organization was as 'slick' as usual."
