Holiday World Show Belfast is on course for a new destination in 2016.
Over the weekend of Friday 15 – Sunday 17 January the show which is Northern Ireland’s largest and best supported annual celebration of travel and tourism will be unpacking its unique blend of attractions, exhibitions and entertainment in the all-new Titanic Exhibition Centre in the heart of Belfast’s Titanic Quarter.
The new 6,000 square metre venue is situated on Queen’s Road, neatly positioned between the iconic Goliath crane at Harland & Wolff and the Titanic Studios where the global hit fantasy series Game of Thrones is filmed. The mammoth 120 metre-long facility with capacity for up to 20,000 visitors and 300 exhibitors is on track to open its doors in early autumn. The building work has taken a crucial step forward as 630 tonnes of concrete has just been poured to form the floor of the new building.
Looking forward to the change of venue for Holiday World, the Caravan & Motorhome Show and the 50+ Village show-within-a-show, Maureen Ledwith, Director of Holiday World, said, “Titanic Quarter is one of the world’s largest urban-waterfront regeneration projects: a vibrant, exciting and heritage-filled place in which to live, work and socialise. We’re thrilled to be bringing our annual event to this amazing destination, right in the heart of Belfast. The great, central location means that it will be easier than ever before for visitors to access our show, while the new, purpose-built Titanic Exhibition Centre creates a fresh, modern backdrop for our show.
“The pristine new surroundings of the Titanic Exhibition Centre with their airy, contemporary layout and facilities will, clearly, be attractive to our visitors, but the advantages of a highly accessible, central location teamed with state of the art modernity is already creating considerable interest amongst local, national and international exhibitors. Many of the potential exhibitors we have been speaking to are fascinated to learn that the new venue is so close to Titanic Belfast, the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience, and they are eager to see that at first hand! Already bookings are flying in and we look forward to celebrating our 24th Holiday World Belfast in a new location, with many new exhibitors as well as old friends.”
Importantly the move to the new venue has allowed the exhibition organisers to hold costs at 2015 levels so that exhibitors and visitors alike can enjoy maintained value.
The 2016 show will feature an expanded 50+ focus, reflecting the huge growth and buying power of that market sector, while the Caravan & Motorhome Show which has traditionally been a hugely popular attraction will have room to expand and showcase more models to more advantage. At its heart, the central Holiday World show will bring together everything from home holidays and mini escapes to city breaks, family vacations, cruises and long haul travel.
Maureen says, “Standing on the site this week I was able to see, almost at a single glance, travellers heading off by road and rail, aircraft jetting off to sunnier climes and a fantastic ocean liner docked just across the harbour from Titanic Exhibition Centre. What a wonderful new location for Northern Ireland’s favourite holiday show!”
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