The caravanning industry is soaring to new heights following announcement of a new Guinness World Record and record sales
Last week, the Motorhome & Caravan Show 2015 took place and saw one of the largest attendances in history, but that’s not all. The show also took home a new Guinness World Record for the largest ever caravan made from interlocking plastic LEGO bricks, as well as saw an exceptional growth in sales.
The record breaking LEGO caravan was on display at the show, as previously covered here by CaravanTimes. Laying the final bricks on the masterpiece and declaring the event open was ex-World Superbike Champion Carl ‘Foggy’ Fogarty and TV presenter Matt Baker who was there as a guest of The Caravan Club.
The LEGO caravan has proven so popular that a video of the vehicle has managed to rack up more than 325,000 views on YouTube and has been featured on big names including the likes of Yahoo! and the BBC.
Aside from the new world record, many UK manufacturers also saw record breaking sales too, with the NEC’s 400 exhibitors reporting impressive figures. Some examples of growth was extended to the UK’s largest dealer network, Marquis, which enjoyed its most successful indoor exhibition on record with orders that topped £10 million.
Shattering records as well was Lowdhams which exceeded its own expectations with a 50 per cent growth in sales.
Around 94,514 people visited the event during the week, with the biggest crowd coming in on 17 October with 25,308 people in attendance. Showing how popular caravanning is becoming amongst the population, 48 per cent of all tickets booked in advance were by people new to the show.
Further demonstrating the rise in caravanning is the fact that new registrations for motorhomes are up 25 per cent to 10,461 and new caravans dispatched to dealers is up five per cent.
The event, organised by NCC Events is supported by The Caravan Club and The Camping and Caravanning Club.
Speaking on the show, chairman of NCC events, Anthony Trevelyan, said: “The outstanding number of caravans and motorhomes sold at the show and the high visitor attendance underline the success of the industry and the benefit of providing people with an enjoyable, low cost day out.
“The key is in delivering a top quality show at a super-competitive price, which we will continue to do at the Caravan, Camping, and Motorhome Show in February 2016.”
Did you go to the show? If so, what were your highlights?
