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Delivered to your inbox each morning, Show-Day Exhibitor News features daily updates of what's happening during the 10 days of the show, plus important preparations for move-out.
If you have additional booth staff, etc., who would like to receive Show-Day Exhibitor News, please drop by the Show Office, Salon 103, and request that they be added to our distribution list.
- Attendance Update
- $100 Dealer Draw Winner
- Cam Woolley to Kick Off Water Safety Awareness Day
- Move-out Rules & Guidelines
- Tuesday Shuttle Buses Start at 8am for the Industry Breakfast
- Take a Break in the Exhibitor Lounge
- First Aid Procedures
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The 59
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Toronto International Boat Show opened Friday for Preview Day, with a 20% attendance increase compared to 2016. There were 2,380 consumer attendees with either Platinum ($100) or Gold ($35) tickets (1,973 in 2016; and 1,484 in 2015).
Weekend crowds were extremely strong, and there is no question attendance was up.
Due to the demands of the show team tending to consumers, exhibitors, features, missing children and First Aid calls, compiling of accurate ticket counts for opening weekend was briefly delayed, and those numbers will now be reported in Tuesday's Show-Day Exhibitor News.
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MARKETING - BUY/SELL A BOAT & WIN
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Cam Woolley to Kick Off
Water Safety Awareness Day
as Honourary Race Starter
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Tuesday's Water Safety Awareness Day coincides with the 10th annual
Anchors Aweigh, a popular boat show tradition and media draw during which first-responders relay race in The Lake.
Cam Woolley - former OPP officer and current CP24 reporter - will be our Honourary Race Starter for the event, 11:30am-12pm.
Police, Fire, EMS and HMCS (York) have confirmed participation.
Promoted to the media and public, Water Safety Awareness Day is filled with water safety education.
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Move-out Rules & Guidlines
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Although we have a week remaining in the show, we need to begin preliminary plans for move-out.
- Storage crates will be returned to your exhibit space by Monday, January 23, at 8am.
- On Monday, January 23, all exhibitors report to the staging yard for a vehicle window card and building access. If you require a badge, please visit the Show Office (Salon 103) before Sunday at 6pm.
- Main Hall access is restricted during move-out - not all doors are open.
- Freight-free aisles will be maintained.
- There is limited access to the show floor; you are encouraged to bring a dolly to the show to transport materials.
- Personal protective equipment must be worn - particularly when accessing high-activity zones (safety shoes, hard hats, fall-arrest equipment).
 CRANES & FORKLIFTS:
- If you need a crane or forklift to help lift boats, please click here to download the request form, complete it, and return to the Show Office (Salon 103) by 8pm, Tuesday, so we can begin creating the schedule. Printed forms are available at the Show Office for those who do not have access to a printer.
- If we don't receive a crane service form from you, we will assume you do not require assistance from the show's equipment.
- It's important that exhibitors adhere to target times for move-out, as it is vital to getting everyone out on deadline. There will be a full move-out on Sunday evening with the majority of booth exhibitors leaving between 6 and 9pm.
- On Friday, boat exhibitors will receive specific target times for their move-out, with designated crane and forklift times for their boats.
Many boat companies located near the roll-up doors will be given target times for Sunday's move-out. This is necessary in order to get the cranes into the building to begin lifting boats Monday at 8am sharp!
The Industry Building and East Annex must be completely vacated by 6pm, Monday; and the Main Hall, by 6pm, Tuesday.
If you have questions regarding move-out, please leave a message at the Show Office for move-out coordinator Shawn McConnell (416-574-9826), who will come by your display to talk to you.
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Tuesday Shuttle Buses Start at 8am
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Tomorrow morning,
boat show/hotel shuttle buses will begin running at 8am to accommodate those attending the NMMA Canada Industry Breakfast at the Allstream Centre.
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Take a Break in the Exhibitor Lounge
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Open 9am to 5pm, featuring daily soup, salad and sandwich specials, the Exhibitor Lounge is located in Salon 102 (just west of the Show Office).
For the convenience of exhibitors, it is equipped with computers and internet access, free of charge, courtesy of our sponsors -
Wells Fargo and
Boatdealers.ca.
NEW THIS YEAR: We have added a microwave to the Exhibitor Lounge for your use.
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Two full-time paramedics are on duty each day, circulating throughout the boat show, ready to assist in case of a medical emergency. They carry radios, and are in constant contact with boat show staff.
If an emergency requiring paramedics arises, please do one of the following:
- Contact a boat show staff member, who will radio the paramedics to come to the required location.
- Call the Show Office at 416-263-3185, who will radio the paramedics to come to the required location.
If the situation is non-urgent, you can also direct the individual to the Show Office (Salon 103), where paramedics can meet them.
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