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Thursday, January 26, 2016
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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 - Tuesday
- Crane Schedule is Being Finalized
- $100 Dealer Draw Winner
- Thank You for the Special Delivery
- Converting Interest to Action
- The Watermark Project
- Thank You to Our Show Bag Sponsors
- Don't Get Tagged & Towed
- Take a Break in the Exhibitor Lounge
- First Aid Procedures
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Attendance Update - Tuesday
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 The total number of attendees who visited the show on Tuesday was 4,282, a 60% increase compared to the 2,683 in 2016.
Note that in 2016 there was snow in the GTA and heavy snow outside of the GTA, which contributed to attendance results last year.
Canadian Boat Shows utilizes a system of counting each attendee once, ensuring that each person/ticket is counted one time only - unlike a turnstile system that often counts consumers and exhibitors multiple times.
Final attendance is determined by counting each paid admission ticket at the box office, e-ticket, exhibitor guest ticket, complimentary ticket, exhibitor badge, marine trades badge, and children.
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Crane Schedule is Being Finalized
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 Move-out services are being finalized now!
If you need a crane to lift boats, and have not yet submitted your request, please
click here to download the form, complete it, and return it to the Show Office (Salon 103) as soon as possible.
Printed forms are available in the Show Office.
Questions? Contact move-out coordinator Shawn McConnell: 416-574-9826.
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MARKETING - BUY/SELL A BOAT & WIN
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Tuesday's dealer winner, Ric Heemsbergen received a crisp $100 bill from Tracy Williams yesterday.
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Ric Heemsbergen, Howell's Marine, won $100 on Tuesday when he sold a 20-foot Southbay Pontoon Boat, entered a ballot into the 2017
Buy a Boat & Win program, and his ballot was drawn.
A total of 72 boats were sold Wednesday by dealers who submitted ballots.
Thursday's winner will be announced in the next newsletter.
Click the button below to see how you could win $100, and
your customer can win $10,000 toward his or her boat purchase - large or small - at this year's show!
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Thank You for the Special Delivery
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Converting Interest to Action
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 Now in its third year, the
New Boater Welcome Centre continues to be an important tool for converting interest to action, with a steady stream of new or
wannabe boaters taking advantage of resources including:
Location: In the centre of the show, between Hall B and Mariner's Marketplace.
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 Located in Hall D, the Watermark Project is a community effort to collect and archive true stories about the ways people interact with water, as part of an effort to protect water bodies across Canada.
At the Watermark booth, show visitors are invited to protect their waterbody by sharing their stories - either through an interview onsite, or by submitting their stories
online.
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Thank You to Our Show Bag Sponsors
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 Thank you to Yamaha and MD Marine Insurance - sponsors of the complimentary, reusable show bags show-goers receive as they enter via the three main show entrances.
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 Starting Thursday, unauthorized vehicles in the east and west docks will be tagged.
Starting Friday, vehicles parked on Manitoba will be given a warning, and those parked there Saturday and Sunday will be tagged and towed.
Help us to help you! We all want a smooth, efficient move-out, and illegally parked vehicles will impede the flow, causing move-out delays and frustration for everyone.
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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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