Who stages Australias largest boat show, Sanctuary Cove or Sydney?
Depending on how much detail one demands, there is a relatively simple answer – in terms of exhibitor attendance, Sanctuary Cove is a clear winner; when it comes to visitor attendance it’s Sydney by the length of the straight! Organisation of both shows is markedly different. Sanctuary Cove is owned by and staged by Sanctuary Cove, while the Sydney International is owned by and staged by that state’s peak industry body, the Boating Industry Association of NSW. Friday sunshine – 2009 Sanctuary Cove Boat Show – MarineBusinessNews.com . It could be said that Sanctuary Cove is private enterprise, Sydney is industry-owned. Harry Davis, boat show manager (for all 21 exhibitions) for SCIBS, says Sanctuary Cove is unlikely to ever upstage the SIBS in terms of visitor attendance. ‘The Sydney International has had crowds in excess of 90,000, double the best SCIBS has achieved, but we could never handle such an attendance, our entire infrastructure would probably collapse,’ he said. SCIBS regular
