Out and about
It’s one the highlights of the year here at Kal Group, and this year was no different with the sales and PR team heading up to the Birmingham NEC for the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show.
This is the second largest industry show of the year and gives the public the chance to see the 2018 product launches from a large selection of dealers and manufacturers of caravans, motorhomes, campervans, lodges, holiday homes and accessories. For us, it gives us chance to visit many of our clients all in one place and meet many potential ones, it also helps us stay on top of the latest trends in the market.
The new holiday park attraction at the show was a hit with us, with an ice ring, rock climbing wall and sledging slide there was plenty to do for the whole family.
Jumping over to the Bailey of Bristol stand we took a look at the vintage 1967 Bailey Maestro caravan which was on display after being fully restored by Lee Davy. It was on display to help celebrate Bailey’s 70th anniversary and to show the leaps and bounds that caravan manufacturing has come to give us the leisure vehicles that everyone is so used to now.
Over on the Willerby stand the PR team took a look around the newly launched Juniper, got very jealous of the Willerby Owners Club mugs and got to meet The Sleep Geek. James, The Sleep Geek, was on stand supporting the Willerby Simply Better Sleep scheme in which they’ve teamed up with Hypnos to offer a better night’s sleep. James told us all about the factors affecting sleep; mattress, light, scent, temperature and heart rate.
Helen, sales director, had a hectic day visiting clients and found everyone was very happy with their stands! As busy as it was with the public she managed to catch many of our clients for a cuppa and chat, including Auto-Trail, Lowdhams and Brownhills just to name a few.
Although overall footfall appeared to be down, many businesses have still reported that sales were good, with some even record breaking for a February NEC, which indicates the mobile leisure market is still buoyant and looks set to continue rising throughout the year.
After all that walking around the NEC all day Jess made sure she found five minutes to put her feet up and relax on the Haven stand, we don’t know how anyone manages the full five days on their feet!
The team as a whole clocked up a staggering 52km throughout the day, but Michelle decided this wasn’t enough and headed up for a second day on the Thursday! And even with the extra day she found the need to be flying around the halls, see Michelle’s videos on our Facebook page!
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Our next stop will be The National Motorhome & Campervan Show in Peterborough in April, let us know if you’re attending. Until then, we’re going to kick our feet back and relax…or maybe not.