Ten reasons why you must not miss Coach & Bus Live 2011

Taken from the 2009 show, the statistics below demonstrate why Coach & Bus Live is rightly considered the UK’s number one domestic industry exhibition.

Exhibition Statistics

• 205 exhibiting companies – with all available stand space taken.

• 6,000 attendees – a 5% increase on the 2007 event and a geographic spread that covered the whole of the UK & Ireland.

• Diverse range of businesses – from private hire to day trips, school contracts to local bus services and community transport to package tours. 39% of the visitors came from operator based organisations, while 22% came from suppliers and 6% from local authority transport departments.

• Senior company positions - over 50% of visitors held top posts within their organisations, with 20% from chief executive or managing director roles and 33% from managerial, consultancy or engineering roles.

• High levels of purchasing responsibility – with 20% of visitors from companies with fleets in excess of 30 vehicles including 12% from companies with fleets of 100 vehicles or more.

• Wide range of purchasing responsibilities – visitors came to Coach & Bus Live 2009 looking to source a broad range of products of services. For example, 78% for full size buses and coaches, 67% for mini or midi buses and coaches and 48% for body or chassis equipment. A further 37% had technology products high on their shopping list - looking for IT or AV communications equipment, ticket or fare collection systems.

Exhibitor Survey

• Good quality visitors – 65% rated visitor quality as either good or very good and a further 21% as excellent

• Valuable source of new business – 76% met with prospective customers they did not previously know

• Demonstrable commitment to the show – 97% would consider booking for Euro Bus Expo 2010 or re-booking for Coach & Bus Live 2011

• Effective marketing support - 97% rated the pre-show marketing campaign as either good or very good

• Cost effective exhibition – 76% considered Coach & Bus Live to be all round good value for money compared to other similar trade shows.

• Good event management – 55% rated organiser support as either good or very good while a further 38% rated it as excellent.

Visitor Survey

• Valuable show – with 72% rating time spent at show as either good or very good and a further 14% rating time spent as excellent

• Most popular reasons for visiting – to compare products or services and to source new suppliers

• Most important things achieved at show - networking with industry colleagues, making face-to-face contact with suppliers and witnessing a new vehicle or product launch

• High quality exhibitors – 76% rated exhibitor quality as either good or very good while a further 13% rated it as excellent