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Melbourne Boat Show Exhibitor Awards

by Boating Industry Association of Victoria 19 Oct 2024 22:20 PDT 18 October 2024
The Melbourne Boat Show Exhibitor © Boating Industry Association of Victoria

The Melbourne Boat Show Exhibitor and VIP Function took place on Friday 18 October, at the immediate conclusion of trading, right on site at Melbourne City Marina function room.

A strong attendance of circa 200 exhibitors enjoyed a great catch up, network, dinner and drinks, as well as presentation of the best exhibit awards.

BIAV congratulates the following winners.

Best On Water Exhibitor
38 South Boat Sales

Best On-Land Exhibitor
Melbourne Malibu/SeaDoo/Quintrex

Jason Sutherland for 38 South was delighted with the award, commenting that the whole site looked great and they were very proud to take out the prize. Trent Wadrope for Malibu was equally enthused, taking great pride in what he described as a career aspiration to be involved in winning such a great award.

BIAV President Scott O'Hare heaped praise on the exhibitors collective, noting the high quality of all of the displays, and the amount of work going into them all.

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