After confirming the intention to open its doors regularly from September 4 to 13, Messe Düsseldorf and the Caravaning Industrie Verband (CIVD) association have unveiled some operational details of the Caravan Salon 2020. “We are firmly convinced that Caravan Salon can generate key impulses for the entire industry and that it is indispensable to offer companies a stage again to re-boot the economy,” says Stefan Koschke, Caravan Salon director. “It is important for us to stress once again that the safety and health of our visitors, exhibitors and employees is always our top priority. We will put the required hygiene and safety requirements in place in a comprehensive and responsible manner”.
To ensure that the event takes place in maximum safety, the organizers have worked closely with local authorities, adapting the individual pavilions to the hygiene needs imposed by the situation. “By adapting layout plans in all areas of the exhibition centre we are making it possible to keep the mandatory minimum distance of 1.5 m everywhere,” says Koschke. “All hygiene measures will be stepped up, there will be hand sanitising dispensers made available for stand staff and visitors at all hall entrances and stands, to name but one precaution. Only several persons at a time, who are not subject to contact restrictions, will be permitted inside vehicles – on top of this, wearing face coverings is mandatory”.
To avoid the pavilions overcrowding, there is a entrances limitation: no more than 20,000 guests can visit the Caravan Salon every day. On a theoretical level, therefore, the 2020 edition will be able to register a maximum of 200,000 people, compared to 268,000 in 2019. According to Koschke, this objective can be achieved by offering tickets exclusively online and in advance. “This will also ensure visitors are registered by name,” explains Koschke.
Speaking about the new edition of the Caravan Salon, a mention should be reserved about exhibitors, especially after the renunciations of Concorde, Pössl, Erwin Hymer Group and Lippert Components. “Visitors can look forward to a great line-up of brands, models and vehicle layouts,” reassure Michael Degen, executive director at Messe Düsseldorf. “It is, of course, regrettable that some companies will not be joining the fray but this is obviously their own individual decision”.
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