FIT YOUR CAMPER, THE FAIR THAT WASN'T THERE: A SURPRISING DEBUT FOR A FIRST EDITION TO FRAME!
The first edition of Fit Your Camper exceeded all expectations, with the participation of 12.623 visitors and 484 industry professionals, confirming that it has earned a strategic role in the Italian trade fair panorama. The support of the camper community was fundamental, with almost a thousand campers hosted. The organizers, Fabio Viviani and Antonio Mazzucchelli, are enthusiastic about the success and are already working on the 2025 edition.
Erba (CO), 7 April 2024 – Fit Your Camper – Accessories fair for campers, caravans, vans and leisure ended in Erba (CO) with participation exceeding the best expectations. From 4 to 7 April, the event, hosted at the Lariofiere, Has attracted a passionate and enthusiastic audience, opening a new chapter among sector events.
With an attendance of 12.623 visitors, Fit Your Camper confirmed the ever-growing interest in the lifestyle linked to recreational vehicles and free time. The peak was recorded on Saturday 6 April with an attendance of 6.902 visitors, followed by an equally lively Sunday, with 5.721 enthusiasts who crowded the exhibition spaces.
In addition to public participation, it should be mentioned the presence of 484 professionals in the sector, who contributed to making the fair a strategic meeting point for market operators. Thanks also to the technical refresher courses and the possibility of dialogue and comparison, the days dedicated to them on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 April were revealed precious moments for the exchange of information and experiences. It all ended with Fit Your Party Pro, an important networking moment organized during the first evening.
A determining aspect for the success of Fit Your Camper was the support from the camper community, that with almost a thousand campers hosted in the car parks around the structure and in the remote ones, specially set up and served by shuttles, confirmed the need for an event like this in the Italian trade fair scene. A special thanks goes to the precious work carried out by the volunteers of Confedercampeggio and its member clubs in Lombardy for parking management.
Numerous events they characterized all the days of the event, enriching the experience of professional visitors and campers and caravan owners. Among many, the seminar should be remembered On the paths of innovation: the future in the distribution of the automotive and recreational vehicle world, organized by Quintegia e Camper Professional Italy; the delivery of Camper Professional Dealer Award 2024; show cooking Camper Chef edited by Gianluca Gabanini; The Meet & Match between companies and content creators curated by Elizabeth Cross, the first event of this type organized in the sector in Italy; the game It's game time: all professors with each other's campers, Edited by Italian campers; the meeting Traveling with four-legged friends, presented by Marta Viviani; and the intervention of Alberto Orsatti Safe driving school with the experts.
Il Fit Your Party on Saturday evening, dedicated to the entire community of campers present in Erba, was the culmination of an unprecedented event and which proved to be an unmissable moment for the entire sector.
"We are extremely proud of the success of the first edition of Fit Your Camper”, they declared Fabio Viviani e Antonio Mazzucchelli, organizers of the event. “The huge turnout of visitors and the positive feedback received confirms to us that there was a real need for an event like this. We will continue to improve and innovate, to offer an increasingly engaging event full of opportunities for sector enthusiasts. This initial success further motivates us to pursue our idea of creating a cutting-edge event capable of satisfying the needs and passions of the camper community".
The president of Lariofiere, Fabio Dadati, commented: "We are very satisfied with the success of Fit Your Camper, which we had the pleasure of hosting for the first time. The enthusiasm of the visitors and the quality of the proposals presented by the exhibitors highlighted the fundamental role that this fair has been able to assume in the sector's trade fair panorama. I am sure that Fabio Viviani and Antonio Mazzucchelli will be able to grow this initiative to make it a real point of reference, not only in Italy".
The organizers are already working to identify the dates of the 2025 event, which will certainly be able to grasp and support all of them new trends in the sector. The experience accumulated in the preparation and launch of this first edition will constitute a solid foundation for growth and improvement Fit Your Camper, the fair that didn't exist.
