Barcelona to Stage New Golf Show

The already busy schedule of golf trade exhibitions in Europe over the next nine months has become even more cluttered with the announcement that Barcelona will play host to an international show from February 16-18, 2001.

A joint project between International Management Group, the European Tour and the Catalonian tourist organisation, the Barcelona European Golf Show will be open to both trade visitors and the public, and is expected to have around 110 exhibitors.

The show aims to cover every aspect of the sport - from equipment and clothing manufacture and retailing, to golf course design and maintenance, to tourism initiatives, to governing bodies, event organising and golf media - and 18,000 visitors are expected over the three days.

It will immediately follow the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, and there must be doubts about how many of the game's top companies it will be able to attract in light of the four similar shows which are planned for Europe over the last six months of this year.

These are the exhibition during the Open at St Andrews next month, the main European golf show in Munich from September 26-28, GolfExpo at the NEC from November 2-5 and the event organised by Reed International a couple of weeks later in Marbella.