RAI Amsterdam has announced a new layout for this year’s METSTRADE show, including the addition of a new hall that will help increase capacity.

Almost 22,000 visitors attended the 2015 edition of METSTRADE, along with almost 1,400 exhibiting companies. The capacity of this premier B2B platform for leisure marine equipment industry professionals will now be further increased to ensure it has the facilities to match.

The SuperYacht Pavilion (SYP) and Marina & Yard Pavilion (MYP) will both expand and extra facilities will be put in place to facilitate networking during the show.

SYP, which is normally in Hall 9, will now take over the entire span of Halls 10 and 11. The MYP will be moving to Hall 5 in the RAI’s new Amtrium building, next to the location of the 2016 ICOMIA World Marinas Conference, which runs from November 17-19.

The third pavilion at METSTRADE, the Construction Material Pavilion (CMP), will stay in the Elicium building. This will allow it to be closely connected to the Material Experience, an exhibition by the global network Materia of materials that could add considerable value to the maritime sector.

Meanwhile, the Innovation LAB concept and stage will move to Hall 6, where it will form a central innovation hub together with presentations of the winning and nominated products for the DAME Design Award.

And finally, the VIP lounge will move to the Europe Foyer in order to optimise the space, design and service offered to visitors, and the Sushi Bar will be moving to Hall 7.

A summary of the changes:

SuperYacht Pavilion from Hall 9 to Halls 10 and 11

DAME presentation and Innovation LAB centralised in Hall 6 hub

Marina & Yard Pavilion from Hall 4 to Hall 5

Amtrium lobby becomes Hall 4

Hall 4 and 5 merge to form Hall 5

Hall 9 becomes Hall 11

Hall 11 becomes Hall 12

Sushi Bar moves to Hall 7

METSTRADE 2016 runs from November 15-17 in the RAI Amsterdam convention centre. Over three quarters of the exhibition floor is already booked.