New location for 2025 Valencia show

The Valencia Boat Show will celebrate its 16th edition this year by returning to Marina Port Valencia, home to the iconic Veles e Vents building, from October 22-26, 2025. The show was originally held in this location until 2015.

Organised by the Unión de Empresas Náuticas, the Valencian Community’s employers’ association, the 2025 Valencia Boat Show will have the same organising team as the last edition, headed by Isabel Gil. In 2024 the show attracted 26,332 visitors, a year in which it also presented a record number of brands on display, as well as a complete agenda of activities for all audiences.

Marina Port Valencia, the new concessionaire of the space, will provide its full support from the outset, as this is a remarkable event with international projection and a great future ahead.

According to Patrick Reynés, CEO of the IPM-IMG Group, of which the new dealership is a part, says: “It is worth highlighting our interest in the integration of the port and city and in order to take a step further towards this objective, we will provide all the necessary resources to ensure that the celebration of this boat show is a complete success.”

Under the slogan ‘The Sea is Here’, the 2025 Valencia Boat Show will have special areas dedicated to superyachts, sports and nautical tourism. New boats from the main international brands will be displayed on land and afloat, with the possibility of sea trials.

“We have first-class infrastructure, the capacity to organise large events and competitions, and a powerful nautical business ecosystem, and this event, which maintains sustained and coherent growth year-after-year, is an example of this,” says Gil.

The Veles e Vents building by David Chipperfield, built for the 2007 America’s Cup in Valencia, will be the epicentre of the Valencia Boat Show in 2025. The building will house a conference and meeting area, a wide range of quality gastronomy with local Valencian products, as well as the organisation and press offices.

The different exhibition areas will be deployed around it, especially the new ‘Marineta’ area, which, thanks to Marina Port Valencia, is being revived in this edition as a strategic location for major brands and sponsors.

“In 2024, we already anticipated the need for more exhibition space, and we believe that returning to the Veles e Vents area was undoubtedly the most logical option, as it allows us to expand across the water to both sides of the building and offers us additional comfort for holding industry meetings and other activities,” says Gil.