abstract:The London Boat Show is held each January at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London, just opposite the O2 and the centre of London's business and entertainment centre. It is a large event, now in its 58th year, which uses one of ExCeL's 32,500 square metre halls.
Mr Mackenzie said that many contracted exhibitors had said that the "commercially disastrous" LondonBoatShow was one of the reasons they had chosen to withdraw from Liverpool.
Artists who contributed works to the riverside event -- which formed part of the week-long LondonBoatShow -- include the fashion duo Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, portrait artist Christian Furr, as well as musician and actor, Goldie.