After two years of disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced that its 2022 Dealer Week broke overall and dealer attendance records Dec. 5-8 in Austin, Tex.
More than 1,300 attendees joined the event at the Austin Convention Center. That is the highest number of attendees ever at a conference hosted by MRAA.
Dealer attendance at the conference was up more than 20% over 2021 and 5% over the all-time high set at an MRAA conference that hosted 650 dealers in 2017. Additionally, the event had 125 exhibitors, a 24% increase over 2021. The conference featured opening and closing keynotes, three education tracks, multiple networking receptions, an exhibitor hall, awards luncheon and a ’70s-themed celebration of the organization’s 50th anniversary.
“Thank you to all the dealers and industry partners who made Dealer Week a success this year,” Mike Davin, vice president of business planning, MRAA, said in a statement. “We work hard to make the conference a valuable event every year, but with this being the association’s 50th anniversary, we wanted to do something special. From the reactions we’ve heard, it sounds like most of the participants feel that it was as rewarding as it was memorable.”
Dealer Week Online is for those who missed the event in person with 15 on-demand versions of the education sessions.
