This new edition of the CNPL was undoubtedly the most awaited, are you satisfied?
Grégoire Cuzinberche âeuros Yes, the organizing team is very satisfied with this 33 ème edition. After two years without a show and the absence of some brands, our objectives have been exceeded and so much the better for us and for all the fishing enthusiasts.
Can you give us some figures regarding the attendance?
Grégoire Cuzinberche âeuros Of course, this year we broke a record for attendance. Nearly 22,800 visitors walked the aisles of the show, the first time in over 10 years. On Saturday alone there were more than 14,000 visitors, a real success. With visitors coming from 93 metropolitan departments, we can say that this event is a national event for all fishing enthusiasts.
This year you wanted to give the possibility to the exhibitors to sell their material within a store space, a success too?
Grégoire Cuzinberche âeuros We do not have the exact figures yet, but we can already tell you that the store area has achieved a turnover that should exceed 1.5 million euros. It was therefore timely to offer such a space to exhibitors and visitors.
There are probably still points to improve?
Grégoire Cuzinberche âeuros Of course, we are perfectible and we want to work on the different problems encountered. The decision of some major brands a few months before the show forced us to make some savings, especially on the live broadcast of the events scheduled on the stage. As soon as we had confirmation of the number of entries planned for Saturday, we looked for a solution to be able to film the interventions.
So where will we be able to view these filmed interventions?
Grégoire Cuzinberche âeuros The totality of the interventions will be transmitted to the various speakers who will be able to use them at their convenience, and in a few days, you will be able to find them on the various social networks of the CNPL.
Cyril Chauquet was the godfather of this edition, we could see that the public's enthusiasm was real, did you expect such a success?
Grégoire Cuzinberche âeuros Cyril Chauquet himself confided to us that he had never known such a craze even on the American continent. It is clear that some visitors were disappointed not to be able to meet him and I understand them. But it is difficult to ask Cyril Chauquet to sign books for hours on end, so with his agreement we organized group photos with all those who could not meet him.
Are you already thinking about the CNPL 2024?
Grégoire Cuzinberche âeuros This edition has confirmed us on the fact that it must be made for all the actors of the leisure fishing and we are the first satisfied. We have of course points to improve and we will look at them very quickly. We took advantage of the show to help discover the field of fishing to the younger generation. Indeed, we were able to convince the Puy-de-DÃ'me school board to rely on Arpara to set up initiation days at the water's edge, especially for secondary school students.
And in the next few weeks we will be interviewing all the players in the show, exhibitors and visitors, to see what can be improved in the coming years.
