A report of London CAAT's protest at the Clarion-owned Travel Show

Members of London Campaign Against Arms Trade (London CAAT) descended on the Destinations: Holiday and Travel Show in Earls Court this Saturday to protest about the organiser's involvement in the arms trade. They are Clarion Events and they also own the DSEi arms fair.

A large number of leaflets were handed out and some passers-by engaged with our message, particularly a Palestinian lady who expressed strong agreement with our stance. One of the speakers at the show Ben Fogle, star of Castaway 2000 and Country Tracks, passed us on the way into the show but declined to take a leaflet. He was one of the speakers CAAT wrote to prior to the event asking them to raise the issues of Clarion's involvement in the arms trade with them.

Two members of London CAAT entered the show to talk to stallholders, focussing on the smaller exhibitors as they were more likely to be manned by people who could have a say on their company's presence at the fair. They were all interested in what we had to say but unfortunately there were no firm commitments to talk to Clarion.

We will continue to keep the pressure on Clarion and we will be at their next show, the Baby Show, on Sunday February 20th (11am-1pm at the ExCel centre, nearest tube Custom House DLR).