SalonQP cancelled for 2019
One thing that SalonQP did not expect to contend with was its long term venue, Saatchi Gallery in London’s Chelsea, forcing them to give up the dates of the 2019 show. SalonQP and its associated magazine brand QP were acquired by magazine group Hearst last year and managed to put on another impressive show in 2018 that looked certain to be a stepping stone to returning the event to its former glory. Hearst, which also owns huge luxury titles including Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar and Men’s Health, attracted over 16,000 watch-loving consumers to the event and immediately announced that the show would run again at the Saatchi Gallery in October 2019. However, last week that plan was scuppered by the gallery telling Hearst it could no longer have the October dates, leaving SalonQP homeless. The event will be deferred until 2020.