Marina at Keppel Bay has been honored with the ‘International Marina of the Year 2013-2014’ award and has also won the ‘Best Environmental Initiative’ award at the Marine13 International Conference and Exhibition, taking place in Sydney, Australia.
Marina at Keppel Bay situated in the popular Asian yacht charter location - Singapore
The inaugural two day all-of–industry boating, marina and boating safety conference was officially opened by NSW Minister for Roads and Ports, the Hon. Duncan Gay, MLC, who welcomed participants from 15 countries.
Marina at Keppel Bay faced competition in the International Marina Category from Korea, Turkey, America, Fiji and Dubai and their win acknowledges impressive performance in best industry practice across all areas of their marina business including marketing, environmental practices, community initiatives, services and facilities, customers service, training and development, financial performance and measurable outcomes.
The Marina, which opened in 2008 on Keppel Island, was awarded for its environmental initiative, City Reef, a highly rated integrated plan that has now attracted over 40 aquatic species to the marina. Collaboration with independent marine conservationists and research facilities continually monitor the project’s impact and improvement of the local marine eco-system.
The project incorporates many energy and water saving aspects, pollution monitoring and control systems and other green initiatives which complement the initiative and has been further developed as a major visitor attraction and a learning platform for employees and scientific researchers.
The awards are for the 2013/14 period and based on performance over the previous financial year period. MIA President Andrew Chapman said the awards have been very well supported by industry with 43 submissions received.
