Film director Michel Gondry is to head up the short film and Cinéfondation jury of the 64th Festival de Cannes, following in the footsteps of Atom Egoyan, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Martin Scorsese and John Boorman.
“Destination UK” is a new initiative designed to promote the UK’s cruising grounds to visiting Superyachts in the lead up to the 2012 Olympics and the legacy years. The event is focussed on making it as easy as possible for Superyachts to visit the UK. The more Yachts we can attract, the more opportunities there are for SYUK members and the UK supply chain.
Superyachts built by four of the world’s top ten yacht builders according to the Global Order Book 2011, will feature in the line-up for next month’s Abu Dhabi Yacht Show 2011, the Middle East’s premier show for superyachts. Moonlight 54m and 46m motor yacht Jana are among the superyacht flotilla bound for Yas Marina.
A world record attempt, marine seminars and VIP packages are some of the plans announced for the 2011 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show at an official launch today. Sanctuary Cove General Manager Events and Marketing, Sue Thomson, confirmed a range of initiatives for the 23rd annual Show planned for Thursday, May 19 to Sunday, May 22 at Sanctuary Cove in Queensland, Australia.
The Antibes Yacht Show, now in its 5th year, has announced MYBA (Mediterranean Yacht Brokers Association) – a Worldwide Yachting Association as a partner. The Antibes Yacht Show runs from April 7 – 10th 2011, and is the biggest spring show to focus on brokerage, charter and for the first time this year on refit.
Riviera Syndication will launch its new Sydney/Gold Coast/Hamilton Island 5800 Sport Yacht at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. This boat to be based at Sanctuary Cove will spend 10 weeks each winter in Hamilton Island and 10 weeks each summer in Sydney.
Island Global Yachting announces exciting new enhancements to its customer loyalty program, the IGY Anchor Club. The program continues to reward captains of yachts over 80 feet, but was redeveloped to further benefit captains for choosing an IGY destination. Captains gain automatic membership when they dock at any IGY destination or when they register online.
MARINE Industry Events (MIE), the organiser of the 2011 Liverpool Boat Show, has today announced the cancellation of the inaugural event.
With Singapore fast gaining repute as the destination for luxury superyachts, Marina at Keppel Bay has added two new state-of-the-art piers to meet this rising demand for quality berthing space. Designed and built by Bellingham Marine, the timely completion of the new berths represents the finishing touch to Marina at Keppel Bay’s third and final development phase. Marina at Keppel Bay can now accommodate 168 yachts, including superyachts of up to 280 feet.
BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy is set to broaden its capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region with the successful acquisition of port and harbour engineering specialists, JFA Consultants Pty Ltd based in Perth, Western Australia. This acquisition will help to enhance BMT’s offering, whilst complementing its existing expertise and knowledge through well-established subsidiaries already in the region including BMT WBM and BMT Design & Technology.
MDL Marinas has announced the arrival of a new weather expert to deliver the daily forecasts for all of its UK marinas. Dr. Simon Keeling – a self-confessed weather anorak since he was nine years old – has over 20 years experience in the weather industry and is an expert in forecasting for sailors around the UK. A regular columnist in the yachting press, Simon has previously presented weather forecasts on many TV networks, including BBC and GMTV.
Doğuş Marinas Group is one of the top marina groups in Turkey, providing high standard services to the yacht owners within their three marinas located in Turkey and one marina in Croatia.