Yachting Business

Ventura receives customer relations award from Pershing (Ferretti Group)

In recognition of its exceptional customer relations and customer relationship management, Ventura UK has received the ‘Best Marketing & CRM Performance’ award from Pershing. he award was made at Pershing’s recent dealer conference in Cattolica, Italy, which was attended by principals and representatives from 60 Pershing dealerships around the world.

Superyacht Australia appoints new Board Member of SYBA

Superyacht Australia Chairman Barry Jenkins has announced the appointment of Jim Livermore as a Director of SYBA replacing Dominic White who resigned recently from the Board.

Ocean Marine Yacht Center appoints Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Ocean Marine Yacht Center, a global leader in superyacht refit and repair as well as a full-service marine center, announces today that Thomas “Charlie” Petosa has been appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Ocean Marine Yacht Center has extraordinary capabilities and capacity, and has been long known by owners, captains and industry experts as one of the great American superyacht yards.

Genoa Yacht Charter Show 2011 – MYBA reports another successful year

MYBA -The Worldwide Yachting Association is pleased to announce the completion of another successful charter show in Genoa from May 2 – 6 2011. A total of 79 yachts were presented with standards and quality of the exhibiting yachts was exceptionally high with many brand new yachts having only just left the yard. The Show remains a unique opportunity for charter brokers to view charter yachts available for the season ahead.

Axis Group Yacht Design opens new office in Shanghai

Axis Group Yacht Design, an Italian design and engineering company, has opened a new overseas representative office in Shanghai, which will be based at the Jin […]

NISI Yachts to build second NISI 2400 motor yacht NISI 2400GT

NISI Yachts has been awarded a new contract to build a semi-custom NISI 2400 for a prominent Northeast American business couple. The couple commissioned their new build within weeks of first seeing NISI’s American debut at the Miami Yacht and Brokerage Show.

Gulf Craft appoints new South East Asian Distributer for Majesty Yachts

Gulf Craft, the leading builder of fiberglass luxury motor yachts in the Middle East and Asia, has appointed Eminence Yachting Ltd. to distribute the Majesty range of yachts and superyachts in Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines.

Sea-Alliance Group launch superyacht crew recruitment division

Sea-Alliance Group (SAG), the international maritime business, is undergoing significant growth and is now extending its offering to include Crew Recruitment as one of its many professional services.

2011 ICOMIA World Marinas Conference in Singapore Exceeds Expectations

An exceptional, global audience gathered together over the last two days in Singapore’s Swissotel The Stamford for the 2011 ICOMIA World Marine Conference. Held in Asia for the first time ever, 270 delegates attended from far and wide with representatives from Korea, China, Thailand, India, US, Hong Kong, Australia, Europe, Middle East, South America and of course, Singapore.

Dubois Yachts appoints Toby Walker as Managing Director

Dubois Yachts is delighted to introduce Toby Walker as the newly appointed Managing Director. Toby studied Law at Southampton Solent University before embarking on a career as a yacht broker. A mutual respect and understanding between Ed Dubois and Toby has grown while working together in the industry on a number of projects over many years.

Amico Group launches Cantiere Amico Loano Superyacht refit yard

Amico Group, an Italian superyacht refit specialist has opened a new mega yacht refit yard called Cantiere Amico Loano. The new 8,500sq m refit yard will be able to service, repair and refit yachts and superyachts from 8m-55m (26ft-180ft) and has a 550t travel lift.

Camper & Nicholsons Marinas and BR Marinas in Brazil in cooperation agreement

Camper & Nicholsons Marinas, global marina group, and BR Marinas, Brazil’s leading marina group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the growth of luxury marinas in Brazil. The key purpose of the partnership is the development of C&N Marinas in Brazil, and in technology exchange and marketing cross promotion.