The next year’s Miami International Boat Show will host the fifth annual Neptune Awards for Marketing Excellence for the very first time. Organised by Marine Marketers of America (MMA), the 2012 awards are marked by two new categories: special sales promotion as well as mobile promotion.
It has been a great success for the respected US shipyard, Hatteras Yachts, at this year’s Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show, with such beautiful vessels on display as the 68 Convertible yacht, as well as the newest Hatteras 80 MY. The company will also attend the next Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show.
Formally launched by Clear Group International and a Board of Directors, Ports of CauseTM (POC) represents a program, developed especially for yacht refits, funded through corporate sponsorships as well as state-of-the-art product donations. The Flagship Vessel of this program is the 116′ superyacht The Highlander. Ports of CauseTM will be also presented at the upcoming Miami Boat Show.
Following the Miami and Palm Beach Boat Shows, the first quarter of the year has brought a huge success to the leading undercover yacht repair facility, Bradford Marine, working on such as beautiful vessels like the superyacht Golden Osprey, the luxury yacht Bella Bri or the luxury charter yacht Texas Star, and many others.
Numarine 24m luxury motor yacht 78´ Fly was very successful at both Miami as well as Istanbul Boat Shows and Numarine received several orders after her presentation. This fabulous vessel is now preparing for Rio and Beirut Boat Shows, running in April and May, respectively.
2012 Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show hosted an exclusive showcase of designer fashion presented by Princess Yachts and Viking Sport Cruisers.
This year´s Miami Boat Show has recorded much stronger overall results than the past several years, with the number of exhibitors and yachts on display both up 9 percent over 2011.
Azimut Yachts starts works on the 42m planing motor yacht Azimut Grande 140, as announced by this prestigious Italian shipyard at the 2012 Miami Boat Show. This beautiful vessel will provide 12 guests with 5 lovely cabins.
Benetti 36.90m Classic 121 custom luxury yacht DOMANI was on display at this year´s Miami Boat Show. This magnificent vessel easily accommodates up to 10 guests in 5 comfortable cabins.
Benetti 61m FB253 luxury yacht Diamonds Are Forever was the largest vessel ever exhibited at Miami Boat Show. Featuring the concept design as well as exterior design by Azimut-Benetti with interior and decoration by Evan K. Marshall / Usonia V, this spectacular vessel comfortably sleeps up to 12 guests in four vast guest staterooms, a huge VIP suite and the majestic Owners’ stateroom.
Miami Boat Show 2012 was record-breaking for Azimut-Benetti Group, exhibiting three new luxury vessels: the Benetti Classic 121 motor yacht Domani and the FB253 Diamonds Are Forever superyacht as well as the Azimut Grande 116 luxury yacht Cinque. Benetti also announced the start of construction on a new 90 metre steel and aluminium vessel, while Azimut Grande has started works on a new 140 foot trideck planing model.