In late January 2019, a large and impressive trimaran yacht made her way into the Superyacht Basin of Gold Coast City Marina and Shipyard (GCCM) and many a head was turned. It was The Yot Club, and she is 130-foot of floating hospitality completed to superyacht quality by the GCCM team. She is, indeed, the first of her kind in the world and an innovation set to ignite the market.
The First meeting of the Kaohsiung International Marina Development Association was held in December.
From 6 – 9 December 2018 **[Sanlorenzo](https://www.simpsonmarine.com/brand-range/Sanlorenzo/)**, one of the main producers worldwide of yachts and superyachts, participated as a partner of[**Art Basel Miami Beach 2018**](https://www.artbasel.com/). The shipyard’s presence at the Miami Beach event was part of Sanlorenzo’s global partnership with Art Basel, with**[Sanlorenzo](https://www.simpsonmarine.com/brand-range/Sanlorenzo/)** named the exclusive yacht partner of Art Basel in early 2018. The annual events occur in Hong Kong in March, in Basel in June and Miami Beach in December.
The biggest Asian boat show of the year, the Singapore Yacht Show, is happening in just 10 weeks on 11 – 14 April, held at One Degree 15 Marina, Sentosa Cove, Singapore. We are gearing up for our biggest Singapore Yacht Show yet, with the largest ever display at the show featuring several Asia and Singapore Premieres and an exciting agenda of events.
Simpson Marine is pleased to have concluded the Thailand Yacht Show, the first Asian yacht show of 2019, on a positive note with an impressive fleet of nine yachts on display and several sales concluded at the show.
Having established entities in 13 countries worldwide, Travel Cue’s continued business growth leads to office expansions around the globe – with our most recent office opening in Johor Bahru making this the second Malaysia entity and the 17th Travel Cue office.
With the ever growing awareness of Marine Fares, it is imperative to be updated on the eligibility of these fares as Airlines are adhering to strict rules on who can and cannot use them.
IMS Vessel Management; the most professional boat management company in Indonesia have moved their office and retail outlet. Being Balinese Managed and Indonesian owned the office needed to be Blessed.
Lorenzo Pollicardo has been appointed as the new Technical and Environmental Director for the Superyacht Builders Association (SYBAss). Pollicardo will succeed the retiring Hans Huisman as per 1 February 2019 and brings 30 years of experience in the yachting industry to the team.
