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Yacht Show sails into town with multi-million dollar beauties
Thirty of the world's most luxurious superyachts will be on view
- By Himendra Mohan Kumar, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 February 24, 2010
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
- Taking a peak at what multi-million dollar luxury yachts are offering these days will fill you with awe and wonder. Think everything from gold-plated faucets to your own garden on board and don't forget the heli-pad for the busy executive.
Abu Dhabi: The three-day Abu Dhabi Yacht Show 2010 beginning today will showcase 30 of the world's most impressive super-yachts and 140 exhibitors.
The show, taking place at the newly-built Yas Marina, will feature yachts whose prices, depending on size, could go well over $100 million (Dh367.2 million), said Yacht Show organiser Franck Dailles at a news conference here.
The show will display yachts from 24 metres in length to more than 100 metres.
Dailles said the fee per yacht participating in the show ranges from $12,500 to $40,000.
"We will have over 10 companies from the region exhibiting their yachts," he added.
"We are expecting 10,000 visitors over the three days. Last year we received 7,000 visitors."
Returning business
The second Abu Dhabi Yacht Show will run daily from 2 to 10pm.
The show's organisers said testimony to its ability to deliver substantial business results is the fact that the majority of last year's exhibitors from 32 countries have returned for this expanded 2010 edition.
"The powerful exhibitor line-up reads like a Who's Who of the international maritime industry.
"It includes shipbuilders, charterers, brokerage houses, marine support services, yacht registries and interior designers from the US, UK, Monaco, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the Baltic states among others," they added.
The exhibitors include US shipyard Westport, Dutch heavyweight Feadship and other Superyacht Builders Association (SYBAss) members such as Amels BV of the Netherlands, Fincantieri Yachts from Italy, the USA's Burger Boat Company and Trinity Yachts, alongside Abu Dhabi marina developer Aldar Properties, regional vessel builders Abu Dhabi MAR Group and Gulf Craft, and yacht managers and distributers Art Marine.
"The show is an unrivalled forum for Abu Dhabi to present its expanding marine leisure and super-yacht credentials to industry leaders, who we hope will partner our development, and an audience of regional high-net-worth individuals," said Faisal Al Shaikh, Events Manager for the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), which is the show's headline sponsor.
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