All Croatia articles – Page 5
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Croatia’s leading marina operator to invest, extend concessions
ACI Marinas posts lower revenues but plans investments
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Marina Stores opens new megastore in Rijeka
Greek retail chain Marina Stores, a Lalizas company, has opened a new megastore in Rijeka, Croatia. The move comes less than six months after the company opened a megastore in nearby Sibenik.
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Croatia Boat Show scheduled for early April 2021
The 22nd edition of the Croatia Boat Show is set to be held in Split from April 7-11, 2021, the organisers have announced.
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Croatia and Greece identify nautical tourism as key post-Covid-19 recovery tools
A number of Mediterranean and Adriatic states have been seriously impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in respect of their important tourism industries. Two of these are Croatia and Greece and both, as they set about developing recovery strategies for their tourism sectors, are looking to nautical tourism as a key ...
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Sirena Yachts celebrates 60th yacht sold, appoints Croatian dealer
After presenting the first Sirena 64 at the Düsseldorf Boat Show in 2017, Turkish shipyard Sirena Yachts has announced the sale of its 60th yacht – a Sirena 88. The company has also introduced a series of design upgrades and technical tweaks to the Sirena 58 and Sirena 64 models, ...
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Croatian nautical sector seeks government financial support
A 50% drop in yacht arrivals and a 65% revenue loss from the reduced traffic has Croatia’s growing marina and nautical sector stalled and seeking some additional job support funding, according to the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK).
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Biograd Boat Show reports better than expected results
The 22nd edition of the Biograd Boat Show, held from October 21-25 at Marina Kornati in southern Croatia and organised and hosted by Ilirija d.d, presented an outcome which in the view of many exhibitors and the organisers had been ”better than expected”.
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Biograd Show latest: Extended show format appears to be working
Attendence is on track to be on par with 2019, however numbers will be crucuially spread over more days
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Biograd Boat Show to open next week
With less than one week to go before the 22nd Biograd Boat Show in southern Croatia opens its doors to the public, event organiser Ilirija d.d says that 240 exhibitors have already registered their attendance.
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Croatia sees €30m hotel and marina, first on island of Vir
Croatia’s top 2020 tourist destination saw 101,000 guests by the end of September resulting in 2.1 million overnight stays and revenue within 10% of 2019, despite not one hotel room on the Island of Vir.
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Nautical tourism keeps Croatia afloat
Croatia’s early adoption of the so-called ’Blue Economy’ concept seems to be paying off, as nautical tourism appears to be keeping the country’s travel industry afloat during the time of Covid-19. Tourism and Sport Minister Nikolina Brnjac told the Nautical Patrol last Friday that of the 1.3 million bed nights ...
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22nd Biograd Boat Show to go ahead as planned
With just two weeks to go before the start of the 22nd Biograd Boat Show in southern Croatia, event organiser Ilirija d.d has confirmed that over 200 exhibitors have already registered for this year’s event.
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Marina Stores opens new Croatian megastore
Greek retail chain Marina Stores, a Lalizas company, has opened a new megastore in Šibenik, Croatia.
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European Overview: Bright spots amid the uncertainty
The fallout of Covid-related lockdowns and safety protocols has had far-reaching impacts on Europe’s industry, but there are winners amid the upheaval.
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Croatia: State of the Industry Briefing
IBI Editor Ed Slack speaks with Milan Sangulin, Director of the Biograd Boat Show which is scheduled to proceed 21-25 October, who details the situation in the country’s charter market – purported to be the world’s largest – as well demand for locally-built boats, and efforts underway to make the ...
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New dates announced for Biograd show
The organisers of the 2020 Biograd Boat Show in southern Croatia have announced new dates for this year’s show, which will also now take place over five days instead of four.
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Croatia’s open borders to kickstart yacht charter market?
The opening of Croatia’s borders to allow EU citizens to visit without any quarantine restrictions is expected to trigger the restart of the yacht charter market, which has already started to pick up since the weekend. In particular, boat owners and visitors from Germany, Australia and Slovenia are anticipated to ...
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Lalizas reports strong sales at Zagreb show
Greek equipment firm says sales were up 60% compared to previous editions
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Italian boatbuilder secures new Balkan brand representative
Italian boatbuilder Arcadia Yachts has signed a deal to secure a new brand representative, Blu Yachts, as part of its efforts to expand to Croatia and Slovenia.
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ACI reports drop in profits for first nine months
The Croatian state-owned marina operator ACI has reported a 14.6% drop in profits for the first nine months of 2019. The company, which operates a chain of 22 marinas, achieved a profit of Kuna 33.7m – a Kuna 5.7m or 14.6% weakening in profits for the period ended September 30, ...