EVENT NEWS – Page 56
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How are evolving consumer trends and technology shaping boat functionality, usage and design?
IBI’s Ed Slack chairs an international panel discussion at the Balearic Yacht Show discussing the ’Boat of the Future’. Be sure to tune in tomorrow morning at 9.45am CET
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Australian Boating Festival draws 20,000
Held instead of the cancelled Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) which was scheduled for May 2020, the inaugural Sanctuary Cove Boating Festival was held over three days last weekend.
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BBA 2020 Special Edition
IBI and METSTRADE, in association with Raymarine, have announced a special one-off virtual edition of the Boat Builder Awards for Business Achievement in 2020, acknowledging the challenges, ingenuity and resolve of our industry in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Headline sponsored once again by Raymarine, this ...
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Milwaukee Boat Show to make way for hospital beds
The authorities operating the Wisconsin State Fair Park have informed ShowSpan Inc, the organisers of the Milwaukee Boat Show, that the venue will be required for medical use by the State of Wisconsin in January and February in order to house hospital beds.
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First virtual Balearic Yacht Show starts tomorrow
The first virtual yacht show in the Balearic Islands opens tomorrow, bringing together thousands of professionals from the industry in one virtual meeting organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Mallorca and the Balearic Marine Cluster.
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Torqeedo to host digital conference this week
The event takes place on Thursday 19 November at 2pm CET
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Registration now open for METSTRADE Connect
10 Dec, 11am (CET) | This year’s virtual event will have an international focus on innovative technology
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2020 World Superyacht Awards – winners revealed
The World Superyacht Awards, one of the key events in the annual superyacht market calendar, followed in the path of several other events for 2020 by going virtual. Organised by Boat International Media, this 15th edition of the awards saw 15 yachts becoming winners and three others gaining judges’ commendations ...
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Detroit Boat Show cancelled
The Michigan Boating Industries Association (MBIA), which owns the Progressive Detroit Boat Show, has informed exhibitors that it has reluctantly had to cancel the 63rd edition of the show which was due to have taken place from the 16th-24th January 2021. It was to have been held at the TCF ...
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2020 Australian Marine Industry Awards – winners revealed
AIMEX, the Australian International Marine Export Group, announced the winners of the 2020 Australian Marine Industry Awards at Southport Yacht Club in Queensland last night in the run-up to the Sanctuary Cove Boat Festival which opened today.
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Sanctuary Cove Boating Festival opens with anticipated busy times ahead
The Sanctuary Cove Boating Festival (SCBF) opened today as a delayed and smaller version of the usual Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) but also as a precursor to the next SCIBS scheduled to be held in May 2021.
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Fort Myers Boat Show delayed, storm brewing
The opening of the 48th Fort Myers Boat Show (FMBS), a four-day event scheduled to open tomorrow, has been pushed back to Friday 13 November, proportedly due to weather. Tropical storm Eta is reforming into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida’s West coast. And ...
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FIN to launch virtual show
The Fédération des Industries Nautiques (FIN) is planning to launch a virtual boat show early in 2021. Marketing of Virtual Nautic will begin next week and involve daily presentations open to all interested professionals.
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São Paulo show to go ahead next week with new format
The 23rd edition of the most important nautical event in Latin America will take place next week from November 19-24 at the Olympic Streak, a competition rowing complex that is part of the University of São Paulo in Brazil.
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Ireland bids to host World Marinas Conference
The Irish Marine Federation (IMF), the marine leisure trade body that also represents Irish marina operators, has made its first-ever bid to host ICOMIA’s three-day World Marinas Conference in Dublin in 2023.
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Qatar Boat Show to go ahead next week following an announcement yesterday
Under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the State of Qatar, the boat show will run from 16-20 November. It will feature mutiple entrances and new registration process, as well as enhanced security and health arrangements ...
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Halifax Boat Show confirmed for 2021
The owners of the Halifax International Boat Show have confirmed that eastern Canada’s largest consumer boating event will proceed as scheduled, operating from Thursday February 4 through Sunday February 7 inclusive at the Halifax Exhibition Centre.
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Impact of Covid-19 on forthcoming events
The continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is increasingly biting into events which had been scheduled to be held in the first quarter of 2021 as well as causing more events to go virtual or be cancelled this year.
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USVI Charter Yacht Show to go ahead as planned
The US Virgin Islands (USVI) Charter Yacht Show will be held as scheduled from 12-15 November in both live and internet environments to accommodate those on restricted travel and encourage travel to the islands.
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FLIBS lessons learned from a proof of concept laboratory
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS), which closed its five-day run on Sunday, was not only a success by every outward measure – most notably, exhibitor sales – but can serve as a model for other industries, public events and governments as we navigate a world that sees no ...