An incident this past year in India involving the unauthorised use of a satellite telephone, while a vessel was in territorial waters brought to light the need for captains and officers to be more aware of their use while in Indian waters. Mr. R. Rathnam of Asia Pacific Superyachts reminds superyachts and yachts planning trips […]
The New Zealand Millennium Cup is set to get underway on the 26 January with an excited fleet ready to race in one of the world’s great natural playgrounds. After a standout 2015 regatta, the sunny Bay of Islands is set to host its second New Zealand Millennium Cup, and with just a week to […]
Asia Pacific Superyachts Indonesia has been very active in canvassing government agencies to bring more private yachts into Indonesia by changing and implementing better policies for arriving yachts, according to APS Indonesia Director Richard Lofthouse. “APS Indonesia continues to lead from the front with over 75% of yachts entering Indonesia using our services”, reports Richard, […]
Golf tourism in New Zealand is set to get a boost after the launch of the Great NZ Golf Guide, a new AA Traveller/Tourism New Zealand partner publication that will highlight the very best New Zealand has to offer golfers. Over the last year, more than 36,000 international tourists played golf while visiting New Zealand, […]
GM Gordon Fernandes of Asia Pacific Superyachts attended the Jan. 13th reception announcing the “Thailand Yacht Show 2016”. Supporting the government policy to promote Thailand as “Marina Hub of ASEAN” the Feb. 8-14, 2016 show at Ao Po Grand Marina, Phuket will kick off this year’s yachting industry and support other upcoming international yacht events; […]
The first visitor to the Maldives in 2016 has won a fully-inclusive one-week holiday at the Outrigger Konotta Maldives Resort. Ms Kate Holmes, a UK national, entered the Maldives at Male airport customs and immigration point at 6.50am on 1 January on an Oman Air flight from Muscat. Ms Holmes was taking a trip to […]
Praise from Captains for the 15th annual event in Phuket Asia Pacific Superyachts (APS) was proud to be among the carefully integrated sponsoring partners affiliated with one of the most prestigious superyachting events in the world, the Asia Superyacht Rendezvous held December 16-18, 2015 in Phuket, Thailand. The annual invitation-only event held next to picturesque […]
Joe Di Condina recently held a Q&A with Richard Lofthouse, Managing Director of Asia Pacific Superyachts Indonesia. My buddy Richard Lofthouse lives in Bali and runs Asia’s #1 superyacht company, which he and his partner founded only seven years ago. The company has doubled in size every year for five years, even though he didn’t […]
After another blockbuster season along the 8th Parallel (Bali to Komodo mainly), Asia Pacific Superyachts Indonesia is gearing up for the second act: Raja Ampat season! “Due to the sheer size of Indonesia and the fact that it stays within a few degrees of the equator both north and south there really isn’t any off season […]
