A dozen Asia Pacific Superyachts agents from Asia Pacific regions reported an enthusiastic response to Asia Pacific Superyachts exhibit debut at the Monaco Yacht Show Sept. 23-26.

Sharing new information with superyacht owners, captains, superyacht managers and other industry professionals, Captain Charlie Dwyer of APS Koh Samui, Thailand and Langkawi, Malaysia, said of the MYS event, “We were able to answer many of our clients’ questions. It was great to meet up with our old clients and future superyacht visitors to answer all their questions and tell them of new developments and destinations in Asia and the Pacific”.

Asia Pacific Superyachts Indonesia and Philippines Director Richard Lofthouse attended the Monaco Yacht Show 2015 as part of the APS delegation at MYA, stating, “It has been another huge year for APS Indonesia. We have brought some of the biggest yachts on the planet into Indonesia and this year has been no different”.

Scheduled for 8 to 14 February, the Thailand Yacht Show aims to position Phuket as a major global yachting hub. The Thailand Yacht Show was officially launched at an international press conference and private launch party in Bangkok, hosted by Deputy Prime Minister, General Thanasak Patimaprakorn. It was the PM’s initiative to create an international […]

“This will be the first time that APS Phuket will be an exhibitor at the Monaco Yacht Show and it will be great to be able to tell owners, managers and captains about the significant changes which are currently taking place in Phuket”, reports Gordon Fernandes, one of the founders of Asia Pacific Superyachts and […]

Singapore’s Marina at Keppel Bay (MKB) has today been accredited as Asia’s first ‘Fish Friendly Marina’ by the Marina Industries Association (MIA). The ‘Fish Friendly Marinas’ program has been developed to inform marina managers on how to maximise the benefits for fish and recognise those operators actively working to improve fish habitat. Fish Friendly Marinas […]

LuxurySocietyAsia.com recently did a round up of Thailand’s Top 10 Yachting Destinations: From the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea, there’s really no better place to experience life on a yacht than the Land of Smiles. Thailand’s become quite a destination for putting up the sails, and with good reason: beautiful expanses of calm […]

David Jamieson of Asia Pacific Superyachts Fiji, superyacht captain, dive master and Fiji resident of more than 10 years, has been appointed to manage Fiji operations for Superyacht Private Expeditions (SPE). In response to increasing demand, SPE, specialists in bespoke international dive adventures, are proud to announce the launch of their Fiji arm with offices […]

New Zealand has grown as a superyacht destination over the past decade, and to accommodate this influx of yachts, and more importantly, to manage the services required by the visiting yachts, the New Zealand Superyacht Group (NZYG) has been formed. The group is said to promote the country as a superyacht destination and bring together […]

Over the past few years, New Zealand’s strong economy meant that the Kiwi dollar climbed against its cousins, even coming close to reaching parity with the Australian dollar for what would have been the first time in history in April 2015. Understandably, this had a negative effect for many Kiwi superyacht companies, who lost their […]