THE SHOW IN WORLD LUXURY YACHTING MONACOYACHTSHOW

摘要

At the end of every summer, more than 500 companies, working in luxury yachting and its satellite activities, show off their latest creations, their innovations and about a hundred of the world's finest yachts, in Monaco. Following many years of strong growth, the year 2009 is marked by a serious downturn in global economic activity, to which the yachting world is not immune. Nonetheless all 9.000 m_ of stands of the 19th edition of the Monaco Yacht Show are fully booked up, due essentially to its undisputed position as the leading luxury yachting show, to the yachting industry's and yacht owners' confidence in it, and to its role as a networking platform for establishing valuable contacts in an ambience favorable to business. Although the return rate is slightly down on 2008, this has been partly compensated for by the waiting list of companies wishing to participate in the show and partly by returning exhibitors wanting to book larger stands.