Luxury yachts valued at half a billion will reach the fabulous Southeast Asia yacht charter destination – Singapore for the Singapore Yacht Show 2014. The event will be hosted by ONE°15 Marina Club, Sentosa Cove, running from April 10 to 13, 2014.
With this year’s event presenting Asia’s largest-ever exhibition of luxury boats and yachts, and with Sunseeker Asia dubbing last year’s event “by far the best show in Asia”, there is a distinct buzz for this, the fourth edition of the show.
Andy Treadwell, Managing Director of event owners Singapore Yacht Events, says the fact that many significant brands have chosen to make their Asia debut at the show is testament to SYS’s track record of attracting high net worth individuals who are eager to discover all that yachting has to offer.
Among the yachts exhibiting in the region for the first time is the brand new and elegant 88 Motor Yacht by Princess Yachts and a luxury Indonesia motor sailing yacht Dunia Baru, presented by NJ Asia, which makes her international debut.
Luxury motor yacht Princess 88 by Princess Yachts
Other notable vessels include the sleek Silver Bullet yacht tender by Chris Craft, which visitors might recognise from Twilight – Breaking Dawn, the striking 67m S/Y Vertigo, which is one of the world’s most awarded superyachts, the stunning 50m explorer yacht Exuma and luxurious 60m charter yacht Cloud 9.
Singapore now holds the title of the most expensive city in the world according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s most recent survey, and WealthInsight ranked it as the third highest city in the world for resident multi-millionaires*.
Super Yacht Exuma - Photo courtesy of Perini Navi
As a result, the appetite for luxury goods in Singapore has never been stronger, and the Yacht Show has shown dramatic growth reflecting the desire for leisure pursuits befitting the affluent cosmopolitan locals. More than 11,000 unique visitors registered for the 2013 Singapore Yacht Show, with more than 70 vessels (22 over 20m) and 2,513sqm of exhibition space on display representing 100 luxury brands.
Lürssen is the latest in an expanding roll call of prominent superyacht builders exhibiting at this year’s Singapore Yacht Show, which includes Alloy Yachts, Heesen Yachts, Perini Navi, Palmer Johnson, Gulf Craft and Rossinavi. Lürssen has launched 50 superyachts, including 10 in excess of 100m, and has a strong focus on the East.
Joining the varied collective of luxury brands sponsoring the 2014 Singapore Yacht Show are Maxim Trader and Luxaviation.
The Singapore Yacht Show 2014 runs from 10 – 13 April at ONE °15 Marina Club, Sentosa Cove. Tickets are $50 for a single day or $80 for a multi-day pass and can be purchased from the visitor registration page.
* According to a 2013 WealthInsight report.
