A behind-the-scenes look at the services offered by a charter manager and
how they can be worth their weight in gold.
Anyone who has ever owned a company will no doubt agree that a PA, an
advertising agency and a marketing agency figure significantly in day-to-day
operations. After all, every company needs to be managed, promoted and
coordinated: staff need to be employed, meetings arranged, decisions made and
profits accrued. It’s not so very different when you own a superyacht.
You need to maximize its potential, market it to the right people in the
right way, hire crew and ensure all its ‘business trips’ (i.e.
charters) run like clockwork. The difference with a superyacht is that in
order to achieve all these things you don’t need to hire a PR ... (more)
YV&C International Yacht Vacations & Charters Magazine reports:
The tiny island of Anguilla is beautiful and romantic - a place where you can
really hide away from the rest of the world protected by the fiercely proud
and loyal locals who are always on hand with a friendly smile.
The most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, Anguilla
measures only 26 kilometres by five ... (more)
Replete with history, the land that gracefully extends along the warm waters
of the Amalfi Coast has seen the birth of empires and cradled the growth of
civilisations. Arguably the best way to explore the west coast of Italy is by
boat, providing easy access to quiet backwaters and anchorages far from the
madding crowds of landlubbers.
The beauty and tranquillity of the Amalfi coastline st... (more)
Diversity is the key to a good sailing area and Croatia has it in spades,
with excellent marinas as well as secluded, deserted anchorages. Like a
setting from classical antiquity, the quintessential cruising grounds of the
Dalmatian coastline are ludicrously perfect.
The notion that the Mediterranean was discovered, popularised, exploited and,
in many cases, ruined does not run true for th... (more)
After a week you can tire of even the most picture-perfect setting, so
spontaneously flitting from idyll to idyll along a string of over 100 islands
ensures the stimulation of ever-changing scenery. All you need is your own
private yacht
The Windward Islands stretch down the eastern Caribbean from Martinique, St
Lucia and St Vincent to the Grenadines – a chain of islands abundant
w... (more)
Miriam Cain is the communications and publications manager for Camper & Nicholsons International. She is also the managing editor for the the luxury travel magazine Sea & I.
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Tom Fisher
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