2021 MONACO YACHT SHOW: THE SHOW GOES ON IN THE YACHTING INDUSTRY

2021 MONACO YACHT SHOW: THE SHOW GOES ON IN THE YACHTING INDUSTRY - With just over two months to go before the opening of the 2021 edition, the Monaco Yacht Show is fine-tuning its brand-new format dedicated to superyacht end users. The show will be set in a safe environment, with the participation of major players from across the industry.

The organisers of the MYS have presently confirmed that 300 exhibitors will be participating. They have also announced that nearly 60 superyachts will be exhibited, including 40 brand-new launches by some of the most famous shipyards.

As announced last February, the show will be focusing on offering superyacht's end clientele a positively upmarket visiting experience.

The new Dockside Area, a part of the exhibition dedicated to companies directly linked with the construction or management of superyachts and tenders, will therefore be exclusively open to end customers (in possession of a "Discover", "Advise" and "Sapphire Experience" badges) on Wednesday 22 September, before being opened up to all visitors starting Thursday.

The Dockside Area fits in perfectly with the way Monaco's Port Hercule is divided up for the show: for several years now, each area of the exhibition has featured its own theme to better meet the visitors' expectations.

A more varied Exhibition

This year, visitors will be treated to two new exhibitions: The first is dedicated to sailing boats, held on Quai l'Hirondelle where several crafts will be moored opposite the stands representing their respective shipyards, designers and specialist equipment manufacturers.

In addition to the show's historic Designer Gallery, the MYS will feature a Yacht Design & Innovation Hub: a new space for the presentation of yacht design projects where visitors can also interact with designers.

Rest assured: the 2021 Monaco Yacht Show will be "Covid-safe"!

An anti-Covid sanitary protocol will be respected throughout the entire show, from the first day of preparations to the dismantling of the last stand and, of course, during the 4 days of the show.

A Principality committed to Sustainable Yachting

At the initiative of HSH Prince Albert II, the Principality is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The Monaco Yacht Club, as well as many of Monaco's yachting businesses, have been embracing sustainability through the signing of the National Energy Transition Pact and a range of innovative initiatives in this field, including the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge, eco-mooring zones, Green teams, and much more.

Covid and the Yachting Industry

The pandemic has nevertheless brought about societal upheaval and direct changes to the way we live - not to mention consume. For the yacht sales and charter markets, 2020 turned out to be a fabulous year, reflecting a hedonistic drive among society's wealthiest tiers. Today more than ever, people want to enjoy life and get back to basics: true human relationships.

In the end, yachting is all about emotions and senses: you need to see the yacht, touch the noble materials from which it has been crafted, picture all the great times you could share on board, feel safe and at home with your family and more. Yachting is a positively human adventure in which the virtual world is intrinsically limited… An adventure that lies just past the gates of the Monaco Yacht Show.