Tag Archives: luxury yachts

Last year, while having a beautiful, relaxing lunch on the outside terrace of the Monaco Yacht Club complete with Miraval Rosè, I imagined the upcoming days being filled with the exhilarating sound of the Formula One race cars. The thunder and roar of the engines can be felt under your …

Having arrived in Qatar a few weeks ago for a project this was a good opportunity to see how the yachting industry here differs from what’s happening in Europe.   It seems local preferences lean much more towards fast day boats from speed boats and ski boats to super-yacht sizes. At …

Romance is in the air when you decide to embark on a yachting holiday. The wind and water call for sunshine and fair weather. When you book a luxury yacht weeks and sometimes months in advance, you have no control over the weather during the time of your excursion. Just …

Estate & Manor Magazine had the chance to sit down with Margarita Amam, the brainchild behind (IMS) Interior Management Systems Crystal. Her app is designed specifically for hospitality professionals working inside private residences and on-board luxury yachts. Margarita started her career from a young age, working her way up the …

Performance = Potential (minus Interference) Boost crew performance, reduce personnel problems and build loyalty with regular private and confidential individual and team appraisals. Set clear objectives and explore how they will be achieved, with the full agreement of everyone involved. This comprehensive service is designed to give DPAs, Management, Owners …

In a week or so, I will be descending upon one of the most beautiful and luxurious places on earth, the tiny Principality of Monaco, playground of the rich and famous and host to the biggest mega yacht event of the year, the Monaco Yacht Show. On the heels of …

How do you get into yachting you ask? Well we see people from all walks of life enter into the yachting world, some have been air hostesses, some have had extensive hospitality experience in high end establishment, and others have finished up ski seasons as chalet hosts and are looking …

Any recruitment process is not easy, but when it comes to placing professionals in affluent homes or on-board luxury yachts and jets, pretty often things go from ‘not easy’ to ‘extremely difficult’. And this concerns all three parties – the employer, the agency and the specialist who is applying for …

The coffee plant was first discovered in Ethiopia in the 11th Century and back then, the leaves of the so-called “magical fruit” were boiled in water and the resulting concoction was thought to have medicinal properties. As the fame of the coffee plant spread to other lands, its centuries-long voyage …

Laura Clemson, owner of Laura Clemson: Bespoke Tableware and Silverware left the UK in 2011 with her design background as she felt the need to travel and probably get away from the miserable weather. Laura found herself joining the yachting industry where she spent some time on board luxury yachts …