Best luxury cruise line of 2013

Cruise Critic’s 6th Annual Editors’ Picks Awards – The best of the best in cruise travel. Regent Seven Seas Cruises is wotld’s best luxury cruise line, according to the Cruise Critic, billed as the world’s largest site dedicated to cruise reviews. Regent Seven Seas took the top spot for offering a “luxury experience that blends … Read more

Titanic bandmaster’s violin sold for world record $1.4 million

  The world-famous violin played by RMS Titanic bandmaster Wallace Hartley was sold for world record $1.4 million. The instrument, which wasdiscovered in 2006, was played by second-class passenger Wallace Hartley on Titanic’s fateful night of April 14th, 1912. It was sold alongside a leather luggage case initialled W. H. H. (Wallace Henry Hartley), in which … Read more

Snow Yacht by Hakan Gursu – the newest generations of retro schooners

The work Snow Yacht by Hakan Gursu and Nur Yildirim has been honored with the famous Golden A’ Design Award in Yacht and Marine Vessels Design Category. The Snow Sailing Yacht is designed as an extraordinary 66-meter vessel with a radical approach. The elegant lines with streamlined touches, combines modern design with classical taste. One … Read more

Benetti’s Ocean Paradise is the “greenest” yacht of the 2013 Monaco Yacht Show

Benetti Yacht OCEAN PARADISE receives RINA GREEN PLUS prize   The solutions studied and adopted in the field of environment protection brought Benetti Yacht’s OCEAN PARADISE the prestigious Rina Green Plus prize which honours yacht constructors’ efforts to reduce the carbon footprints of their vessels. The Green Plus certification label introduced by marine services company … Read more

Galactica Star wins 2013 Monaco Yacht Show Prix du design

For the tenth time, the Monaco Yacht Show organisers – in collaboration with the French Crystal manufacturer Baccarat for their second consecutive year as event partner – put one superyacht on a pedestal above the other 100-plus superyachts exhibited at the show. To qualify for the short list the yacht has to be presented by … Read more

Arrow 460 – Granturismo of the seas: World premiere at 2013 Monaco Yacht Show

Mercedes-Benz Style Silver Arrow Marine.  Granturismo of the seas – an eye-catching addition to the seas and yacht marinas.  One year after the presentation of the first design drafts, Mercedes-Benz Style and Silver Arrows Marine are presenting the final exterior and interior design of their new luxury motor yacht – the ARROW460 – Granturismo. At … Read more