Luxury Yacht Reviews and Yachting News
The seventh annual World Superyacht Awards honored the finest new superyachts delivered to their owners in the past 12 months. The 2012 World Superyacht Awards took place on 5 May, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey at the luxurious Çırağan Palace Kempinski. News broadcaster Natasha Kaplinsky presented the 16 prized silver Neptunes – dubbed the Oscars of … Read more
Heesen Yachts launced My Lady Petra superyacht, the eighth in Heesen’s award-winning 47metre class. This project, which began when the contract was signed back in 2010, is very special for Heesen as the client is Frans Heesen himself, the former owner and founder of the shipyard. Mr. and Mrs. Heesen appointed Bannenberg and Rowell to design … Read more
Louis XIV‘s marital stomping grounds, puffins’ Icelandic party pad, a former Prussian capital, Napoleon’s birthplace, and the gateway to Norway’s most scenic vistas are among seven European ports-of-call Crystal Cruises will be visiting for the first time this year. From Crystal Serenity‘s current trans-Atlantic voyage to Crystal Symphony’s reverse pond crossing in September, guests will … Read more
Solar-powered PlanetSolar catamaran to herald a new era in eco-friendly travel Swiss electrical engineer Raphael Domjan and his team completed the year-and-a-half world tour of PlanetSolar catamaran. Built after seeing the effects of climate change on an Icelandic glacier, the 31-metre PlanetSolar boat had 537 square metres of black solar panels that can produce up to … Read more
The Balearic Islands of Mallorca, Ibiza, Minorca and Formentera, along with mainland cities such as Barcelona, Valencia and Marbella, can now be added to Europe’s established ‘charter’ destinations. With the longest summer season in Europe, and reliable sunshine from April through until late Autumn, these exclusive destinations can now add as much as 75 days … Read more
Dubai has a history of building unique architectural projects, such as the man-made Palm Jumeirah and The World islands development. The next big project will be a luxury undersea hotel submerged up to ten meters below the surface of the sea. With no specific potential completion date, The Water Discus Hotel is planned to be a … Read more