Most Valuable Luxury Brands in 2012

World’s Top 100 Most Valuable Luxury Brands World Luxury Association’s official report on 2012 shows that China has become the world’s largest consumer of luxury goods. The report predicts: With the phenomenon of RMB appreciation and depreciation of the Euro and the number of Chinese traveling to Europe in 2012, total consumption of luxury goods … Read more

Highly anticipated Pershing 82 to be launched in spring 2012

Pershing, brand of the Ferretti Group, launches a new, highly anticipated project: Pershing 82.  The new motor yacht is inspired by its successful predecessor – Pershing 80‘. Pershing 82′, penciled by the yacht designer Fulvio De Simoni in close collaboration with AYT (Advanced Yacht Technology – the centre of naval research and design of the … Read more

Encouraging Chinese to own yachts is the biggest challenge this industry faces

While several marinas have been developed along the China’s eastern coast in the past five years, Chinese coastal waters are still strictly regulated, and import duties of 43 percent have dampened the development of a vibrant yachting culture. In 2009, the Chinese yachting market was worth $440 million, according to a recent report by China … Read more

Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes 2011 – A Mirror of the Sector and a Barometer of the Trends

The richness of the offer of the 34th Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes, presented at the Vieux Port and Port Pierre Canto, attracted a new profile of showgoers, even more international and of an extremely high quality, not only through the magic and elegance that make this show a unique and major event in … Read more

Riva Iseo – a must-have for lovers of design and boating on lakes

Riva Iseo, a 27 foot day cruiser destined to become a must-have for lovers of design and boating on lakes as well as in the open sea, featuring elegance and ease of transportation as distinctive characteristics. The new Riva Iseo is an important innovation for the celebrated nautical brand due to its size and design elements. This particular model is … Read more

Pershing 115 Powered by Rolls-Royce

Hull Nr. 9 Of The 35m Superyacht Pershing 115 Launched The flagship of the Pershing fleet, the 35-metre motor yacht Pershing 115, has been launched recently atMarina dei Cesari in Fano. Pershing 115 was created in close collaboration between the staff of Pershing and the Architect Fulvio De Simoni, the AYT of the Ferretti Group and the Centro Stile … Read more