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"The wisdom’s in the room. Make a concerted effort to learn from those around you," said Butch Ward from Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL, as he spoke with a crowd of public relations professionals at the January 2010 Social Media Café. Butch and three fellow experts shared new...
Epicor Software Corporation today announced that Ocean Yacht Systems has signed a contract to implement Epicor 9, the next-generation Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system from Epicor, giving the company a centralised system for all processes from sales to production planning, inve...
YachtWorld.com, the world's leading Internet yacht brokerage portal and a division of Dominion Enterprises, today announced the launch of http://www.yachtworldcharters.com, a single, global marketplace for both the yacht charter industry and individual yacht charterer alike. Benefi...
ip.access and Blue Ocean Wireless won the Award for Blue Ocean’s global service, which uses ip.access nanoGSM picocells on commercial ships to provide on-board 2G mobile phone connectivity to merchant seafarers. Using the cellular signal generated by the ip.access nanoGSM, crew members...
The 1991, 90.6m mini cruise ship, HEBRIDEAN SPIRIT, has been sold to a direct client and brokered by Michael White and Peter Thompson from OCI UK. The ship will be operated through OCEAN Management on behalf of the new Owner.
Gumusluk is a traditional fishing village on the Bodrum peninsula in the south west end of the Aegean part in the Turkish riviera. Bodrum or the ancient city of Halicarnassus of Caria is a well known center of tourism and yachting. Bodrum peninsula is also well known for the lovely bay...
The two beautiful islands of the Sporades island group in Greece, Skiathos and Skopelos, have been home to film making of Mamma Mia in 2007. The islands with their pine forests coming down to the sea shore, the beautiful small bays and coves with their blue flag beaches are two very po...
Perge, originally, a Hellenistic settlement, later developed into a thriving Roman city, is a historicist's delight. Situated only 18 km from Antalya in the Pamphylia plain, Perge has a long legacy (almost from 1500 B.C.) to narrate with its initial inhabitants being the Hittites. Its ...
Today there are only two producers of Citron Liquor in the whole wide world. In 1896 Markos Vallindras established the first Naxos distillery in Halki. They have been producing their Citron in the traditional way since then. Their brand once could be found all over the world however to...
OCEAN Independence proudly unveiled their 2009 Charter Portfolio at Zürich’s stylish Stockeregg Gallery on Monday 2nd March. The world’s finest luxury superyachts for charter and enticing cruising itineraries, coupled with an innovatively designed hardcover in OCI’s original branding, ...
Eating out in Greece is a national pastime and a leisurely pleasure. Whether dining at a local taverna or an elegant restaurant, Greeks take their time over food. The native cuisine is delightfully uncomplicated and quite different from what's found in Greek restaurants abroad. Much of...
Looking for a Deal on a Crewed Catamaran ? Due to 2 cancellations we have special deals in USD!!
Absolute Yacthing offers 20% off on the Charter Price for bookings untill the 30th of March 2009.
New for sale and Charter - Santana IV of Plymouth, new for charter Lir, Carlamaria and Alila. Showing in MYBA event in Genoa: Element, Mrs Seven, Paolyre, Samakanda...
The Monastery stands alone in the middle of no-where built in mid 15th century at a time when pirates and bandits of all nationalities were ravaging Crete so the monks built a thick and strong 10 m high wall around the monastery, a wall with small windows like arrow-holes, a heavy cast...
During her comprehensive 2008 refit, the interior design of her six suites, accommodating twelve guests, was completely updated including the introduction of an entirely new state of the art AV System. Other facilities were added including all new exercise machines to the Gymnasium. ...
Kaputaş beach is a very popular place as the region has an untouched natural beauty and a great view overlooked from the Kaş-Kalkan highway running above as its colour is a lovely real turquoise. From the beach it is just a short swim to some nearby phosphorescent caves, that are excel...
Three diverse superyachts have been listed for charter with Düsseldorf based Charter Director Adelheid Chirco. Starting with Arethusa (also for sale with OCI); delivered in 2008 she is the third hull from the now well established Nereids Yachts. At 47m, she sleeps 10 guests in 5 cabins...
Two new build projects with Zürich based Managing Partner Peter Hürzeler; the first from the award winning Rossi Navi shipyard that brought us South, is a 54m scheduled for delivery in 2011. She will be built in Viareggio featuring 6 guest cabins for 12 guests. The yacht features vast ...
If you ever have been at Mykonos, the heart of the Cyclades islands, you probably have noticed the two neighbouring islands, Syros and Tinos. But I am sure you haven't been interested in them at all. They are both half an hour away from Mykonos but let's leave Syros for now, and talk a...
Ikaria is the home of the mythical Ikaros and an island of wild beauty, that has reached our days almost unspoiled from the effects of civilisation thru the centuries. There is no other island on the Aegean where you can find such breathtaking panoramas, clean mountain air, therapeutic...
(September 21, 2005, Monaco) - Andreas Liveras of Liveras Yachts, Nicholas Edmiston of Edmiston and Company, Alex Braden of Yachting Partners International, Peter Croke of Merle Wood and Associates, Michael White of Cavendish White were all on the docks the first day of 15th Annual Mon...
INTERNATIONAL superyacht company OCEAN Independence Cavendish White (OCI) is proud to announce that the excellent 45m MARCO POLO was awarded 'Best New Series over 40 meters', while the magnificent 38.5m SanLorenzo 4H won 'Best New Series under 40 metres' at the 18th Annual ShowBoats In...
Absolute Yachting is pleased to present you the luxury M/Y ELLINIA, the ideal yacht for your clients that wish to cruise the Greek islands. Her length is 80 ft, and she can accommodate 8/9 quests in one Master, one VIP, and in two Twin Cabins (one twin with a pullman berth), all with ...
Major Superyachting force OCEAN Independence Cavendish White celebrated its 3rd birthday under the OCEAN Independence banner, Monday 2nd June 2008. In honor of this occasion, the now 12 location-strong...
International yachting company OCEAN Independence has completed the sale of a 61m berth in the new Marina Genova Aeroporto complex by OCI Geneva, 22m sailing yacht 'Diamond for Two' by OCI Antibes, 22m Feretti 'MY Colleen' by OCI Palma and 30m Jongert 'SY Ion' by OCI Zurich.
Yachting Greece Ltd is a group of Greek yachting & travel industry veterans and professionals who have combined their 25+ years of Greek chartering to create a full-service yacht charter organization. The group, founded by George Karahalios, will be spearheaded by Think Pink Ltd of Gre...
White Star Charters has secured a 73 meter mooring in the Real Club Nautico De Valencia for their two luxury charter yachts & service boat during the period of the 1st of April 2007 to the 8th of July 2007 for the 32nd America's Cup. They are currently looking for charters for all of t...
Charter Yacht 'TWO IF BY SEA' announced that it is taking $1000 off their charter fee for the following dates: 24th to 31st January, 6 or 7 days, Tortola, BVI 6th to 13th March, 6 or 7 days, Tortola, BVI She's also available in St Martin, Leeward Islands, from 4th to 20th June 2007.
OCEAN Independence is very pleased to announce its appointment as Worldwide Central Agent for Charter for the brand new 44m Heesen SEDATION II. Due to launch in spring 2007, SEDATION II is the first of a new breed of Heesen high-performance yachts designed to offer comparable interior ...
The principals of Trinity Yachts, John Dane, CEO, and Bill Smith, VP, sat down with YV&C publisher Fuat Kircaali to speak about the growth of the charter industry and how it affects them as yacht builders.
Graduate student Laura Albers decided last year to spend her summer this year traveling Europe and she made it her personal mission to convince her sister and two best friends to join her on the journey. Lucky for Laura, they didn't take too much convincing. They met up on the other si...
OCEAN Independence (known internally as OCI) has had another very busy two months with three yachts sold, including the sale by Marc Haendle in OCI's Palma office of the 26.8m Bugari KARINA. An OCI central agency yacht sold to an OCI client, KARINA will now go for a major refit. The im...
On Wednesday July 19th, the company of Ocean Independence proudly announced the sale of the luxury yacht, M.Y. DIANE.
Interview with Ocean Independence CEO Peter Hurzeler
Everyone was happy with this year's Monaco Yacht Show! Held in September at Port Hercules in the prestigious and fairytale port of Monaco with its magnificent views of the Alps and the Mediterranean sea, the show lived up to its name as the world's premier luxury yacht show. The Monaco...
M/S PANAGIOTA, a family-owned yacht built in Greece entered into charter markets for charter to sail 3/7/10/14 day cruise itineraries to Ionian Isles, Cyclades Isles, Dodecanese Isles, Sporades Isles, Crete, Euboea-Sporades, Argosaronic Gulf - Peloponeses, Turkish port and all other Gr...
The 44th Annual Antigua Charter Yacht Meeting opened with 111 yachts attending. This year was the show's most popular year ever since its inception 44 years ago. Several European yacht management companies which did not participate at the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show due to h...
The second annual St. Maarten Charter Yacht Exhibiton - SCYE opened with a welcome reception. This year the following charter agents and management firms participated at this annual event. YV&C International Yacht Vacations & Charters Magazine is a media sponsor of the show. The follow...