Testimonials
"This is our best ever result at the Dubai International Boat Show, it was a great start to sell the Sunseeker 38 metre Special Edition on the very first day and we have confirmed further sales across the course of the week. There are many buyers across the GCC looking to purchase the best quality from the best brands. The Dubai International Boat Show has played an integral part in returning the industry to a strong position."
- Francesco Pitea, General Manager - Sunseeker Middle East LLC.
"The Dubai Boat Show is the main event of the year, the show attracts customers from the entire region which for ART Marine is very significant as we are a regional company; we just have to be here. Dubai is one of the key boat shows on the world calendar. We saw a number of serious buyers who came to the show. We are working on a number of deals that are pretty much done while some are still in the making. We are seeing new buyers and that is a great signal that the market is starting to come back."
- Constantinos Constantinou, President & CEO - ART Marine.
"The show was fantastic, we have been really happy. Dubai is a destination hub for yacht owners, especially those in the bigger sectors. We are very happy to bring the boat to the show and we have been delighted by the response from everybody."
- Christopher Behne, Managing Partner - Behne Mar.
"Westport visits shows all around the world and it is the organisation and brand that makes the difference. The Dubai International Boat Show is up there with the best. We have met with at least 25 to 30 serious clients who are interested in our brand and over the next couple of years we will do business with many of them. That is an outstanding result. It has been a great show."
- Philip Purcell, Vice President - Westport.
"We have already finalised four orders and five more are currently under negotiation. We know a lot of people will go home, compare notes and come to us. The Dubai International Boat Show is where we launch our new products to the world. People have to be able to meet face to face and that can only happen at events like this."
- Erwin Bamps, COO - Gulf Craft.
"The Dubai International Boat Show has been very good for us, wave made some great sales, the quality has been strong with visitors making bookings and buying from us. Most of our products come direct from the manufacturers so we are able to show a wide range of what is new this year."
- Suresh Balakrishnan, Branch Manager - Al Masaood Marine.
"It has been a great year, we have seen so many people from the GCC and Levant region and we have had many very serious enquiries including from Morocco and Tunisia. We have done more than AED 2 million of business during this year's show with people from all around the world and we get to promote our products to a very wide international audience."
- Waleid Ateir, General Manger - Sun Marina.
"We are very happy to see everyone is keen to create a successful show despite the recent global crisis. At this year's Dubai International Boat Show we launched the dry berthing programme and we were delighted with more than 20 deals for boats and wave runners in the five days."
- Ammar Al Wafi, General Manager - Al Yousuf Motors (Yamaha)
