Cannes Yachting Festival Celebrates Success of 'Europe's Largest In-Water Boat Show'

15th September 2022

The Mayor, David Lisnard, inaugurated the Yachting Festival with Alexandra Martin, departmental councillor, Hugh Jones and Michel Filzi, Presidents of RX Global and RX France respectively, Sylvie Ernoult, Director of the Cannes Yachting Festival, Mr. Gérard Lachkar, Vice President of the French Nautical Industries Federation (F.I.N.) and many officials in attendance. After the traditional cutting of the ribbon, the Mayor visited exhibitors around the Vieux Port

The Cannes Yachting Festival closed on Sunday, 11 September, after six 'exceptional days' of business, according to the organisers.

As Afloat reported previously, the Irish participants included MGM Boats, X Yachts IRL and Key Yachting IRL.

For its 45th anniversary, the French show had almost 650 boats (monohull and multihull, motor and sailing boats), including the finest gems of the seas and 135 world debuts, as well as the latest nautical equipment and numerous innovations were revealed for 54,000 French and international visitors to enjoy under the sun of the French Riviera.

“In many ways 2022 will remain unforgettable, not only because we celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Festival but mainly because we reached our ambitious objective, which was to exceed the results of the 2019 edition prior to Covid. These very good results echo the latest figures provided by the French Nautical Industries Federation (F.I.N.) on 31 August on the boating industry, which has brightened up thanks to order books filling up. Beyond the results, from the first days of the Festival, we heard lots of feedback from our 600 exhibitors as to how satisfied they were and delighted with the visitor quality, positive sales and wonderful weather. All the indicators were green! We are proud of and happy with these results,” explained Sylvie Ernoult, Director of the Cannes Yachting Festival.

The emphasis now for the European marine trade is on the Southampton Boat Show that opens on Friday, September 16th.

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