2023 November December Marina World

IWMC 2025
heads to Venice
WORLD NEWS
AMI keynote announced
USA: Bill Benjamin will deliver the opening keynote address at the 2024
Association of Marina Industries (AMI) Conference & Expo. His presentation
“Build a high-performance, last 8% culture” is sponsored by Suntex Marinas.
Benjamin has over 30 years of
business experience and organisations
like the US Marines, NASA, Intel,
Goldman Sachs and The Mayo
Clinic call on him for his expertise in
performance and leadership.
“Bill addresses all those tough
conversations that we tend to avoid
because they are uncomfortable and
hard, i.e. ‘the last 8%’, and that are
often the most important conversations
that aren’t happening. He will provide
ITALY: The ICOMIA World Marinas Conference (IWMC) 2025 will be held 15th-
17th October at Venezia Certosa Marina in Venice.
The event has the support of the
Region and Municipality of Venice, the
Venice Port Authority, the International
Airport of Venice managed by Save,
Assomarinas, Confindustria Nautica
and Confindustria Veneto Est.
Alberto Sonino of Vento di Venezia,
the audience with tips and tools on
how to gain the courage to have those
difficult conversations and why this is
critical to the success of building a highperforming
team,” says AMI chair John
Swick CMM. “We are looking forward
to having Bill join the conference next
year.”
The 2024 AMI Conference & Expo
will be held at the Broward County
Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 30th January – 1st February.
the owners and managers of Venezia
Certosa Marina, has already secured
substantial sponsor support for
the event and gave an inspiring
presentation to delegates attending
the successful IWMC event this year in
Portugal.
M3 to boost Amaala
to La Belle Classe
SAUDI ARABIA: Red Sea Global (RSG), the developer behind The Red Sea and
Amaala tourism destinations, has partnered with Monaco Marina Management
(M3) to establish RSG’s Amaala Yacht Club as one of the world’s premier
yachting destinations.
Together, they will work to meet
the criteria and standards of ‘La Belle
Classe Destinations’, a certification
owned and operated by Yacht Club de
Monaco. The agreement also covers
developing an exceptional event
calendar and creating a sailing academy.
“The Amaala Yacht Club, with its
signature architecture inspired by the
rock formations that created our Triple
Bay millennia ago, will be the stunning
centrepiece of our marina development.
With M3’s support, our facilities,
operations, services and amenities
will ensure our Yacht Club honours the
striking landscape in which it is set and
makes Amaala one of the world’s most
distinguished yachting destinations,”
said Red Sea Global group CEO, John
Pagano.
Designed by leading architecture firm
HKS and sitting in a ten-ha (25-acre)
basin, the ultra-luxurious four-storey
club boasts a 120-berth marina and
can accommodate yachting events,
regattas and launches.
Phase one of Amaala, focused on the
Triple Bay masterplan, is well underway,
with the first guests set to be welcomed
in 2025.
www.marinaworld.com – November/December 2023
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