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word of mouth

92 YACHTS WITH A CUMULATIVE
LOA OF 3.5 KILOMETERS WERE

PRESENT, WITH A WAITING LIST

THAT SURPASSED THE NUMBERS OF

EVERY PREVIOUS YEAR.

A GREAT SUCCESS
Confirming the event’s success is, among others, the significantly larger presence of industry professionals
from all over the world, with more than 750 participants from 31 countries.
H industry professionals, the 8th Mediterranean Yacht Mediterranean Yacht Show, functions as one of the key tools for
aving emerged as one of the premier events for
ade, what has now come to be known as the institution that is the
Show (MEDYS) turned the international spotlight
promoting the quality and reliability of yachts operating with a
onto Greece once again, as the host of the world’s
Greek charter license. The increased presence of companies and
yachts, which exceeded all expectations again this year, is proof of
largest crewed yacht charter show.
It is worth noting that yachts measuring 24 meters
creation and expansion of the Show over the years.”
and above in length have the right to participate in the exhibition, the correct strategic path that our Association followed during the
making the MEDYS the only sector event of similar scope in Greece During the exhibition, the established Chefs’ Competition also
that is exclusively addressed to the upper segment of luxury yacht- took place, with 29 chefs from participating MEDYS yachts com-
ing. At this year’s Show, 92 yachts with a cumulative LOA of 3.5 peting in 2 different categories. The jury included the 2 Michelin
kilometers were present, with a waiting list (due to limited space in star-awarded Chefs, Giorgos Papazacharias from Greek Restaurant
the port of Nafplion) that surpassed the numbers of every previous Delta and Antonio Mellino from Quattro Passi restaurant in Italy.
year. In order to fully grasp the MEDYS’ size, it is worth consid- At the same time and within the framework of the 8th MEDYS,
ering that the number of participating yachts far exceeded that of a series of parallel events took place, providing an opportunity for
comparable shows. extensive networking among yachting professionals.
On the occasion of the successful completion of the 8th Mediter- The exhibition was co-organized for another year by the Greek
ranean Yacht Show, the President of the Greek Yachting Associa- Yachting Association and the Municipality of Nafplion, in col-
tion, Michael Skoulikidis stated: “As Greece has been dynamically laboration with the Region of Peloponnese and was held under
establishing itself in the field of luxury yachting over the last dec- the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Tourism. 

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