In acquiring Océans Evasion, the start-up inaugurated in 2013 extends its activities to include plane tickets and hotel accommodation…

On balance, Click&Boat employs 115 people based in Boulogne-Billancourt, Marseille, Miami, and now in Lorient. For 2019, it is targeting sales volume of around 50 million euros, ie. non-public, and therefore approximate, turnover of 5 to 10 million euros.

“Since 2015, we have chalked up annual growth of 100%,” says Mr. Gorioux. “Our goal is still to become the world leader in boat hire and chartering.”

source : www.lemonde.fr

A real showcase for this industrial dynamism, the “Salon Nautique de Paris”, organized by our subsidiary “Nautic Festival SA”, has been committed to promoting the initiatives of companies, large or small, over the past few years.

In 2019, “Le Nautic” has decided to go one step further, and is launching a wide-ranging competition for the first time offering the best regional projects unequalled visibility. 18 ultra-marine regions and territories are involved.

The competition is aimed at companies that pursue innovation in nautical practices on the sea, rivers or lakes. Three criteria will be decisive. The projects presented must :

• Participate in the sector’s shared ecological transition
• Facilitate access to boating activities
• Be part of an entrepreneurial process.

Whether they consist of “products” or  “services”, the innovations presented can be incremental, ie.  demonstrate continuity with existing products or services, or at the cutting edge of technology, by offering radical new features.

Finalists’ products and services will be displayed in a specially dedicated area in Hall 1 from December 7th to 15th, 2019, on the occasion of the 59th edition of the “Salon Nautique de Paris”. The grand final is scheduled for Innovation Day, on Saturday, December 14th.

Project leaders have until September 30th, 2019, to apply by contacting a regional referee. The various regional referees will join up as the regional jury and forward the best projects to Le Nautic by October 11th at latest.

Full details on the Nautic website

On June 28th, UPACA was present on the isle of Les Embiez for Biodiversea Day. This event organized by the port brought together many volunteers including a good number of sailing enthusiasts. It allowed them to undertake activities to clean up the island in the morning, and attend a lecture on marine biodiversity and environmentally friendly activities set up on the island and in the harbour. In connection with which, UPACA presented sailing enthusiasts with Clean Harbours Active in Biodiversity certification, recently obtained by the Saint-Pierre des Embiez harbour.

INTERNATIONAL YACHTING EVENT

Since 1977, the Yachting Festival has been held each year in the month of September, in an elegant, luxurious setting in the bay of Cannes.

The first show in the nautical season, the Yachting Festival is Europe’s most important nautical get-together afloat.

It brings together all the players on the boating scene who exhibit their new models at this world preview.

• 51,000 visitors
• More than 600 boats up to 50 metres
• 542 exhibitors
• 219 new models, 122 world previews

In 2019, the Yachting Festival is making a splash by gathering together all the sailboats, monohulls and multihulls, in a dedicated, specially prepared harbour.

With more than 100 sailboats in Port Canto, the Yachting Festival will thus become the world’s biggest exhibit of large new sailboats afloat, offering unparalleled visiting conditions for fans and buyers of boats.

EVENTS WITHIN THE EVENT !

The Yachting Festival presents sailing in all its diversity and richness on the occasion of the inauguration of the Espace Voile on Port Canto.

The Yachting Festival’s DNA also includes motorboats, whose past is awarded a place of honour in the “Elegance Contest”.

LUXURY GALLERY

Dedicated to luxury, craftsmanship and the art of living, the Luxury Gallery is located inside the Palais des Festivals. Visitors discover this space offering elegant scenography as soon as they enter the fair.

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