The fourth Olympic Yacht Show has been billed a tremendous success, with record attendance and favourable weather.
The show was held between October 10-13 at Olympic Marine in Lavrio, with more than 130 boats on show in the water, the majority from Greek shipyards.
“The Olympic Yacht Show has become the number one market tool. A fruitful communication platform. An international meeting point with ever-increasing demand,” said head of the Olympic Yacht Show, Gerasimos Gerolimatos.
“This year it returned, bigger and richer in content, featuring several premieres, both European and international.
“Four years after the first event, the dynamic of the exhibition not only promotes sea tourism, but also creates added value for our country.”
More than 90 exhibitors took in this year’s show, representing more than 400 brands, with a ‘high number’ of foreign visitors.
Show highlights
Dignitaries attending the show included Gerasimos Gerolimatos, head of the Olympic Yacht Show organising committee, George Prokopiou, owner of Olympic Marine, Stefanos Gikas, the Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, who represented the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogiannis and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Staikouras who gave speeches during the opening ceremony.
Show highlights included the presentation of honorary awards to industry figures for their contribution to the development of yachting and their support of the show.
These included awards to George Prokopiou, Vassilis Apostolopoulos, Konstantinos Koronakis, George Kyriazakos, Petros Riginos, Lazaros Zarifis, Ioannis Kourounis and George Vernikos, as well as to Atalanta Marine and Athenian Yachts.
The prize was sponsored by ZOIS EFSTATHIOU S.A.
For the second consecutive year, the show’s major sponsor was EKO.
