Visitors from Asia to this year's Cannes Yachting Festival were happy to see Europe's largest in-water show maintaining its scale and popularity, while the city was as vibrant as ever.
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It is hard to say what was more surprising about this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival. That the attendance was the same as the record-breaking target set two years ago" Or that people in Cannes ? at least outside of Vieux Port and Port Canto ? were carrying on with their lives sans masks, living free from the rules and regulations still evident in much of Asia"

Yacht Style staff made the trip to southern France to attend the world’s most important show for new models and again had a booth in the Palais indoor exhibition by the main entrance. Yet overall, there were only a sprinkling of visitors and exhibitors from this region due to the complications of travel and required quarantine upon return.
Many usual attendees from Hong Kong, for example, were put off from travelling to the six-day show after the hotel quarantine after returning from Europe was raised to three weeks.

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However, industry figures who did travel to Cannes included representatives of the Asia offices of the Ferretti Group, Benetti, Prestige/Jeanneau and Fraser, dealers Simpson Marine, Asiamarine, Starship Yachts, Farfalla Marine and Asia Ya...