The Salone Nautico of Genova – Genoa Boat Show – inaugurates the sixty-one edition on September 16, one of the most anticipated events in the sector, from exhibitors from national and foreign nautical businesses to visitors.
The city of Genoa, closely linked to the sea and the nautical economy, is preparing to welcome visitors and monitor the progress of the transformation project of one of the most fragile stretches of the city coast: the Levante waterfront.
Company of Confindustria Nautica, the Boat Show will in fact be hosted in the area of the former Fair where the construction works for the reorganization of the waterfront according to Renzo Piano’s project are underway and will finish by 2023.
Top players
The new exhibition space favors the proven multi-specialist format, with renewed dedicated services developed for the five market segments that represent it: Yacht and Superyacht, Sailing World, Boating Discovery, Tech Trade and Living The Sea. There are almost a thousand brands participants, practically all the top players in the nautical world. These include the big names such as Sanlorenzo, Azimut Benetti, Ferretti, Baglietto, as well as Gruppo Fipa, Amer Yachts, Blugame, Pardo Yachts, Rio Yachts, Princess and Sunseeker. But also the leading companies in the inboard, outboard and pneumatic boats sector.
Events
In addition to the traditional Forum schedule of institutional conferences – organized in collaboration with Confindustria Nautica – with technical seminars and conferences on the topics of the sector, the event will host the 2nd edition of the Design Innovaton Award, an award that supports nautical excellence, to which the athletes present at the Tokyo Olympics and the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team, winner of the Prada Cup and finalist in the America’s Cup in New Zealand, will participate.