Informa Markets launches South Florida Ventures
Global exhibition organiser Informa Markets is expanding its luxury lifestyle portfolio in South Florida, USA, with the launch of a new regional market led by industry veterans.
The new market will aim to serve a variety of luxury industries: Art, Beauty, Boating, and Yachting.
The news comes on the heels of a management agreement with the National Marine Manufacturer’s Association (NMMA) to expand their Boating & Yachting portfolio in the Florida market.
Informa Markets has solidified its presence in the region in recent years, building a portfolio of events that attract an international audience. The Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show alone generated USD$1.3bn in economic impact for the region in 2019, more than USD$800m more than it had prior to Informa’s acquisition of the show four years earlier. Combined with the Miami International Boat Show and Miami Yacht Show, the economic impact to the South Florida region from just the
Developer Jimmy Tate wants to lease the city-owned property for up to 100 years in order to build condos and a sea of other properties. Opponents say the move would hand over one of Fort Lauderdale’s most prized properties for the next century.
Windy Boats to Make U.S. Debut with Nautical Ventures
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Nautical Ventures has locations in Dania Beach, Palm Beach, Tampa Bay, Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale.
“We are excited to bring the European-built Windy Boat brand … to the North American Market,” Nautical Ventures CEO Roger Moore
said in a statement. “We see this Scandinavian brand dovetailing nicely with our current European boat lines.”
Windy CEO Trevor Fenlon added: “It is exciting to bring our range to the U.S., and we look forward to working with Nautical Ventures, whose wealth of experience will be invaluable to us.”
Nautical Ventures and Windy plan to debut the SR44SX Blackhawk at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show later this year.
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