News
March 17, 2009
BWA YACHTING HAS SIGNED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
WITH BcN YACHT SERVICES IN SPAIN
LUGANO, Switzerland – BWA Yachting, worldwide leader in services to the super yacht community, has signed a partnership agreement with BcN Yacht Services in Spain. This strategically provides BWA Yachting with a strong presence in this emerging yachting region with offices in Barcelona located both in the MB92 shipyard, as well as in Marina Port Vell. BcN Yacht Services will begin this month to operate under the BWA Yachting brand for agency services however will continue to operate under the BcN Yacht Services brand for provisioning and supplies. Currently services are available in the Balearic Islands (Mallorca and Ibiza), Valencia, Port Tarraco and Costa Brava. A permanent office will open in Mallorca in May.
BcN Yacht Services will continue to operate under the same local management team which includes Gemma Lloan and Antonella della Pietra in Barcelona.
Stefano Tositti, CEO of BWA Yachting comments, “Spain’s emerging presence as a yachting destination makes this new partnership a very positive addition to the BWA Yachting group. It will allow us to provide the same excellent service in Spain that we already do in the rest of the Mediterranean and beyond. We are very proud to add this new region to our growing network.”
Gemma Lloan, partner of BcN Yacht Services commented: “For the past 10 years, BcN Yacht Services has provided the highest quality of service to super yachts cruising or laying up in Spain, and from our head office in Barcelona we also serve yachts cruising in Valencia, Costa Brava and in the Balearics. We are proud to become a part of a global group such as BWA Yachting and look forward to bringing a strong presence in this emerging yachting region with our head office in Barcelona.”
BcN Yacht Services was founded in 1998 in Barcelona. Besides agency services, BcN Yacht Services has an excellent reputation as a local provisioning company today serving the mega yacht industry. The provisioning division will continue to operate under the BcN Yacht Services brand.
With headquarters in Lugano, Switzerland, BWA Yachting is an international leader in complete yacht agency services throughout the Mediterranean, with offices in Spain, the South of France, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Turkey as well as Ft. Lauderdale, Florida which serves the USA and the Caribbean. For more information BWA Yachting can be reached via phone at +41.91.913.3240, via e-mail at info@bwayachting.com, or on the web at www.bwayachting.com.
BWA Yachting Communications, Press Office
communications@bwayachting.com
From the vessel’s first entry point in Gibraltar, yachts cruising throughout the western Med from Spain to Italy and all points in between, receive the highest quality marine agency services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
BWA Yachting provides full agency support throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. From Venice to Turkey and continuing through to the Suez Canal, the Eastern Med offers spectacular scenery and great historical interest, as well as some of the best sailing that the Mediterranean has to offer.
BWA Yachting in the Caribbean has headquarters in St. Maarten and offers assistance in St. Thomas, Anguilla, St. Barth’s, Antigua and St. Lucia and serves South Florida through its office in Ft. Lauderdale.