Antibes Yacht Show Yacht Charter

The Antibes Yacht Show is the Riviera's insider show — staged in Port Vauban's Quai des Milliardaires, it is where the Mediterranean charter fleet meets its brokers before the season opens. A antibes yacht show charter has become the dominant private hospitality format for senior attendees — consolidating accommodation, meeting venue, broadcast platform, and entertaining space into a single private base steps from the action.

Charter brokers and managers, captains and crew agencies, the Antibes marine trade, and the buyers who set their Mediterranean summer here. The networking density across Antibes Yacht Show week makes private hosting capacity the single most valuable resource of the calendar — and a chartered superyacht is the only setting that provides it at meaningful scale, with the right finishes and the right discretion.

Port Vauban's Quai des Milliardaires holds the largest yachts on the Riviera, and show week is the one moment they are open for inspection. Port Vauban and the Quai des Milliardaires alongside for 30–160m, with Golfe-Juan as overflow. The choice of berth, anchorage and tender pattern drives the operational character of the week and the quality of your guests' experience from arrival to departure.

Globally, Antibes Yacht Show draws a concentrated UHNW audience and substantial international press. Brand activations across the event run at scale, and for corporate clients the yacht doubles as a programmable venue across days: morning client breakfasts, afternoon partner meetings, evening cocktails, late dinners — all from one floating base.

Luxury hospitality in Antibes during Antibes Yacht Show reaches its annual peak. Reference hotels commit at 9–12 month lead at maximum rack, Michelin-starred restaurants release covers in narrow windows, and ground transport is at premium. A antibes yacht show charter sits at the centre of this stack and removes the logistics problem that defines attendance otherwise.

Blue Ocean Club operates antibes yacht show charter programmes through long-standing partnerships with the marinas, hotels, restaurants, and concierge networks in Antibes. We hold standing relationships, contracted berthing, and pre-confirmed reservations across each annual edition — and structure the broader yacht week, security envelope, and aviation programme around your event itself.

Antibes is the geographic centre of any antibes yacht show charter. Antibes sits between Cannes and Nice, with the old town, the Picasso museum and Cap d'Antibes behind Europe's most famous superyacht quay. Understanding the local geography matters — proximity of berth to event, tender pattern across the harbour, and quality of the surrounding shore-side hospitality all flow from where the yacht sits.

Port Vauban and the Quai des Milliardaires alongside for 30–160m, with Golfe-Juan as overflow. We negotiate the berth in parallel with the yacht contract and confirm both before final signature; the yacht and the berth are inseparable for Antibes Yacht Show purposes.

The reference hotels and restaurants of Antibes anchor the event-week social calendar. Senior establishment-level relationships across the hospitality network in Antibes are essential — reservations during Antibes Yacht Show are negotiated, not booked online, and our concierge desk holds standing positions across the relevant venues.

Ground transport in and out of Antibes during Antibes Yacht Show runs at significant premium and significant friction. Private aviation into the nearest VIP airport, helicopter transfers where applicable, chauffeured ground transport, and tender shuttle from the yacht are all coordinated in advance — door-to-door times are planned and rehearsed.

Beyond the event itself, the surrounding region offers natural extensions for clients adding cruising days. Cannes and the Îles de Lérins west, Monaco and Portofino east. Most antibes yacht show charter clients add 3–10 days of cruising after the event itself — we price the full charter as one package.

Security and discretion in Antibes during Antibes Yacht Show are managed at the level the guest list requires. Dedicated close-protection partners, drone-monitoring services, and shoreside coverage between berth and event venues are coordinated on request and quoted separately. Crew briefing on NDA, photography, and guest-flow protocol is standard for any charter at this profile.

Concierge programming during the week — Michelin-starred dinners, after-party access, branded gifting, in-yacht trunk shows, talent and creator programmes, and on-call medical and wellness — runs in parallel with the event programme itself. Your chief stewardess holds the master schedule and the chef plans menus against it.

A antibes yacht show charter programme is contracted under standard MYBA terms with event-contingent clauses where the event itself carries cancellation or postponement risk. We walk you through the specific contract terms before you sign, and we handle the deposit, balance, and APA flow through our broker desk.