M/Y Spectre & Benetti Win Big
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reated by Asia-Pacific Boating and China Boating magazines in 2005, the annual Asia Boating Awards are the most renowned yachting awards in Asia and eagerly noted across the world. Presented during a lavish ceremony, the awards serve as a benchmark for the industry in the Asia-Pacific region. This year’s 15th edition was held on
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April 10 at The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore. There, the Italian luxury motoryacht company Benetti won the “Best Custom-Built Yacht” prize for the M/Y “Spectre. A month later,the iconic 69-meter Benetti won another prestigious award. This time, M/Y Spectre cast its spell over the designers, architects and yachting experts that were part of the jury of Boat
International, one of the world’s most highly respected yachting magazines, who gave the yacht the World Superyacht Award in the category “Displacement yachts between 500 and 1,999 tonnes” for its build quality, technology, high performance and cruising comfort. Spectre’s owner, the talented New York businessman John Staluppi, chose