ART Marine offers yachts for charter at Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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ART Marine Company Overview:
ART Marine LLC was founded in February 2005 to offer world-class marine services such as sales of quality yachts, maintenance, after-sales and warranty, jetty services, yacht management, charter, and marina management and consultation in the Gulf region. Thanks to high levels of professionalism, ART Marine LLC has rapidly become the leading regional distributor of leisure yachts and the exclusive importer and distributor of Azimut-Benetti Group for the Kingdom of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Maldives, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Seychelles and United Arab Emirates.

The brands manufactured by the Azimut-Benetti Group include Atlantis, open motor yachts in the 31 to 60 feet range, Azimut, motor yachts in the 39 to 116 feet range, and Benetti, semi-displacement and full displacement motor yachts in the 25 to 70 meters range.

ART Marine LLC is also the exclusive dealer of Riviera, the highly rated Australian manufacturer of fishing/flybridge yachts, a brand that meets the growing demand for quality offshore fishing boats.

ART Marine LLC also offers after-sales services through a separate division staffed by dedicated technical experts who satisfy the uncompromising standards of their customers. ART Marine Service Division also offers skilled know-how and full service support facilities to ensure that customers achieve maximum pleasure and peace of mind during use of their yacht.

On the charter front, with the exclusive agreement reached with the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, ART Marine Charter Division has been successfully operating since 1 March 2006. ART Marine Charter Division offers various packages such as romantic dinners, corporate lunches, team building trips, sight-seeing trips to the Jumeirah Palm and the World islands, and many more pleasurable and memorable sightseeing cruises, while assuring complete privacy and confidentiality.

Aiming to be the only Marine Hospitality Company in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa with a "360 degrees" approach to luxury yachts services, ART Marine LLC opened its Marina Development and Management Division in early 2007. The concept is to operate a network of "lifestyle" marinas, offering first class services around the region to cater for the needs of yacht owners.

Yas Marina Overview
Yas Marina is the flagship of Aldar's marina projects, located at the heart of the Yas Marina Circuit with berthing adjacent to the Formula 1™ race track.

The world's latest Superyacht Marina with a capacity of 143 yachts, accommodating vessels ranging between 15m to 66m on an annual basis. The marina also boasts quayside visitor berthing for Superyachts of up to 120metres. Set to be one of the most premier marinas globally, luxury yacht owners will have access to the Yas Yacht Club (YYC) and the Yas Hotel.

Facilities include the following: concierge vessel service within the marina, club car service, water and power supply, 24/7 security, boat chartering, and private restroom and showering facilities. The iconic Yas Yacht Club, designed by Omiros Emmanouilides of Omiros One Architecture, brings together dynamic forms that link the building to its nautical theme, the heritage of the locale, as well as the F1™ theme character of the island.

The Yas Yacht Club is multi-functional in that it caters to all areas from casual dining, to private members dining, to corporate entertaining. The dynamic Yas Yacht Club features the following: function and meeting room, restaurants, lounges, VIP lounges, cigar bar, indoor and outdoor spaces which are perfect for corporate entertaining.

The Yas Marina Retail Centre will house international yacht brokers, chandlery, charter operators and the marina management office.

The Yas Marina is conveniently located close to The Yas Hotel (five star hotel), six additional hotels, The Links Golf Course (18 hole), Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and Warner Bros. theme parks. www.aldarmarinas.com

For further press information, please contact:

Wael Bittar
Marketing & PR Director
ART Marine L.L.C.
T: +971 4 338 8955
F: +971 4 338 4470