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Yachting 2035: what’s trending

To mark its 18th Business Symposium - La Belle Classe Superyachts, organised in collaboration with UBS, the Yacht Club de Monaco brought together key figures from the international yachting industry to discuss the significant economic changes that will shape the sector by 2025. As part of the 'Monaco, Capital of Advanced Yachting' initiative, this dinner debate highlighted a shared conclusion: the environmental transition has become a key factor in shaping the economic models of the yachting industry. With the theme "Yachting 2035: the economic transformation of the sector in response to new environmental standards", this edition offered forward-looking analysis of structural changes across the industry. Against a backdrop of accelerating demographic, geopolitical, technological and financial shifts, the discussions emphasised the need for the sector to anticipate changes that are now firmly embedded in the long term. With an estimated global economic impact of €54 billion, nearly 80% of which is concentrated in Europe, yachting is at a turning point: it must preserve value creation while integrating increasingly stringent environmental requirements. "Yachting is part of an economic, environmental and human ecosystem that requires a collective, long-term vision. With close to one hundred participants, this symposium is a unique platform where all stakeholders across