In particular, says ICOMIA, we are interested in case studies of the marina industry working together with the tourism sector of government to promote marinas as focal points of tourism destinations;

new and innovative opportunities for marina development, eg, building for megayacht business and dockominiums;

the kind of investments in marina facilities and services that produce the greatest customer satisfaction and positive return; regulatory issues impacting marinas, eg, property taxes and submerged land lease fees; combating the loss of precious waterfront to condominium development and other non-water dependent commercial uses; and marina public relations success stories, eg national marina day celebrations and clean marina programmes.

Interested parties should send an abstract of their proposed paper - no more than two pages in length - to the ICOMIA marinas committee secretary at ypl@spinnaker.com.sg