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SALE: London's ExCeL in Docklands - home of the London Boat Show - has been sold by Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan, who banked a £120m profit in five years after rescuing the exhibition venue.
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AMERICA’S CUP: The Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG) [aka Ernesto Bertarelli] has got its [his] way and managed to get the date for the 33rd cup set back to 12 March 2009. The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) [aka Larry Ellison] had been trying to get the court to rule in its [his] favour of the first race in November this year, writes Portsmouth Poll.
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BOAT SHOW: The Earls Court Boat Show (ACBS) has taken a leaf out of the National Caravan show's book and is to run a 'dry dock' feature alongside the central pool feature at this year's show. 'Many new exhibitors identified this as a successful feature of the National Caravan and Boat Show in Birmingham,' said ECBS MD James Brooke.
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ANNIVERSARY: We have some interesting articles in store for you in our 25th Anniversary issue next month. We've got various people looking back over our first 25 years to give their us their memories of the highs and lows in their own market segment.
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PLANNING: Top-end US boatbuilder Palmer Johnson is moving ahead with its plans to create 800 new jobs in Hampshire by submitting a planning application to build a new 20,420 sq m factory on the former Vosper Thorneycroft site in Woolston that should be operational in 2009.
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BBEx VOTE: The BBEx meeting in April gave us two options - a stand alone show in October, or merge BBEx with Seawork in June.
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RELOCATION: Lewmar has relocated its steering division in the UK from Luton to its manufacturing headquarters in Havant. The move is designed to improve costs, quality and service and sees the closure of the Luton factory.
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