Luxury Yachting: Perspectives on Tourism, Practice and Context

This book offers an insight into the luxury yacht industry as a provider and facilitator of a luxury yacht experience. Linked to special interest tourism (SIT), luxury yachting is an exclusive area of tourism and practice which operates in a relatively small and niche environment.

Part I offers a range of academic contributions on luxury yachting from a tourism perspective. Part II provides an insight into the industry from the practitioner perspective. Part III stimulates discussions around yachting practices in different destinations.

With a truly global outlook, this contributed volume enhances our understanding of a lucrative area within tourism that has so far been under-researched and under-explored.

Tatiana Gladkikh is Head of Discipline (Business Management) at AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha. She joined academia in 2007 after 11 years of management, academic and consultancy roles in the UK, Russia and Europe. Her area of consultancy is cross-cultural business communication and transnational education. Prior to her move to Qatar she has worked at the University of Birmingham and the University of Winchester teaching at all academic levels and researching leadership, globalisation and cross-cultural issues in the global business environment.

Hugues Séraphin is a Senior Lecturer in Event and Tourism Management Studies. He is also an associate research at La Rochelle Business School (France). Hugues Seraphin holds a PhD from the Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (France) and joined The University of Winchester Business School in 2012. He was the Programme Leader of the Event Management programme between 2015 and 2018. Dr Hugues Seraphin has expertise and interests in tourism development and management in post-colonial, post-conflict and post-disaster destinations. He has recently published in International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research; Current Issues in Tourism; Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events; Journal of Business Research; Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes; Tourism Analysis; and Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. He is the co-Editor of Overtourism: Causes, Implications and Solutions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).

Victoria Gladkikh is a lead deckhand on board of a 85-meter luxury motor yacht. Having worked on luxury yachts since 2016, she has acquired over 20,000 nautical miles travelling on luxury vessels of various sizes around Europe, North America, Canada, the Caribbean and Central America. She has served a variety of affluent owners and guests from various cultural and professional backgrounds. She has experience of two transatlantic crossings, Panama Canal crossing and Monaco Yacht Show. Victoria is a qualified Yachtmaster. A recipient of the Slater Scholarship award, she is currently studying for a Officer of the Watch qualification. Victoria has two significant media appearances: her professional interviews and photographs were published in leading luxury yacht magazines On Board and Boat. She is an active member of the female yachting organization.

Tan Vo Thanh is an Associate Professor in Tourism & Marketing at La Rochelle Business School, Excelia Group, France. His area of specialization and research is Destination Management, ICT, Wine Tourism and Green Human Resource Management. He is also the co-Editor of Overtourism: Causes, Implications and Solutions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).