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Four Seasons takes its luxury to the waves
The hotel group aims to create a new category of luxury travel with the launch of its first sustainable yacht liner in 2025, featuring curated experiences and exceptional service
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Superyacht sales continue to increase, but for those who want the superyacht experience without spending millions of dollars to own one, there are plenty of options. Chartering and part-ownership are the most well known, but recently we have seen a few luxury hotel brands creating their take on the yacht lifestyle.
Ritz-Carlton announced its Yacht Collection a few years ago, the first of which is the Evrima. If you feel its 149 guest suites are too many, the Four Seasons hotel group has just announced its first luxury yacht and it will have just 95 suites on board.
Technically, it’s not the first yacht for Four Seasons, which has expanded into experiences in recent years. It has private jets, vintage vehicles and supercars and the Four Seasons Explorer, a luxurious vessel that takes guests on adventurous cruises around the atolls of the Maldives.
Its latest venture is on a much bigger scale though, with the company planning at least three superyachts, also known as yacht liners, the first of which is due to take to the water in 2025.
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That includes the many guest areas, partly designed by the Martin Brudnizki Design Studio in London. These will include culinary delights in a number of restaurants, the sushi bar and terrace bar. There will be a leisure deck to the rear of the vessel, complete with a swimming pool and an entertainment area that can be turned into an outdoor cinema.
Being constructed by Fincantieri in Italy, these are not to be confused with cruise ships. They are being billed as the ultimate experience on the water for those who want the superyacht lifestyle rather than bingo and buffets.; essentially, everything you would expect in a Four Seasons resort, albeit one that moves around.
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“We are creating a new category of luxury lifestyle travel that appeals to discerning guests,” says Larry Pimentel, who is leading the venture for Four Seasons. “We are bringing together the very best across industries to create the pinnacle yachting offering through world-class design, curated experiences and truly exceptional service. When we launch in 2025, there will be nothing else like it on the open seas.”
It won’t quite match the exclusivity of your own superyacht, but with the first itineraries set to include the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, with some fabulous in-port locations to enjoy too, it could well be the next best thing.