The theme of this year’s Miami Yacht Show is “fresh and new”. After 30 years of being nestled along Collins Avenue on South Beach, the show is moving to a new location at One Herald Plaza on Biscayne Bay. The Miami Yacht Show (not to be confused with the Miami Boat Show at the Miami Marine Stadium) will now be positioned between the Venetian and MacArthur Causeways, not far from the Superyacht Miami Show at the Island Gardens Marina. This new space will offer more than 500 yachts across a 60-acre display along with a 67,000-square foot exhibition space.

Over 29,000 boat lovers will visit the Miami Yacht Show and Informa Exhibitions, the show’s new owner, hopes to entice even more yacht enthusiasts this year by offering several exciting new attractions. A new section of pop-up luxury retail stores, guest lounges, bars, exotic cars, personal aircrafts, and several special events will compliment the unprecedented line-up of the newest yachts available.

Watches & Wonders, a wildly popular event held yearly in the Miami Design District, will again be held the same weekend as the Miami Yacht Show. Watches & Wonders brings together more than 25 of the top luxury timepieces and jewelry companies in the world that is attended by aficionados from all over. The event will showcase  

Another perk of the new location is the proximity to Art Wynwood produced by Art Miami. This is a contemporary and modern art fair that has some of the most spectacular fine art collections in the country. Visitors to the Miami Yacht Show will be able to cross easily into the Art Wynwood event.

While all of the events, shopping, and allure of Miami Beach is reason enough to visit, the real start of the Miami Yacht Show is of course, the boats. Builders from around the globe bring their newest models to Miami to premiere them to one of the most exclusive crowds of yacht lovers and buyers of any boat show.