AMSTERDAM – International Boat Industry and the 2024 METSTRADE will mark the tenth anniversary of the Boat Builder Awards, framed by one of the world’s most precious maritime collections in Amsterdam’s National Maritime Museum.
In the heart of Amsterdam, the museum holds a collection of paintings, ship models, navigation instruments and sea charts that link 500 years of Dutch maritime history with our society and enterprise today.
After sunset, the museum assumes a particularly atmospheric feel where one can sense the creativity and efforts of countless craftspeople, designers, shipwrights, and seafarers who laid the foundation of our knowledge and trade up to the 21st Century.
Guests from around the globe will have the exclusive opportunity to experience this on a very special night out in Amsterdam on Wednesday, November 20. On that day, a select group of around 350 industry leaders will gather under the starlit roof of the museum’s courtyard to applaud the well-deserved winners of the 2024 IBI METSTRADE Boat Builder Awards in association with Raymarine.
METSTRADE Exhibition Manager and project manager for this year’s event, Patricia Becker, explains: “The Amsterdam Maritime Museum has been our home since the Boat Builder Awards was launched ten years ago. As organizers, we’ve always appreciated the dramatic setting of the building and its courtyard.”
“It was designed to impress when built and continues to do so today. However, this year, we have set out to mark our anniversary by strongly connecting the great achievements of the recreational boat-building sector in 2024 with the museum’s carefully curated evidence of our predecessors.”
Dining under a star-lit sky, the setting and entertainment of our special evening this year will take everyone on a journey through the annals of Dutch maritime endeavors, from the sixteenth century’s Golden Age right up to the current day. As we look back, we’ll also be reminded of the three key pillars at the heart of our future industry success – innovation, the environment, and people. This connection between our past achievements and future success is what makes this event truly special.
Wednesday, Nov. 20 is the date to save for the 2024 Boat Builder Awards for Business Achievement. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased individually or as a Table Partner of ten or a Half Table Partner of five, with additional benefits.
www.ibinews.com/bba2024/tickets to ensure your reservation. Nominations now open
The awards will be presented in eleven categories, each focused on one of three industry priority themes: innovation, environment, and people.
The Boat Builder Awards is a contest free to enter. You can nominate on your behalf or send in entries for companies or people you think deserve recognition. Nominations are via an online form and open now until Sept. 27, 2024. To ensure judges have maximum time to evaluate entries, businesses are encouraged to submit nominations as soon as possible.
Details of the eleven award categories and how to nominate are available at www.ibinews.com/bba2024. The 2024 Categories:
— Breakthrough Launch of the Year – sponsored by HP Watermakers
— Innovative Design Solution – sponsored by Fusion
— Collaborative Solution between a Builder and its Supply Chain Collaboration
— Retail Marketing Initiative
— Sustainability Project of the Year – sponsored by ePropulsion
— Eco-focused Boat of the Year – under 10m loa
— Eco-focused Boat of the Year – over 10m loa
— Designer of the Year
— People and Skills Development
— Rising Star – sponsored by Lumishore
— Lifetime Achievement Award – sponsored by Sleipner
Website: www.ibinews.com/bba2024
METSTRADE 2024 will run from 19-21 November at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam. www.metstrade.com
Photos: metstrade.com
