The Brief
- Long-haul destinations face the competition of priority markets when trying to attract stakeholders from the client-country
- Like-minded and complementary business entities do not work together due to lack of an overarching business leader
- Businesses are turned off by high participation costs
- Individual entities have lower bargaining power
The Strategy
- We chose the Singapore Yacht Show, a renowned regional BtoB and BtoC luxury event with international appeal,
- To optimize all the opportunities offered by the market for various Monaco-based entities
- To use “Monaco” as the host entity and umbrella
- To aggregate financial resources from the various entities
- To propose dedicated events within or outside of the main event
The Results
- Initially without budget Monaco could be present, in strength and in variety in a major event
- Higher bargaining power as a consortium of entities participating in this trade show
- More opportunities for commercial and media solicitation
- Press coverage and interviews generated in the frame of the Yacht Show participation
- Estimated 2000 visits to the Monaco booth
- The Monaco-themed evening attracted the participation of more partners and sponsors supplementing the initial budget
- This event is now a yearly production attracting 8 Monaco based entities including the Yacht Club of Monaco, several companies from the Cluster Yachting Monaco and the Monaco Economic Board under the auspices of VisitMonaco