The Cannes Yachting Festival 2020 has been officially cancelled.
Cannes yachting festival 2020 cancelled. Since 1977 the Cannes Yachting Festival takes place every September in elegant luxurious surroundings in the sparkling bay of Cannes. 2020 Cannes Yachting Festival cancelled By Katia Damborsky 21 August 2020 After much speculation it is being reported that the Cannes Yachting Festival will not be going ahead this year as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However 20 August the prefect which has the final say completed a visit to the festival site and decided against granting the exemption after all.
23rd Aug 2020 Written By. Each year the Yachting Festival accommodates an eclectic offer of 10 to 45-meter in-water boats and under 10m on land. Cannes Yachting Festival 2020 cancelled All the big names in leisure boating and yachting invite you to Cannes Bay where they are ready to showcase the worlds latest innovations.
The news came out at the end of last week. 08 Sep - 13 Sep 2020. The show was to be cancelled.
The Yachting Festival will host this year almost 600 boats 430 exhibitors and over 140 previews 10 more than in 2019. Event Info - Cannes Yachting Festival - 2020 - Cancelled. Following an attempt to gain special dispensation the Cannes Yachting Festival 2020 has been cancelled Following the news that Reed Exposition the Cannes Yachting Festival event organisers had applied for special dispensation in an attempt to ensure that the boat show went ahead as planned from 8-13 September it has been announced that this years Yachting Festival has been cancelled.
The Yachting Festival 2020 has been officially cancelled due to a prefectural dispensation not granted. Organizers of the Cannes Yachting Festival 2020 have confirmed the cancelation of this years event due to decision made by Cannes Regional Health Authority. In a press release posted yesterday too show organizers state that the prefect of Cannes based the exemption denial primarily on rising COVID-19 cases and fear of worsening cases.
These boats are sailing or motor boats monohull or multihull with hard or semi-rigid hulls. The announcement was made late last week August 21 after the local authorities refused to give the show an emergency exemption from the ban on events of more than 5000 people which had been. Cannes Yachting Festival is held across Vieux Port and Port Canto.