The French leisure maritime sector presents a modern, luxurious, and picturesque setting for the Cannes Yachting Festival. Since 1977, this pioneer international boating event brings together 550+ exhibitors and 50,000+ sailing enthusiasts to the bay of Cannes, hosting 100+ sailing boats, monohulls, and multi-hulls. Further strengthening its commitment to the French leisure and sailing sector, IEC Telecom is heading to Vieux Port & Port Canto from September 6th to 11th, 2022.

“We have a long-standing relationship with the French boating ecosystem and a solid physical presence with two offices in France, enabling us to be close to our customers in the thriving leisure maritime industry. This is our seventh time participating at the Cannes Yachting Festival, and with the strong boom in sales and charter transactions, we anticipate tremendous interest in our state-of-the-art satcom solutions that have been specially designed keeping in mind the unique requirements of our leisure maritime customers,” says Gwenaël Lohéac, Managing Director and President – Europe, IEC Telecom Group.

At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the leisure maritime sector saw a 25% reduction in revenue. Fortunately, this was short-lived. By early 2021, the concept of leisure time onboard yachts transformed threefold: many boats essentially functioned as offices-at-sea to ensure business continuity for travelling executives, the demand for digital connectivity soared to ensure access…