Megayacht owners sometimes have one company for yacht management, another for insurance, still another for crew hiring. Benetti wants to be a one-stop-shopping solution for these and other issues. That’s the reasoning behind the creation of Dedicato.
Dedicato (“dedicated” in Italian) brings together Benetti staff for maintenance and other technical assistance along with specialists in some of the above-named industries. It’s a five-year program (shorter terms are not permitted), being offered to clients during the construction stage.
To be clear, Benetti says that Dedicato is not intended to replace existing yacht-management services provided by other companies. Alessandro Gallifuoco, Benetti’s quality and after-sales manager, says it has “a much broader scope,” and that Dedicato will ensure “owners have the shipyard at their sice 24/7 during the yacht operation.”
Dedicato provides:
- yacht management
- maintenance, including scheduled maintenance and unexpected breakdowns
- warranty extension, to five years
- crew hiring, plus overseeing salaries, insurance, and related matters
- yacht insurance
At the end of the five years under Dedicato, a Benetiti yacht is then re-detailed. This is intended to provide owners with good resale value and of course bolster Benetti’s reputation.
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