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Created: February 07 2013

MIAMI – Couples looking for a romantic backdrop for Valentine's Day may enjoy a leisurely stroll along the docks at the Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach, situated on Collins Avenue directly across from the world-famous Fontainebleau and Eden Roc hotels. More than 500 yachts on display at Miami's premier, in-water large yacht show conjure up dreams of traveling to the world's most exotic places where the sun always shines on colorful ports of call.

Entrance to the spectacular show is free, and its floating cocktail barges offer live music and a place to relax. Show goers have many parking choices connected by a convenient, fast and reliable motor coach system. The free motor coach service will begin at 9 a.m., one hour prior to the start the show, and run until 9 p.m., two hours after the show's closing. Motor coaches will transport attendees from the show's many designated parking locations to drop off and pick up locations at the center, north and south ends of the show along Collins Avenue in Miami Beach.

The Yacht & Brokerage Show also offers free shuttle service to and from two of the Miami International Boat Show sites, the Miami Beach Convention Center and Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center. The shuttle service to both locations begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 9 p.m. daily.  While the Miami International Boat Show's convention center location closes at 7 p.m. daily, the Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center location closes daily at 6 p.m. The last bus from the Yacht & Brokerage Show to the Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center leaves Collins Avenue at 5 p.m., and the last bus from Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center to the Yacht & Brokerage Show leaves at 7 p.m.

Also available at this year's Yacht & Brokerage Show are upgraded hospitality golf cart and water tender services.  Guests may request golf cart service at any of the show's Guest Services booths, located along Collins Avenue. Zeelander tenders will be available to brokers working at the show to transport clients to four predetermined stops along the Indian Creek waterway at ramps 7, 13, 21 and one located at the south end of the show. The public may access tender service through a broker.

The free show is open to the public and covers more than 1.2 million square feet of space over a mile-long strip of the Indian Creek Waterway in the heart of beautiful Miami Beach along Collins Avenue (S.R. A1A) from 41st to 51st Streets.
BOAT SHOW SCHEDULE:
Thursday, Feb. 14                   10am - 7pm
Friday, Feb. 15                        10am - 7pm
Saturday, Feb. 16                   10am - 7pm
Sunday, Feb. 17                      10am - 7pm
Monday, Feb. 18                     10am - 6pm
YACHT & BROKERAGE SHOW ADMISSION:
FREE to the public

ABOUT THE YACHT & BROKERAGE SHOW IN MIAMI BEACH:
The Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach is managed and produced by Show Management, owned and sponsored by the Florida Yacht Brokers Association (FYBA) and sponsored by TrawlerPort, Budweiser BoatQuest.com, The International Gamefish Association (IGFA), the IGFA School of Sportfishing, CROCS, Gosling's Rum, YACHTS International Magazine and Smallwood's Yachtwear.  For more information, call (954) 764-7642 or (800) 940-7642, or visit ShowManagement.com.  Like the Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach on Facebook at facebook.com/MiamiBeachYachtandBrokerageShow, follow the show on Twitter at twitter.com/boatshowupdates and tune into Boat Show TV at youtube.com/showmanagement.