Oct – May
A-03
Creek Heritage
A traditional dhow on Dubai Creek, midday. Lunch, old Dubai from the water, and the team back before the afternoon is gone.
- Duration
- 4 hrs
- Group
- 15–70
- Emirate
- Dubai
From
AED 240 /person
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A-05 Water & Marine Oct – May
Boardroom Afloat
A 90 ft yacht, a chef, and a working session at sea with no phone signal worth answering. Six hours for a leadership team that cannot get an uninterrupted afternoon on land.
- Duration
- 6 hrs
- Ideal start time
- 11:00 boarding — working block before lunch, coastline after
- Departure window
- 10:00–14:00
- Group size
- 8 min — 25 max
- Emirate / venue
- Dubai — Dubai Harbour or Dubai Marina, offshore along the coastline
- Season
- Oct–May
- Booking lead time
- 14 days
Why this is not the retail version
A yacht charter is a public price and the client will look it up — AED 1,100–1,600 an hour for a 75 ft hull, and they will ask why six hours is costing them AED 2,700 a person.
The answer is that a charter is a boat with a captain. This is a working environment. There is a chef aboard producing a plated lunch at anchor rather than a platter that came from a supermarket. There is AV that actually functions at sea — screen, sound, and power — which is the single thing that makes a 75-minute working block possible instead of eight people shouting over an engine. And there is a coordinator whose whole job is that nobody from the client is running the day.
What it is really sold on is uninterruptibility. A leadership team in a hotel meeting room gets pulled out for a call by 11:30. Twenty minutes offshore, that does not happen — and the client knows it, which is why this closes in the room when the deck-versus-boardroom comparison is made out loud.
Sell it to eight to sixteen people who make decisions. Above twenty it stops being a working session and becomes a party — at which point the correct package is A-02, at a third of the price.
The day, minute by minute
Timeline
- 10:15 Luxury SUV convoy collects from the client office
- 11:00 Boarding. Welcome, briefing, refreshments on the upper deck
- 11:20 Departure
- 11:45 Working block in the saloon — screen, sound and a table that seats everyone. 75 minutes, uninterrupted
- 13:00 Anchorage. Chef-prepared lunch served on deck
- 14:15 Swim stop and open deck time
- 15:15 Closing block — decisions and commitments, on the aft deck
- 16:00 Coastline return leg. Group photography, drone pass
- 16:45 Docking
- 17:00 Convoy departs
Included
- Luxury SUV convoy from the client office, both legs
- Private 90 ft+ yacht charter, 6 hrs — captain and full crew
- Onboard chef and service crew — plated lunch prepared aboard, not brought aboard
- Premium provisioning throughout — beverages, canapés, fruit
- Onboard AV and presentation kit — screen, sound, and power that works at sea
- Swimming platform, towels, safety equipment
- Full custom branding — deck signage, menu cards, welcome setting
- Photographer for the full day, drone coverage, and an edited 90-second reel within 5 working days
- Event coordinator aboard
Not included
Stated up front so there is nothing to argue about at invoice time.
- Watersports toys — jet ski, seabob (see add-ons)
- Alcohol
- Overnight or berth extension
- 5% VAT
Weather & backup plan
- Trigger
- Sea state above 1.2 m, sustained wind above 18 knots, or a marina small-craft advisory. The threshold is deliberately tighter than A-04's — this is a working session, not a fishing trip, and a rolling deck ends the working block.
- Fallback
- Reschedule free within 60 days, or transfer to a contracted waterfront private dining room at the same date and a AED 900/person reduction. The client chooses.
- You are told by
- By 16:00 the previous day, by phone to the sponsor.
Customisation options
| Jet ski or seabob session | AED 380/person |
|---|---|
| Extend to 8 hrs with a sunset return | AED 480/person |
| Facilitator for the working blocks | AED 3,800/event |
| Second yacht for groups above 25 | Priced on request |
| Live saxophone on the return leg | AED 1,500 |
| Written outputs pack from the working session | AED 1,800/event |
| Overnight berth with dinner aboard | Priced on request |
| Helicopter transfer, one leg | Priced on request |
Questions about Boardroom Afloat
- How much does Boardroom Afloat cost per person?
- AED 3,200 per person for 8–11 people; AED 2,700 per person for 12–19 people; AED 2,400 per person for 20–25 people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. Smaller groups are welcome and are billed at the band's minimum chargeable persons (12 for the 8–11 band, 14 for the 12–19 band).
- How long does Boardroom Afloat take, and when does it start?
- 6 hrs. 11:00 boarding — working block before lunch, coastline after Departure window: 10:00–14:00. The published timeline is door-to-door and already includes the transfer.
- What is not included in Boardroom Afloat?
- Watersports toys — jet ski, seabob (see add-ons); Alcohol; Overnight or berth extension; 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.
- What happens to Boardroom Afloat if the weather turns?
- Sea state above 1.2 m, sustained wind above 18 knots, or a marina small-craft advisory. The threshold is deliberately tighter than A-04's — this is a working session, not a fishing trip, and a rolling deck ends the working block. The documented fallback is: Reschedule free within 60 days, or transfer to a contracted waterfront private dining room at the same date and a AED 900/person reduction. The client chooses.. By 16:00 the previous day, by phone to the sponsor.
- How far in advance do we need to book Boardroom Afloat?
- 14 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.
Who you are actually booking with
- Written terms
- Inclusions and exclusions on every package
- Settled before signature, not at invoice
- Contingency
- Named fallback on every outdoor programme
- Weather trigger and notification deadline on record
Also consider
Oct – May
A-01
Marina Majlis
Your company takes over a traditional dhow for the evening. Your branding, your menu, your programme — sailing Dubai Marina at sunset.
- Duration
- 4 hrs
- Group
- 10–80
- Emirate
- Dubai
From
AED 450 /person
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Oct – May
A-06
East Coast
Across the Hajar mountains to the Gulf of Oman. Coral, turtles and a beach that faces the sunrise instead of the sunset — the only day in the catalog on the other side of the country.
- Duration
- 11 hrs
- Group
- 15–50
- Emirate
- Fujairah
From
AED 620 /person
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