ICE’25 Recap

The International Charter Expo (ICE) celebrated a major milestone this year with its 10th year anniversary edition, held from November 12–14, 2025 at EXPO Greater Amsterdam. After the success of last year’s first Amsterdam edition, ICE continued to grow, bringing together more than 600 companies from over 57 countries. As always, ICE kept its well-known system of pre-arranged meetings through the Handshake matchmaking app. Participants scheduled meetings weeks before the expo, helping them make the most of their time. Thousands of meetings took place during the three days, showing once again why ICE is considered the most efficient networking event in the yacht charter industry.

For the first time, ICE hosted a special industry forum focused on the biggest challenges facing the global yacht charter market. The forum was led by ICE Founder Tino Prosenik and included four respected industry experts. Fleet operators were represented by Luka Šangulin, Angelina Yachtcharter and Katerina Goutou, Fyly Yachting. Charter Brokers were represented by Pavel Pribiš, Boataround and Max Barbera, Barbera Yachting.

The discussion was focused on four key topics: offer and demand mismatch, over-discounting, commission models and customer satisfaction.

The main message of the forum was clear: strengthening the partnership between brokers and fleet operators to build a sustainable and successful global charter market.

ICE was honored by visits from representatives of the Croatian, Greek, Italian, and Turkish embassies, highlighting the event’s importance for the international charter community and the growing cooperation between key maritime countries. After a decade of connecting the charter world, the International Charter Expo continues to help companies grow, solve challenges, and build partnerships for the future. The next edition of the International Charter Expo will take place again at EXPO Greater Amsterdam from November 11–13, 2026.