About Boatbookings Yacht Charter
BOATBOOKINGS: The World's Leading Online Yacht Charter Broker Guiding You Around The World
The Boatbookings team is a group of highly-talented and passionate travel and yachting experts, with unrivalled knowledge and experience of the yachting industry. With a mix of backgrounds from yacht crew to tech start-up executives, and all keen travellers alike, we strive to deliver the highest levels of customer service and support to all our new and repeat clients.
Our global team of Charter Brokers visit all of the yacht shows worldwide, from the British Virgin Islands to Barcelona, to discover the top range of yachts available for the season. We have unparalleled knowledge of global superyachts, exclusive locations, and the best routes around the world!
At Boatbookings, we organise Luxury Crewed Yacht charter vacations, adventures and experiences on Motor Yachts, Sailing Boats, Catamarans and Gulets as well as static charters for corporate events almost anywhere around the world. Get in touch with any of the team below and we’ll get you out on the water!
Meet Our Expert Team
Capucine de Vallée | CEO
Since 2012 as CEO, Capucine has overseen the company go from strength-to-strength and the global team expand. She came to Boatbookings with formidable experience in global business, having had a successful career in FTSE-100 Media companies, international banking roles and Director of The Climate Change Forum.
Born in NYC (USA), Capucine moved to London in her teens. She has a BA Hons Business Degree from the prestigious European Business School. Capucine has lived throughout the world from Singapore to Spain, Brazil to Poland and travelled extensively.
Capucine sits on the MYBA Membership Committee, the Worldwide Yacht Brokers Association. She also sat on the Advisory Committee of the European Business School and is a Founder Member of the MBA Mentor Candidate Program, which she helped create in 2009.
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Tom Virden | Founder
Tom is a seasoned executive in leisure, travel and technology business, and with a passion for yachting, he has sailed extensively in the BVI, Thailand, Turkey, and Mediterranean. As the original International Business Development Director at lastminute.com, he brings a wealth of knowledge of e-commerce best practices to Boatbookings. Having lived on the French Riviera for many years before returning to his home state of Colorado, he brings a love of world-travel to his business vision.
Tom formerly worked at Apple and Netscape which gave him an unparalleled understanding of how technology can be used to improve the customer experience and make chartering yachts accessible to all. Tom is a graduate of Stanford University and has written for the Harvard Business Review. He was previously a Director at FTSE 100 company Micro Focus but has now turned to invest in small companies focussing on climate change amongst other innovative ventures.
Isabelle Walton Masters | Finance and Operations Manager
Isabelle brings a wealth of experience in luxury 5-star hotel management to the Boatbookings team. She honed her skills at prestigious hotel companies including Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts and Relais Châteaux. Isabelle has travelled extensively across Europe whilst working for one of the leading hotel consultant companies in London specializing in financial feasibility studies for new hotel projects before joining us in 2013.
She brings the very best in customer service, as well as the financial know-how to smoothly fulfil her duties. Isabelle loves the French Riviera and visits her colleagues on the coast at every opportunity!
Lambros Tsolakis | Charter Broker Director
Having been in the yachting industry for over 10 years, Lambros brings a wealth of experience to the Boatbookings team. He has a real passion for sailing and has spent many a summer taking part in races around the Med and exploring his beloved Greek Isles – all aboard his favourite sailing yachts. Lambros can often be found aboard the sleekest catamaran in his home-port of Athens.
As a member of several prestigious yachting associations, and with his corporate experience in global business and international relations, he personifies the Boatbookings mould of a skilled professional with a passion for all things yachting.
Lambros completed the MYBA (The Worldwide Yachting Association) Superyacht Brokers' Course in February 2012.
Lambros has been a member of CYBA (Charter Yacht Brokers Association) since 2013. He is an active participant and since 2016 has sat on their Contracts Committee.
Lambros has also been a member of GYA (Greek Yachting Association) since 2014.
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Ben Sutton | Charter Broker
A broker at Boatbookings for over six years, Ben continuously delivers unforgettable bespoke charters to all of his clients. Nicknamed the ‘Yacht Whisperer’ by his colleagues, he always knows the best yachts, with the best chefs, across the world. He frequently attends all the global yacht shows and meets the crews onboard, to guarantee our clients the best options for charter.
Having travelled far and wide from Florida, to Mexico, to the Caribbean and extensively throughout the Mediterranean he can recommend only the best bars and beach clubs worldwide. As our resident ‘foodie’, Ben can always be relied upon for a restaurant recommendation, no matter the continent. With his yachting industry knowledge and meticulous attention to detail, your itinerary will be planned to perfection with fantastic local highlights dotted throughout.
Ben completed the MYBA (The Worldwide Yachting Association) Advanced Course in February 2015.
Ben has been a member of the IYBA (International Yacht Brokers Association) since October 2014 and an active member of CYBA (Charter Yacht Brokers Association) since 2016. Follow Ben's Blogroll and learn about itinerary insights and yachting updates to make your 2020 and 2021 charter extra special.
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Alice Newnham | Charter Broker
Alice has two loves in life, the outdoors and dance! She studied Ballet and Contemporary dance at the esteemed Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She first started sailing off the South East Coast of England with her Dad on an old wooden yacht. Although her love remains with wooden sailing yachts, her love for cold sailing did not! After various bareboat holidays in Greece and Turkey, she completed a flotilla season in the Southern Ionian (Greece) read her 7-day itinerary here! Along with the crew on her lead yacht, she looked after 9 sailing boats showing guests the best anchorages and bars the Ionian had to offer!
Alice obtained her Skipper qualifications on the South coast of England, along with a Power Boat Level 2 and VHF. After completion of her skipper qualifications, she joined Boatbookings!
Alice has recently attended Nice ECPY 2019, Cannes Yacht Show and ICE International Expo.
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Ella Virden | Marketing Intern
Ella grew up in the south of France, where she was constantly on boats. She has sailed in many of the most beautiful charter ports in the world including the Cyclades Islands of Greece, the British Virgin Islands, Belize, and of course the French Riviera.
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Boatbookings and our brokers are proud members of the key Yachting Associations and Charter Industry Groups. Boatbookings is also a Yachtfolio subscriber and respected user of the MYBA Charter Agreement (The Worldwide Yachting Association).
