Travel and hospitality
March 13, 2018
Ahoy Club modernizes booking. Image credit: Ahoy Club.
By Brielle Jaekel
The luxury yacht chartering industry is taking a step up in modernization with a mobile application that could eliminate the need for brokers.
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