The Awards Dinner at the 2013 Sunseeker International Distributor Conference in Cancun, Mexico proved very successful for the Sunseeker London Group of Companies, with no less than 5 awards presented to the Group by Sunseeker International Group President, Robert Braithwaite CBE DL.

Achieving Best Overall Distributor of the Year for the 7th consecutive year, Sunseeker London’s Managing Director David Lewis and Sales Director Christopher Head accepted the highly coveted award on behalf of the Sunseeker London Group. This award acknowledges Sunseeker London’s excellent level of service and hardworking ethos highlighting the Group’s dedication and internationally acclaimed success in World Best service and boat sales.

Sunseeker London Sales Director Christopher Head (L) and Managing Director David Lewis (R) accept the award for Best Overall Distributor of the Year from Robert Braithwaite
Sunseeker London Sales Director Christopher Head (L) and Managing Director David Lewis (R) accept the award for Best Overall Distributor from Robert Braithwaite

The prize-winning streak continued for Sunseeker London with a special new award for our very own Sunseeker Blog Book! In recognition for the Best Use of Social Media Platforms across the Sunseeker Distributor Network, the Sunseeker Blog Book has achieved our first ever award since inception in January of this year. Now with nearly 27,000 views, we can’t wait to grow bigger and better with more stories from our offices, boat shows, events, new boat production updates, recent sales and brokerage. In fact, this marks our 200th post – and what a way to celebrate it!

Sunseeker London's Jessica Smith and Harry Bristow-Holmes receive the award for Best Use of Social Media Platforms with the Sunseeker Blog Book
Sunseeker London’s Jessica Smith and Harry Bristow-Holmes receive the award for Best Use of Social Media Platforms with the Sunseeker Blog Book

The highly acclaimed Sunseeker Aftersales Support and Warranty division of the Sunseeker London Group achieved another success at this year’s Awards Dinner, this being the fourth consecutive year Lindsay Hutchinson, Graham Hill and Linda Kallas have received the pinnacle in Customer Service and Technical Support. With a global team of dedicated Sunseeker engineers the Aftersales Support and Warranty division have enjoyed continued success especially after recently relocating to a brand new Sunseeker service facility in Port Inland, France, this summer.

Graham Hill (L), Lindsay Hutchinson and Christopher Head (R) accept the award for Best Customer Service and Technical Support
Graham Hill (L), Lindsay Hutchinson and Christopher Head (R) accept the award for Best Customer Service and Technical Support

Also high achievers at the Awards Dinner were Sunseeker Spain, who collected two very well deserved accolades. Still new to the Sunseeker London Group of Companies having formed in 2012, Sunseeker Spain won the award for Sales Growth By Unit, reflecting the tremendous sales achieved by the whole team. Further success for Sunseeker Spain came in the form of Best Showroom, awarded to the world class facilities in Empuriabrava, where over 5000 sq. metres are dedicated to the showcasing of new and used yachts up to 20 metres, an Aftersales & Warranty Department and a full workshop offering refit and winterisation solutions.

Sunseeker Spain do the double: (L-R Carlos Roig, Cristina Pena, Richard Tilley, Miguel Angel Linares and Pedro Perez) collect Sales Growth by Unit and Best Showroom from Robert Braithwaite
Sunseeker Spain do the double: (L-R Carlos Roig, Cristina Pena, Richard Tilley, Miguel Angel Linares and Pedro Perez) collect Sales Growth by Unit and Best Showroom from Robert Braithwaite

Congratulations to each of the award winning teams at the Sunseeker International Distributor Conference in Mexico, where the Sunseeker passion and family was gloriously apparent and celebrated.

A big thank you especially from the Sunseeker Blog Book must go to our readers for your interest and our contributors for all the fascinating Sunseeker information!

Here’s to a successful 2013 and an even better 2014 season…