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Borrow a Boat acquires boating marketplace Zizoo

London-based boating marketplace Borrow A Boat (of The Boat Engine Group) has completed the purchase of Berlin-based boating marketplace,...

March 7th, 2024

Leisure Marine

Helm lifts the lid on an ‘explosive’ few years

“Peer-to-peer boating is simply not a scalable business model, nor is the ‘marketplace’ approach, unless fully automated, removing the...

September 19th, 2023

Leisure Marine

Borrow a Boat team announce trading shares

SIBS 2023: Borrow A Boat joins London share trading venue

Restructured, streamlined and ready to trade shares, Matt Ovenden, Borrow A Boat’s CEO and founder, is feeling confident. It’s...

September 18th, 2023

Leisure Marine

Borrow A Boat to continue trading ‘uninterrupted’

British boat rental and yacht charter marketplace Borrow A Boat has been acquired by a group of investors and...

June 21st, 2023

Leisure Marine

Borrow A Boat reports 400% growth

Boat rental marketplace Borrow A Boat says it is heading for “significant growth” in 2023, after posting a “record-breaking”...

January 10th, 2023

Leisure Marine

Picture taken from bow of yacht down its length, sailing in the middle of the ocean at sunset.

Borrow a Boat to accept cryptocurrency payments

Yacht charter marketplace Borrow a Boat has started accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for yacht charters. The announcement follows the...

November 3rd, 2022

Leisure Marine

Borrow a Boat announces first US acquisition

UK boat hire and charter marketplace Borrow a Boat has bought US-based peer-to-peer charter platform KellyBoat, as it seeks...

September 26th, 2022

Leisure Marine

Fuel expenses cost as much as charters, but Borrow a Boat remains confident

Despite some charter holiday expenses costing as much as the charter itself due to rising fuel costs, demand has...

September 20th, 2022

Leisure Marine

Borrow A Boat to launch in France following ‘busiest ever season’

Borrow A Boat, the boat rental and yacht charter marketplace, is expanding its global offering by launching into the...

August 12th, 2022

Leisure Marine

Boatsetter reports uptick in US rentals

US company Boatsetter is reporting a rise in experience-driven rentals this summer. The number of trips completed so far...

July 7th, 2022

Leisure Marine

Rental models open doors to younger, more diverse communities

Edit: The percentages of those taking part in ‘any boating’, by ethnicity, have been updated on receipt of data...

July 5th, 2022

Leisure Marine

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