You may remember my reporting here a few weeks ago that London-based charter company Nigel Burgess is changing its name to, simply, Burgess. Well, now I can give you a sneak peek of the new Burgess logo, which is going to be plastered all over the world beginning in the next week or so:

The new logo is meant to be cleaner and more sophisticated than the old Nigel Burgess look, in an effort to highlight the company’s focus on the top-dollar level of the charter and yacht sales markets.

Look for more information soon on the company’s website.

I received a newsletter this week from 37 South, a New Zealand-based yachting company that works in partnership with Fraser Yachts Worldwide. The newsletter contains some exciting news: the 108-foot motoryacht Askari (a CharterWave favorite) is going to spend the upcoming season based in Tahiti.

Tahiti is a dream vacation destination for many people, but there are few charter yachts available there at any given time. Askari is the exception to this rule, having spent the past three years cruising around Tahiti and the South Pacific–and with a professional scuba instructor, to boot, something you rarely find onboard charter yachts anywhere in the world.

If you want to enjoy private yacht charter in an exotic destination, then Askari in Tahiti is a tough combination to beat. Her rate is $54,000 a week for ten guests, or about $6,750 per person if you factor in typical 25-percent expenses.

Contact any reputable charter broker to take advantage of this off-the-beaten-course opportunity.

It came to my attention yesterday that the current issue of Travel + Leisure magazine lists its “2007 World’s Best” of everything from airlines to islands. I learned this because of a press release from charter company The Moorings, which was excited to be included in one of the lists.

So I went to the Travel + Leisure website to check out that list, to see what other charter companies had made the cut. That’s where I learned that The Moorings was the only charter company there–under the heading “Tour Operators and Safari Outfitters.” This heading was right next to two others that caught my attention: “Large-Ship Cruise Lines” and “Small-Ship Cruise Lines.”

Now, I’m sure many of you remember my post from a few weeks back about another major travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, completely screwing up its attempt to write an article about yacht charter. I have to say, as bad as that reporting was, the magazine at least knew that charter companies providing personalized yacht cruises were not “tour operators.”

It should come as no surprise to you regular readers of this CharterWave blog that while charter companies are shoved aside in the Travel + Leisure issue, cruise ships have two entire categories all to themselves. Once again, you’re seeing the effects of massive cruise ship advertising budgets as compared with the small amount of money each charter yacht owner can spend on promoting his own boat, let alone the charter industry itself.

And, once again, I hope you’ll see why we here at CharterWave do our best to help you understand your charter yacht vacation options each and every day. As I’ve written before, we’re certainly not the biggest travel-oriented website out there. But on the subject of yacht charter, we continue to be proved the best.