Riviera is the largest and most awarded luxury pleasure boat

Pleasure craft

A pleasure craft is a boat used for personal, family, and sometimes sportsmanlike recreation. Typically such watercraft are motorized and are used for holidays, for example on a river, lake, canal or waterway. Pleasure craft are normally kept at a marina...

 manufacturer in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, based in Coomera

Coomera, Queensland

Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Coomera had a population of 1,420. The name Coomera comes from the Aboriginal word for fern....

 on the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

. The company was established in 1980 in Sydney and moved to Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

 within 12 months of operation. Riviera's main facility at Coomera currently employs about 1,200 craftspeople and produces about 350 boats a year, exporting to 30 countries around the world. On 13 August 2008 it was announced that CEO Wes Moxey had resigned after 10 years with Riviera. In May 2009 it was put into receivership.

In 2007 Riviera boats won awards both in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and in Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

. In Australia, the Riviera 4700 Sport Yacht was awarded the Modern Boating magazine Cruiser of the Year trophy and, within three weeks, went on to take the Australian Marine Awards Australian Boat of the Year. The Riviera 56 Enclosed Flybridge was given the Safety Award. In April, the Riviera 3600 Sport Yacht took the Christofle Asia Motoryacht under 40 Feet.

The company's aggressive new model rollout program has seen the launch of a new boat on average every 90 days. In 2007, Riviera has launched the 41 Open Flybridge, the 45 Open Flybridge, 4400 Sport Yacht featuring Volvo Penta IPS propulsion and the new line 48 Offshore Express model.

Employment

New production employees are offered the choice of a three or five year individual Australian Workplace Agreement upon completion of an alcohol and drug screen. The standard working week for wage earners under the AWA is 42 hours and any penalty rates apply to hours worked over the base 42.

2008 range

Flybridge

- 33 Series II Open Flybridge

- 38 Open Flybridge

- 41 Open Flybridge

- 45 Open Flybridge

- 47 Series II Flybridge Open

- 47 Series II Flybridge Enclosed

- 51 Flybridge

- 51 Flybridge Enclosed

- 56 Flybridge

- 56 Flybridge Enclosed

- 70 Flybridge Enclosed

Sport Cruiser

- M360 Sport Cruiser

- M400 Sport Cruiser

Sport Yachts

- 3600 Sport Yacht

- 4400 Sport Yacht

- 4700 Sport Yacht

Offshore Express

- 48 Offshore Express