The IAMI accredited yacht training, delivered through the GUEST Program, is internationally recognised as the Large Yacht Qualifications & Assessment Standard, offering a portfolio of Programs made up of short courses that provide targeted training, enhancing the careers of Superyacht Professionals. 

The GUEST Program provides assured standards of training, defined by a set of Maritime Education Guidelines, which outlines a certification route through modular training by means of individual Unit Specification Documents of the learning objectives & assessment criteria.

These Guidelines are benchmarks to allow each Training Provider to adapt their own training styles to include the minimum standards of training expected by the yachting industry. This ensures unified, comprehensive & bespoke training for each student.

With a range of training options from Industry recognised qualifications to personal and professional development, delivered through interactive, online, and onboard training by approved Trainers and Specialists.

The Learning Objectives, with performance evidenced outcomes, provide clearly defined and targeted learning to supplement the Large Yacht mandatory training.

The GUEST Hospitality Program is the ONLY Internationally Accredited Maritime Hospitality Program available to Crew working in the Luxury Super Yacht Sector.

The GUEST Program is the only progressive Service and Hospitality training platform to be developed for the Large Yacht Sector, and with professionally accredited education standards, providing yacht interior crew the benefit of a clearly defined training route, leading to the IAMI GUEST Certificate of Competence.

GUEST was founded in 2008 and launched in 2013, spearheaded by Joey Meen, the GUEST Program took 5 years to design & develop.

The enormous effort & insights of the Program development came from the contributions of a passionate group of volunteering hospitality & service experts & professionals, who shared in the vision of creating the Superyacht Industry Standard for Interior Training.

GUEST has grown in recent years, and now includes a number of Programs, such as an Introduction to the industry, Hospitality for interior crew, Management and Leadership for all onboard HODs; as well as the renown GUEST Purser Program, and the new Yacht Owners Representative Program.​

Changing the GUEST acronym in 2022, from “Guidelines for Unified Excellence in Service Training” to the "Guidelines for Excellence in Superyacht Training" to better reflect the education. The GUEST Programs continue to grow & develop, constantly being reviewed, updated & re-designed through the IAMI Maritime Sub Group, to ensure crew are appropriately trained so as to meet guests & owners’ expectations.