We prove that the homotopy theory of monoidal relative categories is equivalent to that of monoidal ∞-categories, and likewise in the symmetric monoidal setting. As an application, we give a concise and complete proof of the fact that every presentably monoidal or presentably symmetric monoidal ∞-category is presented by a monoidal or symmetric monoidal model category, which, in the monoidal case, was sketched by Lurie, and in the symmetric monoidal case, was proved by Nikolaus–Sagave.
Kensuke Arakawa (Tue,) studied this question.