The 8th edition of International Cruise Summit (ICS 2018) is currently under way in the Spanish capital city of Madrid. About 260 delegates from various cruise lines, ports and travel agencies are in attendant.The main focus of this year’s summit is on how to manage the rapid and seemingly interminable growth of the cruise industry. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is celebrating after Marketing Executive Terri Overett was named as ‘Cruise Line PR & Marketing Star’ by ‘Cruise Trade News’ at its prestigious ‘Cruise Stars Awards 2018’, held at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London on Friday 16th November 2018.
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The top five finalists have been selected for the 2019 Bacardi Legacy Cruise Competition, and are now set to compete in the finals in Puerto Rico in February 2019. The competition is now in its 14th year and is the longest running event of its kind in the marine hospitality sector, Bacardi said, in a prepared statement. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The UK boss of AmaWaterways has challenged the trade to help the river cruise sector hit the 250,000-passenger mark in 2019. (travelweekly.co.uk)
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Scottish ports are on course to welcome a million cruise passengers annually years ahead of original expectations after another record season in 2018 when a fleet of 825 cruise ships brought 794,577 passengers to destinations around the country.
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Pierfrancesco Vago, the executive chairman of MSC Cruises, delivered the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the FCCA’s Cruise Conference & Trade Show in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During his speech, Vago talked of combating market saturation and the need for partnership within the tourism industry. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Last night, Grammy Award®-winning artist Pitbull performed at an exclusive reception hosted by Norwegian Cruise Line, the innovator in cruise travel, at the 2018 CruiseWorld conference held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
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The writing was on the wall already when Genting Cruise Lines decided to create the first-ever Asian luxury cruise line. Dream Cruises was built on the evidence that cruising among Asians was on the rise and the belief that it would continue to do so and become a market too large to ignore. (webintravel.com)
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The 13th China Cruise Shipping Conference and International Expo was the center of attention on Thursday in Shenzhen with a full conference program for an estimated 800 attendees, as well as an adjacent trade show exhibition area. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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For the second year in a row, a French delegation composed of cruise-club executives from three main French Atlantic ports (Valérie Conan/Le Havre Cruise Club, Laurence Bouchardie/Bordeaux Cruise Club and Guillaume Henry/Cherbourg Cruise Club) including one representative of the Mediterranean region promoting 12 ports (Anne-Marie Blum/Var Provence Cruise Club) have attended the Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific held in Baoshan, Shanghai from 23-24 October. (cruisebusiness.com)
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For this 8th edition, The International Cruise Summit, one of the top leading business-to-business cruise conferences around Europe, will bring along the top line and most relevant cruise industry community professionals that will gather in Madrid on the 27 and 28 of November.
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Chinese yards could deliver as many as 15 ships per year by 2030, if all planning falls into pace, according to Raoul Jack, principal consultant at PFJ Maritime, an adviser to Chinese yards entering the cruise market, and moderator of the ‘Made in, and for, China’ session at Seatrade Cruise Asia Pacific 2018. (themeditelegraph.com)
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Avoya Travel has announced that it will host the 2019 Avoya Conference from June 2-7, on land and sea at the Hyatt Regency Miami and onboard Royal Caribbean’s newly renovated Navigator of the Seas. (travelagentcentral.com)
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