Thursday March 27th
As details of the 2015 cruise season continue to be released (more on that later), there continue to be announcements on some of the new ships coming - in this case Royal Caribbean's plans for dining on Anthem and Quantum of the Seas.
The introduction of 'Dynamic Dining' includes the choice of 18 restaurants on-board including one from our very own home-grown Jamie Oliver. You can read more here.
Over in the ultra-luxury and expedition sector it was exciting to see the brand new ship launch for Silversea - with Silver Discoverer launching in Singapore.
And, talking of new ships, how great for the River Cruise sector to see a double launch at the weekend of two Avalon ships, Avalon Poetry II and Avalon Impression. Read more here.
And just to finish the announcement of new cruise ships - news from MSC Cruises this week of two new ships being built for delivery in 2017 and 2019: read more here.
Meanwhile news from the mighty Carnival Corp is of a 'solid' wave period with booking levels up 20% globally and booking volumes since January and for the remainder of the year running well ahead of last year - read more here.
So back to talk of 2015 itineraries with the news that Thomson Cruises will be home-porting their ship Thomson celebration from Croatia: read here.
And with all of these goings on, the UK & Ireland cruise markets celebrate yet another record breaking year in figures released just this week - read more here
This week was also the week that the great and the good of the media were recognised for all that they do in helping to grow the cruise sector with a glittering ceremony in London at the 2014 Cruise Journalism Awards. Congratulations to all nominated, short-listed and the winners! here is just a snippet of coverage from those awfully nice people at the Telegraph: read here.
Finally - a big Amsterdam wave to all of those travel agents who joined AMA Waterways and APT for a two day extravaganza on-board Ama Prima! Thank you for inviting CLIA to enjoy with you - here are a selection of images from the event! See the pics here.
Until next week.
Thursday 27 March 2014
Wednesday 19 March 2014
Thursday March 20
It is the Thursday before a busy weekend of cruise - with the Mail Newspapers Cruise Show in London appealing to the great British public to take their first cruise holiday - and an AmaWaterways Showcase in Amsterdam - but before we launch into next week, here is a review of the last.
The big news from Wednesday was the Budget and for our industry the change to APD to the Caribbean - warmly welcomed by the travel industry - will it have a big impact on fly-cruising to the Caribbean? Time will tell. But here is a review of the tax cut from Travel Weekly: read here
Staying with Travel Weekly, the news yesterday was of a Royal Visit by HRH Duke of Edinburgh to Queen Mary 2 to celebrate her 10th Anniversary - the visit will take place in May: read here
It was great to see the friendly face of Kathryn Beadle in TTG talking about her first years in the cruise industry - she talks about 'doing things differently' and for example how programmes like BBC Stargazing Live influenced potential customers. Read here.
Interestingly this week the Port of Barcelona recorded record cruise guests using the port in winter months. It comes of course as Norwegian Cruise Line have recently announced that Norwegian Epic will be based in Europe for the first time year round next year. Could we see huge growth in Med winter cruising? Read here
Back closer to home we saw figures released from Cruise Britain telling us that for the first time more than a million people will start their cruise holiday from a UK port: read here
And CLIA also announced cruise statistics across Europe - yet another record year for the industry: read here
Meanwhile, have you read our March Informer yet? It is packed full of CLIA news: read here
We look forward to a great cruise week ahead!
It is the Thursday before a busy weekend of cruise - with the Mail Newspapers Cruise Show in London appealing to the great British public to take their first cruise holiday - and an AmaWaterways Showcase in Amsterdam - but before we launch into next week, here is a review of the last.
The big news from Wednesday was the Budget and for our industry the change to APD to the Caribbean - warmly welcomed by the travel industry - will it have a big impact on fly-cruising to the Caribbean? Time will tell. But here is a review of the tax cut from Travel Weekly: read here
Staying with Travel Weekly, the news yesterday was of a Royal Visit by HRH Duke of Edinburgh to Queen Mary 2 to celebrate her 10th Anniversary - the visit will take place in May: read here
It was great to see the friendly face of Kathryn Beadle in TTG talking about her first years in the cruise industry - she talks about 'doing things differently' and for example how programmes like BBC Stargazing Live influenced potential customers. Read here.
Interestingly this week the Port of Barcelona recorded record cruise guests using the port in winter months. It comes of course as Norwegian Cruise Line have recently announced that Norwegian Epic will be based in Europe for the first time year round next year. Could we see huge growth in Med winter cruising? Read here
Back closer to home we saw figures released from Cruise Britain telling us that for the first time more than a million people will start their cruise holiday from a UK port: read here
And CLIA also announced cruise statistics across Europe - yet another record year for the industry: read here
Meanwhile, have you read our March Informer yet? It is packed full of CLIA news: read here
We look forward to a great cruise week ahead!
Thursday 13 March 2014
Thursday March 13
With the cruise industry neatly assembled at Cruise Shipping Miami it has been a further week of itineraries and deployment news bringing 2015 even closer.
We do of course have the excitement of Norwegian Escape launching next year, and this week Norwegian announced its year round deployment from Miami - read here - whilst Norwegian Epic will be based year round from Europe and visiting Western Europe, the Canary Islands and Morocco - read here.
Norwegian were also in the news this week when two Israeli guests were denied disembarkation in Tunisia prompting the line to cancel all further calls there - read here.
Staying with Norwegian Cruise Line and Norwegian Escape specifically - the hull design has now been unveiled for what is a great new trend for ship art: read here.
In other cruise sectors this week we saw the announcement from Crystal Cruises that female hostesses will be based on their ships in 2014 & 2015: read here; and in the world of river cruising the purchase by CroisiEurope of the Mekong River Cruise Company - a further sign that this river has tremendous potential for growth. Read here.
Moving away from itineraries the growth of cruising within the UK was further demonstrated by figures from Cruise Britain that showed that the number of people boarding a cruise ship at a UK port hit 1 million for the first time ever! Amazing! Read here.
Now over at Cruise Shipping Miami the CEO's of the biggest cruise lines in the world discussed the state of the cruise market, and overall whilst demand keeps rising the overall message is that not enough people know about how fantastic a cruise holiday is - a great opportunity! Read here.
That global cruise growth is of course also stimulating other industries including ship building: read here.
Finally - the really big news for the week (for us certainly) was the announcement of our keynote Speakers for the Selling Cruise Conference in May - and you can read all about it here. And if you are able to join us then book now at our dedicated website.
Until next week!
With the cruise industry neatly assembled at Cruise Shipping Miami it has been a further week of itineraries and deployment news bringing 2015 even closer.
We do of course have the excitement of Norwegian Escape launching next year, and this week Norwegian announced its year round deployment from Miami - read here - whilst Norwegian Epic will be based year round from Europe and visiting Western Europe, the Canary Islands and Morocco - read here.
Norwegian were also in the news this week when two Israeli guests were denied disembarkation in Tunisia prompting the line to cancel all further calls there - read here.
Staying with Norwegian Cruise Line and Norwegian Escape specifically - the hull design has now been unveiled for what is a great new trend for ship art: read here.
In other cruise sectors this week we saw the announcement from Crystal Cruises that female hostesses will be based on their ships in 2014 & 2015: read here; and in the world of river cruising the purchase by CroisiEurope of the Mekong River Cruise Company - a further sign that this river has tremendous potential for growth. Read here.
Moving away from itineraries the growth of cruising within the UK was further demonstrated by figures from Cruise Britain that showed that the number of people boarding a cruise ship at a UK port hit 1 million for the first time ever! Amazing! Read here.
Now over at Cruise Shipping Miami the CEO's of the biggest cruise lines in the world discussed the state of the cruise market, and overall whilst demand keeps rising the overall message is that not enough people know about how fantastic a cruise holiday is - a great opportunity! Read here.
That global cruise growth is of course also stimulating other industries including ship building: read here.
Finally - the really big news for the week (for us certainly) was the announcement of our keynote Speakers for the Selling Cruise Conference in May - and you can read all about it here. And if you are able to join us then book now at our dedicated website.
Until next week!
Thursday 6 March 2014
Thursday March 6
It is the season for 2015 itinerary announcements of course - with many of them covered in last week's blog. There are many more to come of course, and this week was the news from Norwegian Cruise Line on the winter 2015 sailings for Epic, which is even more important this year as based in Europe: read here
And at a glittering evening in London Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines announced a whole host of new itineraries and destinations - including river cruises, and an African Grand Voyage: read here
Meanwhile, in a story that was broken by Sky News, we heard this week of serious plans by none other than Richard Branson to break into the cruise industry with his own fleet. It may still be in the planning, and it may be some years off - but could we see Virgin Cruises launch? Read here
Cunard have been busy announcing plans for their 175th anniversary, which will include for the first time a sailing from Liverpool: read here
The news from the US is that Royal Caribbean could be about to send one of their big ships from Port Canaveral as they continue working with the port: read here
Europe remains one of the biggest sources of cruise guests in the world - and to make the point Christine Duffy, our President and CEO spoke at ITB in Berlin: read here
And over in river cruise this week is the story of some great themed cruising around the Sound of Music - presumably without Julie Andrews! Read here
And do not think for a minute that you very own CLIA has been shy of being in the news either this week with the announcement of a new and pretty ground-breaking destination series coming soon - read here and watch the video introduction here. Whilst online at cruiseexperts.org we have released a new series called 'Selling Cruise' with exclusive content provided by top cruise journalists and Cruiseworthy News; and we have a new Webinar library too!
Until next week!
It is the season for 2015 itinerary announcements of course - with many of them covered in last week's blog. There are many more to come of course, and this week was the news from Norwegian Cruise Line on the winter 2015 sailings for Epic, which is even more important this year as based in Europe: read here
And at a glittering evening in London Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines announced a whole host of new itineraries and destinations - including river cruises, and an African Grand Voyage: read here
Meanwhile, in a story that was broken by Sky News, we heard this week of serious plans by none other than Richard Branson to break into the cruise industry with his own fleet. It may still be in the planning, and it may be some years off - but could we see Virgin Cruises launch? Read here
Cunard have been busy announcing plans for their 175th anniversary, which will include for the first time a sailing from Liverpool: read here
The news from the US is that Royal Caribbean could be about to send one of their big ships from Port Canaveral as they continue working with the port: read here
Europe remains one of the biggest sources of cruise guests in the world - and to make the point Christine Duffy, our President and CEO spoke at ITB in Berlin: read here
And over in river cruise this week is the story of some great themed cruising around the Sound of Music - presumably without Julie Andrews! Read here
And do not think for a minute that you very own CLIA has been shy of being in the news either this week with the announcement of a new and pretty ground-breaking destination series coming soon - read here and watch the video introduction here. Whilst online at cruiseexperts.org we have released a new series called 'Selling Cruise' with exclusive content provided by top cruise journalists and Cruiseworthy News; and we have a new Webinar library too!
Until next week!
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