Thursday June 5

We are back with our review of the very latest cruise news from the media - keeping you up to date so that you do not miss a thing.

Two weeks ago CLIA UK & Ireland held it's 2014 Selling Cruise Conference - and below are a number of links to the articles that appeared.  The theme of the Conference was 'Make it Happen' - and early survey results show it as being the most successful yet!  

From Selling Cruise Conference: Gerard Tempest says cruise lines will need to reassess shore excursions: read here; Gerard adds that the brand new ships for 2015 - Anthem of the Seas and Britannia - will compliment each other: read here; whilst Giles Hawke (MSC Cruises) talks about returning to ex-UK sailings soon as the company announces some new ship builds for launch this decade: read here.

Staying at the Conference one of our speakers - Richard Newman - spoke about some of the tricks of selling a cruise holiday: read here; Whilst keynote speaker Andy Stuart from Norwegian Cruise Line talked about how Simon Cowell comments on cruise ship entertainment encouraged the line to invest more in on-board entertainment: read here.

There was a great opinion piece from Lucy Huxley on the Conference in Travel Weekly: read here.

Whilst over in TTG here is Jo Rzymowska, Chair of CLIA UK & Ireland summing up the event - and vowing to help 'Make it Happen': read here.

Away from the Selling Cruise Conference Carnival Corporation has revealed plans to 'design, build and install systems' that will reduce air emissions across a large portion of their fleet: read here

We have had our own news over the past few weeks - the announcement of Amsterdam as the host city for the 2014 River Cruise Convention: read here; whilst Port of Dover will be hosting the 2014 Premium and Luxury Cruise Expo in August: read here.  And there was the announcement of new technology on cruiseexperts.org with the addition of the ultimate industry listing of events, ship visits and promotions: read here.

Summarising everything that we thought we knew, great to see Fred Olsen Cruise Lines research concluding that destination is a key driver for cruise business: read here.

If you were with us in Southampton, or if you missed it - here is a video treat for you - watch and enjoy!: read here.