Starboard has launched a groundbreaking agave program in partnership with WEBB Banks that will initially be featured on five ships before expanding later in the year. Phillip Jarrell, Vice President – Innovation, Cruise & Key Accounts at WEBB Banks tells TMI that the agave program will feature four agave-based spirits from the WEBB Banks portfolio: […]
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Starboard announces land-based retail expansion and new corporate structure
Global retailer leverages expanded synergies in vacation retail landscape Starboard announces “a new era of growth” as it expands into the vacation retail business with new capabilities. To align the organization and its resources to harness the opportunities, Starboard will become Starboard Group, comprised of three distinct business units: Starboard Cruise, Starboard Luxury, and Starboard Resort. […]
Heinemann celebrates 10 years in the Americas as it strives to be the cruise supplier/retailer of choice
Heinemann Americas is celebrating its 10th year anniversary this year, following a successful decade of establishing itself in the market and growing its business in important new directions. Travel Markets Insider’s Lois Pasternak recently met with Nicolas Hoeborn, Managing Director in Heinemann Americas’ offices located in Miami’s prestigious Coral Gables to discuss the evolution of […]
Florida’s historic Munyon’s Paw-Paw features cocktails on Royal Caribbean’s Icon, Utopia of the Seas
A storied Florida-made aperitif from the late 1800’s has been revived and is now being featured in two cocktails onboard the newest Royal Caribbean cruise ships. Following its listing earlier this year as a featured cocktail on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, Munyon’s Paw-Paw now has two cocktails on its sister ship Utopia of […]
Campari Group GTR Americas sets sail with Royal Caribbean for a summer of exclusive experiences
Campari Group Global Travel Retail (GTR) Americas and Royal Caribbean kicked off the summer season with a first-of-its-kind experience on the Oasis of the Seas during the President’s Cruise, hosted annually by Royal Caribbean International President and CEO Michael Bayley. The week-long adventure set sail on June 23 in Barcelona, Spain, journeying through the Western Mediterranean’s top […]
Heinemann Americas debuts 8 shops onboard Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas
Gebr. Heinemann’s Heinemann Americas subsidiary has opened its retail offering onboard Royal Caribbean International’s new Utopia of the Seas. The ship debuted in Port Canaveral, Florida in July and offers three-night weekend and four-night weekday getaways. The new Utopia of the Seas features eight retail stores designed and operated by Heinemann Americas, including The Shop, offering Royal […]
Carnival Cruise Line, Bacardi and ecoSPIRITS expand Circular Packaging Partnership following successful pilot
Following a successful pilot, Carnival Cruise Line and Bacardi Limited have expanded its partnership with ecoSPIRITS to bring closed loop spirits packaging on board more ships. The pilot collaboration – which was first announced in August 2023 – delivered Bacardi Superior rum to three Carnival ships in ecoSPIRITS’ ecoTOTE format, in an effort to reduce […]
Plugging in on both coasts: Carnival Corporation celebrates shore power launch at PortMiami and signs long-term sustainability and investment agreement with Port of Seattle
Carnival Corporation celebrated two major sustainability developments on both sides of the United States in June. On the East Coast, PortMiami launched shore power on June 17th, and Carnival Conquest was the first cruise ship to plug into land-side electrical power during the inaugural event. Through an industry partnership between Miami-Dade County, Florida Power & Light […]
Adrian Pittaway launches Cruise Retail Academy
Cruise industry veteran Adrian Pittaway, whose tenure at MSC Cruises as Head of Retail from 2015 and 2023 propelled the cruise line’s innovative retail concessions into an industry model, has launched the Cruise Retail Academy, an online digital hub designed to be a resource for the cruise retail community. According to the official announcement, the […]
Carnival Cruise Line and Starboard deliver inaugural season merchandise and wide variety of retail offerings onboard Carnival Firenze
Guests sailing on Carnival Firenze, the latest addition to the Carnival fleet, are shopping world-class brands and sporting all new ‘Fun Italian Style’ merchandise created in partnership with retail curator at sea Starboard. The Fun Shops onboard Carnival Firenze bring leading brands to the shops along the ship’s retail promenade and celebrate Carnival fun with an […]
TAG Heuer and Starboard launch largest boutique at sea aboard Carnival Jubilee
Swiss luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer and cruise retailer Starboard have partnered with Carnival Cruise Line to debut TAG Heuer’s largest standalone boutique at sea onboard the new Carnival Jubilee. Evoking the brand’s modern spirit, the 553 square feet boutique features the newest retail concept. Developed by TAG Heuer’s in-house design and architecture team in Switzerland, […]
Pernod Ricard Travel Retail increases focus on the Americas
“I think we’re at a really exciting time for the Pernod Ricard Travel Retail business,” Greg Ford, General Manager Travel Retail Americas at Pernod Ricard tells Travel Markets Insider. TMI’s Michael Pasternak sat down with Ford and Aisling Tobin, Head of Marketing Travel Retail Americas, at the 2024 IAADFS Summit of the Americas, just days […]
Curran Zinn joins Tito’s
Curran Zinn has joined the Tito’s Handmade Vodka team as Commercial Manager, Travel Retail. Zinn most recently was Director of Travel Retail and Cruise at WEBB Banks, and previously worked at Alexander James & Co. for more than a decade. Tito’s Managing Director, International, John McDonnell confirmed to TMI that following the successful growth of […]
Seatrade highlights CLIA’s 2024 State of the Cruise Industry Report: Cruise tourism hits record highs
More than 11,000 attendees gathered for Seatrade Cruise Global, the world’s largest B2B cruise event that met in Miami for four days earlier this month, according to organizers. Attendees had the opportunity to visit over 600 exhibitors from more than 120 countries. Hundreds more attended the second annual F&B@Sea two-day event at the Mana Wynwood […]
2024 F&B@Sea in Pictures
Hundreds of people attended the second annual F&B@Sea two-day event at the Mana Wynnwood Convention Center in Miami, including many key travel retail brands. The event doubled in size from year one.
