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Sexy and Sustainable: The cruise industry looks ahead with optimism and responsibility

Seatrade Cruise Global, the major cruise tradeshow in the world, wrapped up its March 2023 edition on a decidedly up note. Bringing together more than 9,500 cruise industry attendees, eighty cruise lines, 1,800+ cruise line representatives, five hundred exhibitors, and representatives from over 121 countries/ destinations, the show was a success on every level and […]

Cruise industry underlines resiliency and strengthens commitment to sustainability

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) emphasized the cruise community’s resilience at Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, and strengthened its commitment to sustainability. Kelly Craighead, President and CEO, CLIA said that cruise passenger volume is expected to recover and surpass 2019 levels by the end of 2023, in her opening remarks during the […]

Seatrade Cruise Global: Carnival Corp.’s Arnold Donald steps into Vice Chair role as Josh Weinstein named President & CEO

In another major transition in the cruise channel, Arnold Donald, currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation & plc – the world’s largest cruise company — will become Vice Chair and member of the Boards of Directors, effective August 1. Josh Weinstein (age 48), currently Chief Operations Officer for the company, will assume […]

Cruise leaders discuss future of industry as Seatrade holds first live show post-pandemic in Miami

Amid fist bumps, masks and stringent health and safety protocols, the cruise industry came together for its first live gathering at the 35th Seatrade Global Cruise Conference in Miami during the last week of September. Even as the organizers knew that travel restrictions would keep attendance to a fraction of its normal 8,000+ of years […]

Seatrade Cruise Global will hold hybrid live/virtual event in Miami on Sept. 27-30

The cruise industry’s premier business-to-business event, Seatrade Cruise Global, returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center, September 27-30, in a new hybrid format. This year marks Seatrade’s 35th anniversary edition. In conjunction with its traditional program, this year’s edition will feature a virtual conference track, giving the community additional options to participate. The four-day event will […]

SeaTrade goes virtual for 2020 and focuses on health, safety, sustainability and optimism

One of the biggest items of news that that came out of the 2020 SeaTrade Cruise Virtual Experience that began on Oct. 5, was the announcement by Cruise Lines International Association President and CEO Kelly Craighead that all of the organization’s members worldwide had agreed to 100% testing of passengers and crew for COVID-19 prior […]

SeaTrade: Pacific coast of Americas could be next big cruising destination

  The Pacific Coast may well be the next big thing in cruise, according to the Rise of the Pacific Coast of the Americas panel at the Seatrade Global Cruise event in Miami last week. Moderated by Anne Kalosh from Seatrade Cruise Review, the panel featured John Binkley, Cruise Lines International Association Alaska; Phil Crannell, Ports & Maritime Group […]

SeaTrade Review: 30 million passengers to sail this year as cruise industry expands global engagement

The 2019 Sea Trade Conference held in Miami Beach last week featured a number of industry firsts and demonstrated that the relevancy of the global event is keeping it strong, even as other trade shows are struggling. Returning to its original Miami Beach Convention Center venue after three years in Ft. Lauderdale while the facility […]

SeaTrade Global addresses potential, challenges and responsibilities of a booming cruise industry

Earlier this month, the 2018 SeaTrade Cruise Global event gathered 11,000 of the world’s top cruise line and port executives to discover the latest destinations, maritime innovations and cruise news. Kicking off the four-day event was a two-part State of the Global Cruise Industry panel discussion, moderated by Peter Greenberg of CBS News, where executives […]