One of the highlights of this year’s Seatrade Cruise Global event was a Cruise Retail Session organized by Nadine Heubel, Seatrade’s Retail Ambassador (whose day job is heading up the travel retail advisory practice for North America at Newmark.) Heubel introduced the panel by thanking Seatrade for acknowledging the importance of the retail sector within […]
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Moving Forward: keynote State of the Industry dominated by the new guard
With the announcement on March 20 that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Del Rio would be retiring effective June 30, three of the four major cruise companies traditionally participating in the Seatrade State of the Industry keynote are now headed by a “new guard.” Richard Fain retired as Royal […]
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 […]
Seatrade Cruise releases first Cruise Food & Beverage Trends report
Research carried out by Seatrade Cruise in 2022 indicated that the global food and beverage market is expected to be worth $8.9 trillion by 2026, with six leading cruise lines accounting for over $2 billion in food and beverage annually. These findings headline the first Cruise Food and Beverage Trends E-Report published this week by […]
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 Guest Blog: Shopping at Sea – the New Retail Reality
Travel Markets Insider Editor/Publisher Lois Pasternak was invited to share some insights on the latest developments in cruise retailing in a Guest Blog on SeaTrade Cruise News. We are delighted to share the blog here.
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 examines onboard retail sales at first Cruise Innovation session
A standing room only crowd of cruise, travel retail and supplier industry members packed into an information-jammed Cruise Innovation session held during the 2019 SeaTrade Global in Miami Beach on Wednesday. The session featured a panel of prominent industry officials who play key roles in the retail component of the cruise ships they work with: […]
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 […]
Seatrade 2016—Cruise, Cuba, Caribbean & China
The 2016 Seatrade Cruise Global event – the largest conference and trade show in the international cruise industry, hosting more than 800 exhibitors and 11,000 attendees –opened March 14 with its traditional State of the Global Industry presented by a panel of the cruise world’s top executives discussing innovation. Frank Del Rio, President & […]
