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 […]
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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 & […]



