| CLIA Update 14 July 21

WITH Joel Katz, MD, CLIA Australasia – Meet Your MP:
This week we’ve seen a
welcome change in the political
conversation as Australian MPs
like Warren Entsch speak up in
support of a cruise revival.
It’s a promising sign, and one
that follows many months of
persistent efforts by CLIA and
cruise lines to gain recognition for
the thousands of Australians who
rely on cruising.
Together with the support we’ve
received from travel agents and
others who joined our Ready,
Set, Sail campaign, these efforts
are reinforcing the message that
cruising is worth more than $5
billion a year to Australia and
that agreement on cruising’s
resumption is urgently needed.
There’s still work to be done,
so as our own lobbying efforts
continue CLIA has announced the
next phase of Ready, Set, Sail,
which aims to bring politicians
together with the people most
affected by cruising’s suspension.
We’re urging travel agents,
industry suppliers and other
stakeholders to hold their own
meetings with MPs, to show them
how the current crisis is impacting
real Australians.
To help, we’ve created an online
toolkit with instructions on how to
seek a meeting with your MP, tell
your personal story and argue the
key messages.
Click here to get involved,
and help us build the momentum.