| CLIA Cruise News & Views – 16 June 16

Cruise 360 USA Review:
held from 01-05 Jun at the
Vancouver Convention Centre
(directly adjacent to the cruise ship
berths at Canada Place), Cruise360
USA is hosted by CLIA and well
supported by the North American
trade.
I was fortunate to attend the event,
where a 1,500+ audience learned
that the global cruise sector was
maintaining steady growth rate,
exceeding projections that were set
for 2015.
Excellent news for all of us
that now have cruising firmly
entrenched in our daily life and
even better, was the news that
passenger numbers for 2016 are
on track to surpass this years’
projections.
From supplier’s right through to
retailers this will impact all of us
in some way – hopefully positively
for you!
The global industry reported a total
of 23.2 million passengers on ocean
cruises’ globally in 2015, up from a
projection of 23 million, and a 4%
increase over 2014.
As a result of steady year-over-year
increases, CLIA has modified 2016
expectations and is now predicting
that 24.2 million travellers will set
sail on ocean cruises around the
world.
As reported in the recent CLIA
Australasia source market report,
much of the industry’s growth can
be attributed to emerging regions
of the world – such as Australasia
and Asia, so give yourself a pat on
the back!

CONTRIBUTOR: Brett Jardine, CLIA Australia