The conference portion of the annual Cruise Shipping Miami event, slated for March 11-14, has been revamped for its 29th edition.
There
will be more concurrent sessions Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and
Thursday, and the panels will be just 90 minutes long.
Developed
by UBM Live to be more in-depth and content-rich,
the redesigned conference
lineup is the result of research and feedback from Cruise Shipping
Miami attendees, cruise
lines and industry organizations. Conference
sessions are organized into four "streams" that will
thematically link sessions daily Tuesday through Thursday. The
streams are Shipbuilding, Operations and Technology; Destinations and
Ports; Market Segments,
and Product Development.
Monday,
March 11, will see the return of the annual World
Cruise Tourism Summit, with expert panels
conducted from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Organized in
cooperation with Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association, the summit
will feature a series of round-table discussions by cruise experts
and Cruise Lines International Association representatives
on pertinent industry topics.
Tuesday,
March 12, the State of the Industry session will run from 9:30 to
11:30 a.m., followed by four concurrent panels in each of the
streams: "The Newbuilding Outlook," "The Caribbean and
Mexico," "Upscale Cruising" and "Marketing and
Distribution."
Wednesday,
March 13, morning sessions will run from 9:30 to 11 a.m., and will
include "Revitalization and Repair," "Europe,"
"Expedition Cruising" and "Social Media."
Afternoon sessions will include "The Low-Energy Ship and the
Green Agenda," "Expanding Markets," "National
Brands" and "Maximizing On-Board Revenue" from 3 to
4:30 p.m.
Thursday,
March 14, will see the return of the popular Travel
Agent Thursday training
classes conducted by Cruise
Lines International Association. Morning conference sessions
will include "Safety in Shipping," "The Cruise
Line/Port Interface," "Shorex Programs"
and "Human Resources at Sea" from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Afternoon
sessions from 3 to 4:30 p.m. will include "The Ship of the
Future," "Terminal Development and Security in Port and On
Board," "River
Cruise" and "Hotel
and Catering Procurement."
Cruise
Shipping Miami is organized by UBM Live and exclusively supported
by Cruise Lines International Association and
Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association to provide a one-stop global
resource for cruise lines and their suppliers.