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The cruise industry continues to take proactive action as supported by the science, going above and beyond in the interest of public health and safety.

While rising to the challenges of the global pandemic, the cruise industry has remained committed to responsible tourism practices and continues to make progress on the development and implementation of new environmental technologies.

➡️ CLIA ocean-going members are committed to pursuing net carbon neutral cruising by 2050.
➡️ In addition to LNG, over three-quarters of the global cruise fleet by passenger capacity is now equipped to use alternative fuels.
➡️ 52% of new build capacity will rely on LNG fuel for primary propulsion, a 3-percentage point increase in overall capacity compared to 2020.
➡️ 82% of the new build capacity is either committed to be fitted with shore-side electricity capability or will be configured to add shore-side power in the future.
➕ CLIA and the cruise industry continue to make substantial progress across a range of additional areas.

CLIA Releases 2021 Environmental Technologies and Practices Inventory and Oxford Economics Environmental Report Annual report shows continued commitment to responsible tourism practices and progress on development and implementation of new environmental technologies

There is no doubt about it – technology is redefining the cruise experience! From new onboard experiences to the smart systems guiding guest health and safety, digital innovations are helping make life at sea seem more seamless and engaging.

Join us for our final webinar series for 2021 – running from Tuesday 30 November to Thursday 9 December, to learn more about some of the onboard technologies introduced by CLIA cruise lines that have changed the guest experience. You’ll hear all about smart phone apps, wearable devices, digital services, advances in artificial intelligence, smart room technologies and the latest technology in on-board entertainment.

**SCHEDULE**
Tuesday 30 November 2021
Princess Cruises

Wednesday 1 December 2021
Royal Caribbean

Thursday 2 December 2021
Virgin Voyages

Tuesday 7 December 2021
Celebrity Cruises

Wednesday 8 December 2021
MSC Cruises

Thursday 9 December 2021
Carnival Cruise Line

➡️REGISTRATION

CLIA Members log in to the CLIA Members Hub to register for any of the sessions.

If you are not a CLIA Member and would like to know more about membership and how you can tune in to our Next Generation Technology Webinars sessions, please email us at [email protected]

More info: http://ow.ly/vG1A50GCUw0

CLIA's Cruise Port & Destination Virtual Showcase returns in November!

Don't forge to tune in to learn more about each destination and find out how cruise visitors can make the most of their stay.

You’ll gain helpful information about cruise terminal locations, public transport, destination highlights and touring options – plus pick-up valuable insider tips to pass on to your cruise clients.

**SCHEDULE**
Tuesday 16 November 2021
Spotlight on Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi

Wednesday 17 November 2021
Spotlight on Samoa and Monaco

Thursday 18 November 2021
Spotlight on Seattle and Singapore

Monday 22 November 2021
Spotlight on The Baltic

Tuesday 23 November 2021
Spotlight on Tokyo and Western Australia

Wednesday 24 November 2021
Spotlight on Qatar and South Korea

Thursday 25 November 2021
Spotlight on the Atlantic Canada region

CLIA Members can earn three CLIA points for each destination presentation watched by collecting the destination codeword and completing a short post-event quiz.

➡️REGISTRATION

CLIA Members log in to the CLIA Members Hub to register for any of the sessions.

If you are not a CLIA Member and would like to know more about Membership and how you can tune in to our Cruise Port & Destination Virtual Showcase sessions, please email us at [email protected]

More info: http://ow.ly/Rve950Gp4gM

China this week became the latest country to welcome its first ship as cruising resumes worldwide, joining dozens of other markets across Europe, North America and part of Asia where ships are now sailing.

At the same time, Brazil and South Africa have both made announcements confirming they’ll resume cruise operations within weeks.

Worldwide, CLIA ocean-going cruise lines have committed to
extensive new health protocols in response to COVID-19 as part of a global, science-led Member Policy.

Find out more ➡️ http://ow.ly/lw4U50Go3Tj

Register now for a CLIA Exclusive Webinar - Elevate Your Voice

This CLIA member exclusive webinar, hosted by Peter Kollar, Head of Training & Development, CLIA Australasia, will focus on ways in which you can elevate your voice and raise your own digital and online profile - whether it is to be more professional, to enhance your messaging, or expand to new mediums such as blogs, video, podcasts, and more.

Receive advice and tips from fellow CLIA members Tim Faircloth (owner, Tim Faircloth Cruising) who has successfully made his own niche of cruise travel photography and videography and Stephanie Myers (Travel by Stephanie) who has had great success with her “Unplug in Paradise” podcasts all around the world.

Also joining us will be special guests Lauren Bath (Australia’s first professional Instagrammer and a renowned social media marketing expert), Georgia Rickard (leading magazine editor and award-winning content marketing expert) and Kait Rich (business coach and master of sales psychology). These experts will share how to boost your business exposure online, attract the right followers and increase your profit by using their simple and repeatable Story Selling Method™.

➡️Register via the Members Hub http://ow.ly/rxRh50G0zaG

Now’s the time to register for CLIA'S complimentary Virtual Cruise Forum on August 27, which will give you a chance to hear from some of our industry’s key leaders as we navigate a path to resumption across Asia and Australasia.

Four sessions are available to choose from, offered in lieu of our postponed Cruise360 Australasia Conference. They will include a State of the Industry update involving CLIA’s Global President and CEO Kelly Craighead, as well as a panel session examining how a successful cruising resumption was achieved in countries such as Singapore.

At such a critical time for our industry, this online forum will provide important insight and ensure you remain among our region’s most informed cruise specialists.

Make sure you join in and learn how you can make the most of cruising’s recovery.

➡️Find out more at http://ow.ly/70XU50FKKwB

Register now for the September CLIA Masters Program!
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The CLIA Master’s Program is a challenging and worthwhile learning experience that will have a significant influence on your cruise business and career. CLIA's Master’s Program has a reputation that has grown as a result of its rich history and production of top cruise agents over the years. Currently the highest level of certificate awarded by CLIA, the cruise industry's trade body, less than 2% of retail agents are a CLIA Master resulting in those agents standing out from the crowd.

For more info, visit http://ow.ly/nfe850EtJwr.

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) invites you to join our Virtual Cruise Forum on Friday 27 August 2021, offering essential insight from regional and international speakers as the cruise industry navigates a path to recovery.

Designed to give travel agents valuable insight and ensure they benefit from cruising’s recovery, the online event will help CLIA’s cruise community to unite around common goals and use the insight of global industry leaders to define a path forward.

CLIA’s Virtual Cruise Forum is open to all CLIA Asia Members at no charge and will feature live panel discussions and interviews. Topics will include a State of the Industry update on cruising’s road to recovery; how the cruise sector is working to rebuild confidence; how travel agents can achieve new relevance as cruise specialists; and how close collaborations have resulted in the successful resumption of operations in Asia and Europe.

Visit http://ow.ly/hXGu50FGPGh for more info.

Hong Kong is set to join the global cruise revival this week, with strict new Covid-19 protocols allowing a resumption of short itineraries for local residents.

After approvals from the Hong Kong Government, the first in a series of local cruise-to-nowhere itineraries is scheduled to depart from the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on Friday and will sail with reduced capacity and pre-boarding testing for all passengers and crew.

Hong Kong’s resumption is similar to operations in other Asian locations including Singapore and Taiwan, where domestic-only sailings within a local ‘bubble’ have allowed a careful and tightly managed return to operations.

The cruise industry's responsible return to operations in the United States is reinvigorating local economies and providing an economic lifeline to small businesses and their employees.

Locals rejoice as the first big cruise ship returns to Alaska - The Points Guy The joy in the air at the dock in Sitka, Alaska, on Wednesday was palpable.

Today's announcement by Canada’s Minister of Transport, Hon. Omar Alghabra, that the prohibition on cruise ships will end on November 1st, 2021, allows cruise lines to plan for a responsible return to Canada, restoring 30,000 local jobs and $4.3 billion in economic activity. ➡️ https://bit.ly/CanadaResponsibleRestart

Alaska has become the latest destination to join the global cruise revival, with Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas becoming the first major cruise ship to visit the state in 2021.

The milestone was marked last week with an event hosted by CLIA in Ketchikan, where local dignitaries welcomed the ship and its guests.

Cruising is ordinarily worth US$3 billion a year for the Alaskan economy and supports 23,000 local jobs, making its revival a major milestone for the state’s pandemic recovery.

The return of Alaskan cruising is also being celebrated in the US state of Washington where the Port of Seattle is serving as a base for departing cruise ships. Seattle’s homeport cruise operations will see 84 round trip voyages to Alaska before the end of October.

Worldwide, almost 600,000 passengers have set sail since July 2020 in countries where carefully controlled cruise operations have resumed. These cruises are operating under extensive new health protocols designed to uphold safety in response to COVID-19, and are among the most stringent measures to be found anywhere in tourism.

You can find out more about the cruise industry’s new health protocols at cliaasia.org

In the past few days our industry has reached another important landmark as the first cruise passengers to sail from a US port since the start of the pandemic set out from Florida.

Travelling aboard Celebrity Edge, their seven-day Caribbean cruise marks the restart of operations in the world’s biggest cruise market and is the culmination of many months of collaboration between cruise lines and health authorities.

Later this month Hong Kong will also resume cruising, introducing short cruise-to-nowhere itineraries for local residents.

These advances help show how extensive new health protocols can support a careful revival of operations. So far almost 600,000 passengers have already sailed successfully in countries where cruising has resumed, and we continue to work hard towards achieving a revival in other locations around the globe.

At the same time, two more lines joined the UK’s cruise revival on the weekend, with P&O UK’s Britannia setting sail from Southampton and Saga Cruises’ Spirit of Discovery departing from Tilbury. Also in Europe, the ports of Gothenburg, Stockholm and Visby have collaborated to allow a restart of cruising in Sweden, beginning with a recent visit by TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 6.

You can find out more about the cruise industry’s new health protocols at http://ow.ly/zF3T50FnheF

CLIA's Managing Director, Joel Katz, this evening participated in, and presented to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) virtual session on The Opening and Activation of the Cruise Industry, together with representatives from all the APEC countries. What was very clear from all the presentations and the best practice we can learn from markets where cruise has already restarted, is that a transparent and cooperative approach between governments and cruise lines, clearly laying out the benchmarks and conditions under which cruise can operate, is key. Success depends on the implementation of the robust industry protocols, strong support from government agencies, and high commitment and cooperation from stakeholders.


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CLIA ocean-going cruise lines have long taken to heart ’s call for a “Fair Future For Seafarers” and remain committed to supporting cruise ship crew members around the world.

Crew members are the foundation of the cruise experience, helping to provide for the health and safety of all onboard, a role of even greater significance as the cruise industry continues a responsible resumption of operations around the world.

Prior to the pandemic, CLIA ocean-going cruise line members employed over 200,000 seafarers hailing from over 100 countries and will continue to invest heavily to attract the best people as resumption of cruising accelerates.

Nearly 600,000 cruise passengers have set sail around the world since last summer — a feat that would not be possible without the seafarers who help to implement and maintain the industry’s robust health and safety protocols.

The global cruise industry supports and thanks our seafarers who make cruising one of the best ways to experience the world.

Hong Kong approves a carefully managed cruise restart in July. In making the announcement, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau said, "The resumption of (cruises to nowhere) itineraries under prudent health precautionary measures can strike a proper balance between public health protection on the one hand, and the public aspirations for some form of leisure travel on the other. The itineraries underpinned by health control safeguards will offer an additional safe vacation option for the community as from the coming summer."

CLIA will continue to work hard towards a responsible resumption of cruising in destinations around the world, and look forward to bringing more news soon.

Hong Kong Approves Cruises to Nowhere Starting in July The cruise industry is back in Hong Kong as the local goverment has approved cruises to nowhere starting in July. Genting Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean...

CLIA’s elite Masters Program is back - reinvented for the new era and primed to advance your sales and marketing skills to the highest level.

Redesigned in an online format, the Masters Program will give you the insight you need to forge a unique position in a competitive retail landscape. It takes travel agents into an environment beyond mainstream selling, helping them to pursue new revenue streams and create a unique brand differentiation.

Previously conducted at sea in an annual on-board conference, this year’s Masters Program will be structured as a six-week online course, offered twice during the year. Open to CLIA member agents who have achieved Ambassador status, the program will provide an opportunity to attain CLIA Cruise Masters status, the highest qualification for CLIA cruise specialists.

The CLIA Masters Program will begin on June 7 and will be offered again from September 20, 2021. After completing the Masters course and assignment, agents will receive 100 accreditation points and enter the prestigious CLIA Cruise Masters ranks with perks including a higher search ranking on the CLIA Australasia website.

For more info, visit http://ow.ly/W6Sg50EtJwq

Singapore’s cruise restart is an excellent example of what a govt and industry partnership, open communications and a scientific approach can achieve.

People said they felt safer going on a cruise than going to some places in Singapore “because everyone is tested before they go on the cruise...So having that framework of assurance has been a major cornerstone of our success."

Singapore has done a stellar job getting the spread of the coronavirus under control. The country also plans to vaccinate its entire population by the end of the year.

The port that now caters to one-third of global cruise travellers It is a testament to the nation's ability to contain the coronavirus and resume operations at a time when many other countries are still struggling.

The cruise industry is committed to putting people first - deploying four cruise ships to the Caribbean island of St. Vincent to aid in the evacuation from the volcanic threat.

Carnival, Royal, Celebrity ships to aid St. Vincent in volcanic eruption threat Four ships from three cruise lines are rushing to St. Vincent to help evacuate residents who are under threat from the imminent eruption of Soufrière volcano.

The cruise industry is a vital economic lifeline to workers across the globe, and will be a significant contributor to the global economic recovery as sailings responsibly resume.