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Seatrade Cruise Global 2019 has come and gone. Here’s what happened today: The biggest news of the day is Celebrity Cruises announcing that they will build a fifth Edge-class ship. The ship will be built in France, like her sisters,…
Just some quick notes from the show floor from the second day: Viking Ocean Cruises announced that they will start up a new cruise line in China. With the assistance of China Merchants Group, they aim to have cruises world…
Just some quick notes from the show floor from the first day: The day started off with the annual State of the Industry. You can see our recap here as well as my commentary. There was Carnival’s awesome and over…
Archived Live Blog: a year agoApril 9, 2019 Greg Dragonetti And that’s it. Thank’s for following. a year agoApril 9, 2019 Greg Dragonetti Duffy: We have more to come since we have alot of room to play with on this…
Hello and welcome to the 2019 liveblog from the State of the Industry panel from Seatrade Cruise Global. Here’s some general info about it: When: Tuesday 9 April 2019 | 9:30 am – 11:30 am What: Topics include,Sustainable Tourism, Innovation,…
Hello from South Beach! I’ll be attending the Seatrade Cruise Global convention that takes place every year in South Florida. This is the first year that it’s back in Miami after a couple of years in Port Everglades. This is…
The final day of Seatrade Cruise Global just came to an end. This is typically a very light day on both news and attendance. It’s not surprising to hear packing tape at around noon in some of the quieter areas…
Day two has officially concluded and the show floor seemed more packed today. NCL had the key press event today. They announced that the Norwegian Encore will be based in Miami and at a brand new terminal that they will…
NCL will be holding a press conference at Seatrade Cruise Global. We just took our seat in the middle of the room. A huge table covered in black cloth just entered the room. No idea what this is. Archived Live…
Day one has officially concluded and boy did we have alot of news. Heres a recap of the highlights as well as some gossip and rumblings I’ve heard on the floor. The State of the Global Industry was held. You…
Crystal Cruises is conducting their keynote presentation right now at Seatrade Cruise Global. I’ll update this post as it goes: -CEO Tom Wolber will give the presentation. -Crystal Symphony just emerged from an extensive drydock. They’re going over a video…
Hello and welcome to the 2018 liveblog from the State of the Industry panel from Seatrade Cruise Global. The event is set to begin at 0930 eastern time. Here’s some general info about it: Tuesday, March 6 | 9:30am –…
Hello from sunny Port Everglades where it is currently 71F out. I’ll be attending the Seatrade Cruise Global convention that takes place every year in South Florida. It’s considered the largest gathering of all thing Cruise Industry related. Make sure…
Today was another busy day with press conferences, a huge reveal, and more touring the show floor. Here’s a recap: @MSCCruisesUSA press conference. Rick Sasso:”were the fastest growing cruise line in history” pic.twitter.com/UrpCjpFnYS — CruiseInd (@cruiseind) March 15, 2017 #MSCcruises…
Yesterday was the first day of the annual cruise convention in south Florida. It all kicked off with the State of the Industry panel. It’s pretty much the only time you’ll see the top cruise line executives all in one room…
Hello and welcome to the 2017 liveblog from the State of the Industry panel from Seatrade Cruise Global. The event is set to begin at 0930 eastern time. Archived Live Blog 3 years agoMarch 14, 2017 Greg Dragonetti That…
Yesterday was the third and final day of Seatrade Cruise Global. Here are some notes from the floor from the closing day: Pearl Seas Cruises have canceled their first three cruises to Cuba. The line still doesn’t have the required…
Today was the second day of the Seatrade Cruise Global conference in Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale). The focus of today was definitely food. Here are the highlights and announcements: Details of NCL’s Harvest Caye in Belize were announced. It will…
Today was the official first day of the annual Seatrade convention in Florida. This year the title was changed to Seatrade Cruise Global and was relocated from Miami to Port Everglades (Apparently located just off of the Princess cruise terminal). The…