Medcruise News 50Th Medcruise GA in Gibraltar to Host March 2017 More Than 120 Cruise Professionals Issue 53 Medcruise News Pg
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MedCruise News 50th MedCruise GA in Gibraltar to host March 2017 more than 120 cruise professionals Issue 53 MedCruise News pg. 1-3 Port facilities & Destinations pg. 4-19 Why cruise to YOUR port? pg. 20-23 List of MedCruise Members pg. 24 he 50th MedCruise General Assembly will region, while they will also devote take place 14-17 June 2017 in Gibraltar. time in B2B meetings and interactive During the meeting, MedCruise member workshops with cruise line Trepresentatives together with other esteemed executives. guests will discuss the latest developments of Cruise lines to attend the GA in the cruise sector, as well as the implications and Gibraltar are Azamara Club Cruises, prospects of cruising in the Med and its Carnival, Celebrity Cruises, Celestyal adjoining seas. Cruises, Disney Cruise Line, MSC In line with the MedCruise tradition, all regular Cruises, P&O Cruises, Royal and associate members will have a first class Caribbean International, Saga, TUI opportunity to discuss the developments in the Cruises and Viking Ocean Cruises. MedCruise presents its 2017 Statistics report at #SCG2017 Meet MedCruise Ports at Seatrade Cruise Global 2017 (booth #1715) n 2016, MedCruise membership The report contains an analysis per port welcomed 27,4 million cruise passenger size, information about seasonality, major eatrade Cruise Global, the industry’s movements and 13.467 cruise calls. variations comparing to previous years and global event which brings together I“Cruise activities in MedCruise Ports: market concentration. The last section of every facet of the business including Statistics 2016” report makes available the report includes a ‘new’ feature that Scruise lines, suppliers, travel agents and detailed information of this traffic per port enriches the publication: a statistical partners is being held again this year in Ft and per region. analysis of ferry traffic in MedCruise ports, Lauderdale on 13-16 March at Fort This flagship MedCruise publication offering valuable information to those Lauderdale Broward County Convention details the actual picture of cruise activities interested in the evolution of passenger Center. in the Med and its adjoining seas over the ports, but also to those interested in MedCruise participates at this major past year and reveals the trends, enabling planning, developing, managing and event promoting its member ports and their an understanding of the present challenges. administering cruise ports. partners in the Mediterranean and its It also facilitates the adjustment of Join us for the presentation of “Cruise adjoining seas and attracting, thus, the most MedCruise ports and their associates to activities in MedCruise Ports: Statistics 2016”, relevant stakeholders of the cruise industry. contemporary market structures and on Wednesday, March 15th at 13:00, Booth Visit the MedCruise booth #1715 and be challenges. #1715, Seatrade Cruise Global 2017. part of #PortsTogether Bringing the Med Together 1 Commitment to sustainable growth he sustainable development of the Blue Production (SCP) in the Western Economy in the Western Mediterranean, Mediterranean region, existing was the theme of the Stakeholders barriers and ways of overcoming TConference on 2 February 2017, in Barcelona. them, the promotion of more MedCruise was actively represented by Mrs effective SCP tools and projects, Valeria Mangiarotti, assigned member for and stakeholders cooperation to environmental issues, Port of Cagliari. mainstream SCP into Blue Maritime and land-based activities, along Economy sectors and act to prevent with the progressively more urbanised marine pollution. coastline, are at the origin of a wide spectrum Mrs Mangariotti addressed of pressures affecting marine and coastal among others the theme of waste ecosystems. These range from high resource reception facilities in the Med consumption (water, energy, food products, ports, emphasising the work that is raw materials, coastal space) to air and water done as regards the effective pollution releases and waste generation, but handling, notification, delivery, also climate change effects on biodiversity inspections and fee regimes, and marine resources. especially at the smaller in The panel discussed the opportunities passenger movements and cruise offered by Sustainable Consumption and calls ports in the Med. European Tourism Day: welcoming EU funding n front of an audience Opening the conference, Karmenu including MedCruise, Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime and a total of more than Affairs and Fisheries, announced the I400 stakeholders, the Commission will continue supporting European Commission maritime and coastal tourism by making celebrated European available €1.5m to fund new ideas, foster Tourism Day in Brussels. dialogue, and promote Europe as a maritime MedCruise participated at destination, in line with its 2014 'European the full-day conference Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal discussing ways to and Maritime Tourism'. enhancing synergies of its A 'Guide on Funding for Coastal and membership with tourism, Maritime Tourism', developed in 2016, gives cultural and creative helpful information of available EU funding. industries, as well as Thanos Pallis, MedCruise Secretary identifying innovative General, said the announcement opens solutions as the driver for possibilities for helping sustainable cruise jobs and growth. tourism in the Med and beyond. SEAnAIRgies: ports & airports growing together epresented by their Association, cruise communities. with major airlines. Collaboration with ports in the Mediterranean and the MedCruise Honorary President Stavros airports is the natural next step. We would adjoining seas were among the keynote Hatzakos, (General Manager, Piraeus Port like to congratulate the initiative of Airport Rguests at the 4th Airport Chief Executives' Authority S.A.) was also on stage, sharing the executives to search for SEAnAIRgies Symposium that took place in Athens Greece. platform with the CEOs of the airports of together. Organised by the Athens International Airport Athens, Hamburg, this year’s edition of the platform for the Aeropuertos Españoles, exchange of ideas among high-level airport Fraport Regional executives was devoted to the search for Airports S.A., as well as synergies – or SEAnAIRgies – between airports Mrs Angela Gittens, and cruise ports and their impact on the Director General, destinations they serve. Airports Council MedCruise Secretary General Thanos Pallis, International, World. delivered a keynote speech presenting those “For MedCruise ports challenges and opportunities that cruise ports and associate members, in the Med and airports can address together. cooperation is part of He also introduced the findings of the their culture. We work MedCruise fact-finding report “Ports Together” closely with the that was published earlier this year, examples of association of cruise existing initiatives aiming to smooth operations lines, CLIA, and we are and increase the contribution to local already engaged in talks 2 MedCruise Diary Expanding MedCruise China Adriatic Sea Forum, Budva 27-28 April, 2017 Strategy ITB China, Shanghai ince 2015, MedCruise is working on an market. This forms part of a pioneering MedCruise extensive China Marketing Plan to benefit project that commenced in 2014 and promotes the 10-12 May 2017 MedCruise members. This focuses on the fact attractiveness of MedCruise destinations to the Far Sthat the region itself represents a high degree of East, in a strategy aiming to transform Asia into a 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism attraction, combining different elements such as key passenger source market for cruises in the Med" Forum, Athens, 23-24 May, history, nature, culture and gastronomy, all much MedCruise President noted. 2017 appreciated by Chinese tourists. In May 2017, MedCruise will join ITB China event As part of this plan, MedCruise has created a in Shanghai, promoting its member port Chinese website (www.medcruise.cn) aiming to destinations to the Far East, especially targeting the 50th MedCruise General emerge the Mediterranean as the mostly preferred Chinese source market. Assembly, Gibraltar, 14-17 cruise destination among Chinese cruise tourists, June, 2017 while the active presence of MedCruise members on WeChat (Chinese social media) forms also a crucial part of this plan. Seatrade Europe 2017, Speaking during the International Cruise Hamburg Summit 2016 in Madrid, MedCruise President 6-8 September, 2017 Kristijan Pavic highlighted the vital role of cruise ports -as well as that of MedCruise- in advancing Italian Cruise Day 2017, the Med and its adjoining seas as a unique cruise destination, increasing thus market penetration. Palermo "Since July 2015 MedCruise has worked to October 2017 create a strong brand positioning in the Asian 51st MedCruise General Assembly, Toulon October/November, 2017 MedCruise Associates tarting in January 2017, MedCruise Associate members enjoy enriched membership Sbenefits. • Inclusion in all key directories MedCruise and promotional material • Circulation of news and company profile to more than 2.000 cruise Cruise Line industry professionals • Promotion via the MedCruise website & social media Directory • Representation at major Cruise events (+ free booking of meeting he updated MedCruise space and distribution of company’s Cruise Line Directory 2016/17 promotional material within the is now available to the MedCruise booth) • Professional Development Courses (registration TMedCruise membership. • Scheduled Business-to-Business