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CLIA announces biggest-ever travel trade engagement
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) is rolling out a raft of agent initiatives and events this year.
It unveiled details at the annual UK conference, attended by over 750 delegates.
CLIA has detailed its biggest-ever travel trade engagement campaign for the next 12 months.
It includes regional ships visits for agents across the UK and Ireland.
They comprise Seabourn Quest on August 1 in Dover, Norwegian Dawn on August 4 in Newcastle and Oceania Cruises’ Vista on August 25 in Liverpool
Agents can shortly secure their place via the CLIA website.
The annual CLIA Cruise Week will be held from September 18-24.
Next year’s RiverView river cruise conference will take place in Amsterdam, with dates TBC.
This year’s river cruise residential is on September 28-29,.
A ‘CLIA Destination Residential’ will be held in Porto in the autumn, in collaboration with Visit Porto & the North.
Specialist cruise webinars covering Europe and worldwide river cruise, plus ultra-luxury, expedition and yacht and sail have been arranged.
These will take place in June, September and October.
Additionally, two new expedition dinners will be held in London and Manchester on October 16 and 18 respectively.
Andy Harmer, CLIA MD, said: “We’re excited to announce our superhero-charged events with the widest ever choice of ship visit openings, domestic and overseas events, and virtual training.
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