Cruise Shipping Asia releases conference program

Cruise Shipping Asia has released its preliminary conference agenda and confirmed participants. Produced by UBM Live, which organizes the annual Cruise Shipping Miami event, and UBM Asia, Cruise Shipping Asia debuts Nov. 16-18, 2011, at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.

The event features timely conference sessions and a comprehensive exhibition showcasing pan-Asia’s potential as a cruise business sector and source market, focusing on the region from Japan and Korea to China, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Indian subcontinent and Australia.

“Asia holds promising opportunities for the cruise industry, and the inaugural Cruise Shipping Asia event gives us all a foothold in shaping what comes next,” said Michael Bayley, executive vice president, International, for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., and confirmed panelist. “From port infrastructure development to attracting tourists from around the world, our industry can be instrumental in Asia’s future growth.”

The conference opens the morning of Nov. 16 with the “State of the Asian Cruise Industry” session, with Stein Kruse, president and CEO of Holland America Line, RCCL’s Michael Bayley, Roberto Giorgi, president of V. Ships, and Neil Palomba, chief operations officer of MSC Cruises, joining the panel.

Participating in the afternoon’s “Destinations: Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of the Cruise Industry” panel are Ted Blamey, principal of Chart Management Consultants; Made Mangku Pastika, governor of Bali, Indonesia; Dr. Sapta Nirwandar, director general of tourism marketing, Indonesia Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and Richard Doyle, managing director of Doyle Tourism Services.

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