SINGAPORE 16th November 2011 — UBM International Media, organizers of the annual Cruise Shipping Miami, the world’s largest and most important international tradeshow and conference serving the cruise industry, today launched Cruise Shipping Asia 2011. The inaugural event begins today, 16th November and will end on 18th November 2011, at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
The new event aims to unlock the region’s potential as Asia emerges as the industry’s next major growth market. “Globalization of the cruise passenger is one of the key areas of growth for the cruise market,” said Michael Kazakoff, vice president, UBM International Media. “As the industry expands from a North American base to passengers worldwide, we see Asia’s growing number of passengers as a strong indication that this region will continue to expand.”
The event include a tradeshow and conference program focusing on the Asian cruise market. “The arrival of this major cruise event in Asia underscores the growing recognition of this market’s strong potential, and will greatly complement our ongoing efforts in promoting Asia’s cruise industry development,” said Jennifer Yap, spokeswoman for Asia Cruise Association and managing director of Royal Caribbean Cruises (Asia) Pte Ltd. “We look forward to giving our support to and working with the organizers as well as cruise companies and travel agents across Asia to make its debut a success.”
Michael Duck, senior vice president of UBM Asia, said: “We are delighted to bring Cruise Shipping Asia back to Singapore. It has been 10 years since we last organized a cruise event here and today the Asian market is primed for tremendous growth. Singapore has rejuvenated itself in the past few years as an exciting cruise destination and now plays an important role as a platform for the global and regional industry to showcase itself.”
Cruise Shipping Asia’s exhibition also feature product sectors including destinations, itinerary planning, shore excursion services, port and terminal development as well as ship operations, ship services and hotel operations.
Conference sessions led by panels of industry experts aims to highlight and discuss pertinent industry issues.
