Counting down to conference

EARLYBIRD registrations close soon (31 Jul) for the Australian Cruise Association’s (ACA) annual conference being held in Broome from 12-14 Sep.

Newly added to the speaker lineup is Dean Brazier from Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV).

CMV is a small ship, independent cruise line out of Britain offering what they call “country house style” cruising.

One of their premium ships, will homeport in Fremantle again from late 2018, with 13 cruises that will allow guests to explore Western Australia’s South West.

They will also visit Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney next season. Dean rounds out a record line-up of cruise line executives including Sture Myrmell – president, Carnival Australia and CLIA chairperson, Susan Bonner, recently appointed vice president and managing director, Australia and New Zealand for Royal Caribbean International, Timothy Littley, Seabourn’s senior director deployment & itinerary planning, Bruce Krumrine, Princess Cruises vice president, shore operations, and Michael Mihajlov from Carnival Australia.

Other interesting topics such as infrastructure development, government and environmental regulations will be covered under our theme - “Forging Stronger Relationships.”

Western Australia Tourism Minister, Paul Papalia, will open the Conference which is being held in Broome to recognise the important contribution regional ports are making to our rapidly growing cruise industry.