CLIA Cruise Podcast

CLIA's Andy Harmer talks Luxury Cruise with Travel Weekly’s Hollie-Rae Brader, Panache Cruises’ James Cole, and Seabourn’s Lynn Narraway in this weeks CLIA Cruise Podcast.

We have assembled a great line up of Cruise Veterans and cruise experts as Andy Harmer hears from Angie Redhead (Head of Cruise Liverpool), Gary Peters (Editor - Cruise Trade News), and Giles Hawke (Managing Director Avalon Waterways). Listen to find out what they see for the future of cruise and also their updates on the current situation.

CLIA's Andy Harmer talks to well-known figures in the Cruise industry hearing from Peter Shanks (Silversea), Edwina Lonsdale (Mundy Cruising) plus journalist Sara Macefield.

Andy Harmer talks to Randy Durband Chief Executive Officer from the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. He shares an overview of what the GSTC does and how they work with the private and public sectors.

CLIA's Andy Harmer and Travel Weekly's Lucy Huxley talk through some of the best bits from this month's Luxury Cruise Webcast. We hear from a CLIA Headline Speaker favourite, a trio of experts on our Luxury Cruise Panel and much more. Watch the full webcasts over on our Facebook Page www.facebook.com/CLIAEurope/

CLIA's Andy Harmer and Travel Weekly's Lucy Huxley talk through some of the best bits from this month's Expedition Cruise Webcast. We heard from a Captain live at sea, one of our most popular expedition cruise speakers plus other expedition cruise and destination experts. Watch the full webcasts over on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/CLIAEurope/

Joining Andy Harmer via weblink this week, APT River Cruises' Jess Shelton-Agar discusses the impacts on the river sector, while Angie Redhead from Liverpool City Council sits down with Andy to talk about the ever-changing cruising landscape. You can hear more of Jess in our first-ever River Cruise Webcast - our virtual conference available now on Facebook and Youtube: https://youtu.be/8EHJPgF-5Js

This week we focus on the river cruise sector as Andy is joined via video link with Avalon Waterways' Giles Hawke, followed by AmaWaterways' Jamie Loizou to discuss how the industry is continuing to evolve and adapt to challenges, and how they are maintaining communication with travel agents.

AmaWaterways' Marnie Tarsinos, MSC's Steve Williams and Uniworld's Angela Sloan update us on how they've been adapting to the major changes seen throughout the industry in both the ocean and river sectors.

APT's Jess Shelton-Agar, Avalon Waterways' Janet Parton, Carnival Cruise Line's Luke Smith and Silversea's Connie Georgiou update us on how they've adapted to ensure they remain connected to agents during the lockdown.

Andy Harmer sits down with Toby Cruse to explain how the cruise industry is responding to the ongoing COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, and answer some of the frequently asked questions of agents.

This week we travelled up to Manchester for the Adventure and Expedition Forum, where Toby sat down with guest speaker, presenter and wildlife photographer Patrick Aryee, to talk about his life, working with travel agents as well as his experiences with TV Legend David Attenborough.

Our recent Facebook LIVE with Andy Harmer and CLIA Vice President, Maritime Policy, Donnie Brown as we took your questions on the Coronavirus (COVID-19). For our latest statements go to https://bit.ly/2PQJTpm.

This week we travelled to the Fred Olsen Cruise Lines office in Ipswich to sit down with head of sales Geoff Ridgeon, talking about the cruise line, the industry and what to expect throughout 2020.

Virgin Voyages' Shane Riley invited us onboard the brand new Scarlet Lady to talk through many of the exciting features to expect as she makes her debut.

With Iona's debut on the horizon, Andy Harmer sat down with P&O Cruises Vice President of Sales and Marketing Alex Delamere-White to talk about what's next for the cruise line and how they're making waves in the industry.

Andy Harmer sat down with David Winterton, Director of Marketing and Global Brand for the newly-formed Emerald Cruises, which joins together the Emerald Waterways brand with the new Emerald Yacht Cruises. The two discuss the differences between Scenic and Emerald cruise experiences and how the new Scenic Eclipse compares with the upcoming super-yacht, Emerald Azzurra.

This week we're heading back to our Cruise Forum in December, where Lucy Huxley joined a panel of members of the CLIA Executive Committee to reflect over 2019 and discuss what to expect from 2020 and beyond.

Learn how the Cruise industry successfully transitioned its fleet to meet the new requirements, and importantly, how our community is looking beyond 2020—as demonstrated, in part, by our participation in the R&D fund proposal.

AmaWaterways' Jamie Loizou, APT's Jess Shelton-Agar, Avalon Waterway's Janet Parton and CroisiEurope's John Fair - known collectively as The Four J's - joined Andy Harmer and Lucy Huxley in Amsterdam to talk about the difference between selling river and ocean cruises, and how travel agents can take advantage of river cruising to turn their FRIPOT into PROFIT...

MSC Managing Director UK & Ireland Antonio Paradiso returns to break down some of the biggest MSC news, from its new luxury brand to becoming carbon neutral and utilising wind power in cruise ships.

Charlotte Humphrey headed to the Scottish coast aboard Hebridean Island Cruises' Hebridean Princess to talk to chief purser David Indge about what makes the Hebrides such an attractive, unique, and exclusive cruise destination.

Fresh from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Andy Harmer talks to fellow mountaineer Miles Morgan, Managing Director of Miles Morgan Travel, discussing how the travel industry has grown over the last 30 years, and why he still has faith in high street travel agencies.

Coming live from our end of year #CruiseForum19, Toby sat down with Oceania Cruises' Bernie Carter to talk about the future of the cruise industry, as well as our #CycleToTheBall

From the brand new Scenic Eclipse to the difference between Scenic & Emerald Waterways' river offerings, Andy heads to Manchester to sit down with Scenic Group MD UK Colin Downing.