Seatrade Cruise Talks

Who, or what, has the ability to really make or break an Expedition Passenger’s experience? According to  Ben Lyons  (CEO, EYOS Expeditions ) and  Lisa Kelly  (Deputy Executive Director, IAATO ) it is the relationship between and Expedition Leader, and an Expedition Captain. The people on the front line, making the snap decisions about where to go next, or to leave port a littl...

Sustainability and caring for our oceans is close to the heart of Seatrade Cruise , and to the industry. In this episode Chiara Giorgi, Global Brand Director, Seatrade Cruise gets to know the Founder and Executive Director of PangeaSeed Foundation , our 2021 Sustainability Partner. Spotlight on Sustainability: PangeaSeed Foundation Tre’ Packard founded PangeaSeed Foundation in 2009 with the aim to...

In what should have been a year of incredible growth for Expedition and Small Ship Cruising. In October, when our panel met at Seatrade Cruise Virtual , the situation was still very uncertain, with regulations changing on a daily basis. Seatrade Cruise’s Expedition Ambassador, Liz Gammon, leads a discussion with Alana Bradley Swan, the Director of Product for Adventure Canada , Emilio Freeman...

After the struggles of repatriating thousands of crew members, what does bringing them back on board look like - and will crew even feel safe to return? How can we communicate with crew to keep them engaged and look out for their mental health? At Seatrade Cruise Virtual in October, Per Bjornsen (V.Ships Leisure); Captain Nico Corbijn (Revéles Solutions, LLC); and Jen Martin (Lindblad Ex...

What do you need to consider when preparing for the restart of cruise? What will inspectors be looking for, and how can you show them you are ready? In this podcast we listen back to a session from Seatrade Cruise Virtual at the beginning or October 2020, where Seatrade’s own Holly Payne leads the discussion with Ioannis Bras, Project Leader and Cruise Destination Developer, and CEO of Five S...

In episode 3 of the Post Pandemic IT series Ian Richardson, CEO & Co-Founder, The ICE way catches up with Dimple Jethani and Scott Piccolo, Co-CIOs for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings . They have been using the pause in operations to look at restructuring, and changing the way NCLH thinks about IT. In this series of Seatrade Cruise Talks podcasts hear from the cruise industry’s IT experts, and...

At the beginning of August we brought together key Cruise Industry thought leaders in a webinar to ask some of the big questions around the industry’s future. Ryan Stana, CEO and Founder, RWS Entertainment Group led Larry Pimentel, Former CEO, Azamara, SeaDream, Seabourn, Cunard ; Annie Scrivanich, Senior Vice President, Cruise Specialists ; Carolyn Spencer Brown, Chief Marketing Officer, Cruise M...

In episode 2 of the Post Pandemic IT series I an Richardson, CEO & Co-Founder, The ICE way catches up with Frank Farro, VP Technology, Virgin Voyages . Frank has been working to employ new systems and software since before COVID, and is now ensuring everything is up to standard for Scarlet Lady's upcoming inaugural voyage. In this series of  Seatrade Cruise Talks  podcasts hear from...

Ian Richardson, CEO & Co-Founder, The ICE way talks to Jay Schneider, SVP Digital, Royal Caribbean Group, about how innovative technology is creating solutions for many problems the industry is facing. Jay discusses what Royal Caribbean Group has done to prepare for resumption, and why technology is integral to COVID precaution measures.  In this series of  Seatrade Cruise Talks &nbs...

We caught up with port operators and networks to find out what they believe it’s going to take for cruise to return safely, and what they’re doing to prepare. How might things change? What are the main challenges and opportunities? What regulations and expectations from government will make an impact? You can see the full interviews from May 2020  Port Operations in Europe , and  Ho...

Anne Kalosh discusses the “blueprint for healthy cruising” with Luis Ajamil, President and CEO of Bermello Ajamil & Partners, Inc. and one of the world’s foremost experts in port design, has created to help cruise ports navigate to successfully and safely support cruising in a post-COVID19 world. Check out “A Blueprint for a Healthy Cruise Industry” here (https://www.bermelloajamil.com/flipbooks/c...

Anne Kalosh talks to Peter Hult, a global maritime expert and founder of Vikand Solutions, about some of the new technologies and strategies which the cruise industry is looking at to safely resume sailing. Here are some of the articles mentioned in the podcast: CLIA crafting 'curb to curb' framework for safe cruising in COVID-19 era (https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/clia-crafting-curb-curb-fr...