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Hundreds of cruise industry professionals will descend on Sydney this week for the 2026 Cruise360 Australasia conference.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hosted by Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the event will take place at ICC Sydney on 17\u201318 September.<\/p>\n This year marks the first time Cruise360 Australasia has expanded to a two-day format in Sydney.<\/p>\n Under the theme \u201cFuture Ready. Client Ready. Cruise Ready.\u201d, the conference will focus on helping travel advisors capitalise on growth across the global cruise sector.<\/p>\n Global cruise passenger numbers are forecast to reach a record 38 million this year.<\/p>\n CLIA executive director Australasia Joel Katz said the growth was creating major opportunities for the trade.<\/p>\n \u201cGlobal cruise passenger numbers are on track to reach a new record of around 38 million people this year,\u201d Katz said.<\/p>\n \u201cCruise lines are investing many billions of dollars in new ships and new innovations to help capture the growing worldwide demand for cruising.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year\u2019s Cruise360 Australasia conference will be focused on understanding that growing demand and equipping our members to harness the opportunities it brings.\u201d<\/p>\n The two-day program will feature both international cruise executives and local industry figures.<\/p>\n In particular, sessions will examine the evolving role of cruise-specialist travel advisors. They will also focus on the skills and confidence needed to remain commercially successful.<\/p>\n AI will be another major topic.<\/p>\n One session will offer practical insights for travel advisors, while a separate debate will examine the technology\u2019s impact on travel.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, other sessions will focus on opportunities in river cruising and the \u201cdollars and sense\u201d of selling expedition cruising.<\/p>\n Luxury travel will also feature, with high-end brands sharing insights on how advisors can better reach affluent clients.<\/p>\n A panel of visiting cruise executives will open the conference with a global overview of the sector.<\/p>\n Speakers include Windstar\u2019s Helen Beck, Swan Hellenic\u2019s Mario Bounas and Quark Expeditions\u2019 Sam Seward.<\/p>\n Azamara Cruises\u2019 David Siewers and Norwegian Cruise Line\u2019s Jason Krimmel will also take part.<\/p>\n In addition, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) will serve as Cruise360 Australasia\u2019s headline partner for the first time.<\/p>\n The partnership builds on HKTB\u2019s longstanding involvement with the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hundreds of cruise industry professionals will descend on Sydney this week for the 2026 Cruise360…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}AI, luxury and expedition cruise on the agenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n
International cruise leaders head to Sydney<\/strong><\/h3>\n