24.03.2010, 18:45
Klaipeda Port Participated at Largest Cruise Exhibition in Miami
OREANDA-NEWS. March 24, 2010. Delegation from Klaipeda port and town for the 7th time participated in the annual largest international cruise shipping exhibition and conference „Cruise Shipping Miami 2010“ that were organized in Miami .
Regardless economic difficulties exhibition that was organized already for the 26th time still has not lost its popularity. Klaipeda Port and town delegation for the 7th time participated in the annual largest international cruise shipping exhibition and conference „Cruise Shipping Miami 2010“ that were organized in Miami (USA). Klaipeda delegation consisted from representatives of SE Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, PE Klaipeda Tourism and Culture Information Centre, the company “Limarko Maritime Agency”, the company “Klaipeda Shiprepair Yard”.
The key goal of participation in „Cruise Shipping Miami“ was to promote cruise shipping to Klaipeda Port revealing the attractiveness of Klaipeda region as tourism attraction centre, providing information on the rendered tourism services and rebated applied to port dues for cruise ships to cruise lines, cruise operators, travel agencies and potential passengers.
This year the number of exhibition visitors remained nearly the same as of the previous one – following the preliminary data more than 11 thousand people visited exhibition in three days. Approximately 800 companies (exponents) from over 100 countries presented their services and over 1200 delegates participated in the conference. This event maintains its significance as the executives of top level cruise lines and the most important actors of international cruise shipping sector arrived to participate in it. They took part in conferences, seminars and presentations. During the event negotiations were conducted and contracts were signed.
Exhibition
This year the stand of Klaipeda Seaport town (the total area occupying 9 m2) reflected unique features of the seashore nature and tendencies of ecological tourism that had started to gain popularity. Delegation members presented the potential of Klaipeda tourism, excursions, projects on passengers infrastructure, the system of due rebates to exhibition visitors. The visitors were treated with confection, cheese and bread brought from Lithuania.
Representatives from Klaipeda had meetings with the executives of such cruise companies as Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Fred. Olsen Cruise Line, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruise Line, Pullmantur Cruise Line, MSC Cruise Line, P&O Line and Cunard Line. Due to improving economic situation such cruise lines as Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises and Saga Shipping are planning to renew cruise shipping to our seaport town in 2011 – 2012. Therefore we will have a possibility to see again such large cruise liners as Constellation and Century.
Representatives of Klaipeda delegation met with executives of travel agencies, cruise shipping associations and projects and representatives from international mass media. Representatives from Klaipeda Port Authority participated in the meetings and workgroups of the Cruise Europe Association (Port Authority joined this Association in 2001).
More information on Association on the website www.cruiseeurope.com
Conference
This year the majority considered issues were related with global cruise shipping development themes. The speakers presented and analyzed changes in cruise shipping, forecasts and novelties in the fields of ship construction, infrastructure development and service quality improvement. Furthermore, it has already become a tradition to analyse issues on efficient inter - collaboration among representatives of cruise business.
Cruises are becoming a sector of the global marine tourism. Evidently the development of cruises in geographical aspect still remains the most important tendency. Cruise operators are constantly searching for new regions therefore they are planning their routes to the seacoasts of Africa continent, the Near East and India region, places they called least. Cruise development perspectives are noticeable both in geographical and time aspects: cruises have started loosing more often their seasonal prevalence and are organized during the periods of certain events of ports and cultural, sport events and calendar holidays of a country. Targeted passenger groups are becoming more numerous: cruise operators are planning to organize specialised cruises for groups of young people suggesting entertainments that are interesting to this age group on board and excursions ashore.
With recovering of main cruise shipping line markets in the United States of America and Europe and increasing passenger flows cruise operators started raising service (cruise) prices that were extremely low in the period of economic crises. But the range of services provided on board is under constant development and operators suggest more and more amusing excursions and catching entertainments.
During this conference the appropriate preparedness of ports to receive larger liners and to render services to the rapidly growing passenger flows were on discussion. Experts on infrastructure projects presented the latest port terminal projects.
Following the submitted data approx. 400 cruise liners are cruising worldwide. Construction of new cruise ships is an important indicator in the development of cruise shipping. In 2009 14 cruise ships were built worldwide; in 2010 this number will reach even up to 27 ships ( preliminary data).
Regardless the drop by 4-5 percent in 2009 observed in international cruise shipping sector comparing with 2008, the Baltic Sea region could make boast of the increase by 5 percent reached in the previous year. The Baltic region with its broad diversity of history and heritage still remains attractive to an intellectual passenger and annual presentation of Klaipeda town at this exhibition ensures the dispersion of information on our region, direct relations with cruise business representatives and partners, form the image of Klaipeda as tourism attraction centre.
More information on the exhibition and conference on the official website of „Cruise Shipping Miami 2010“
http://www.cruiseshippingmiami.com/
Statistics
Following preliminary data 50 cruise liners (the number of liners is the same as it was in the previous year) will call Klaipeda Port in 2010 carrying over 45 000 thousand passengers on board (33 512 thousand passengers visited Klaip4da in 2009). This year a great number of the large liners (over 200 meters in length) – even 17 will call Klaipeda Seaport.
Regardless economic difficulties exhibition that was organized already for the 26th time still has not lost its popularity. Klaipeda Port and town delegation for the 7th time participated in the annual largest international cruise shipping exhibition and conference „Cruise Shipping Miami 2010“ that were organized in Miami (USA). Klaipeda delegation consisted from representatives of SE Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, PE Klaipeda Tourism and Culture Information Centre, the company “Limarko Maritime Agency”, the company “Klaipeda Shiprepair Yard”.
The key goal of participation in „Cruise Shipping Miami“ was to promote cruise shipping to Klaipeda Port revealing the attractiveness of Klaipeda region as tourism attraction centre, providing information on the rendered tourism services and rebated applied to port dues for cruise ships to cruise lines, cruise operators, travel agencies and potential passengers.
This year the number of exhibition visitors remained nearly the same as of the previous one – following the preliminary data more than 11 thousand people visited exhibition in three days. Approximately 800 companies (exponents) from over 100 countries presented their services and over 1200 delegates participated in the conference. This event maintains its significance as the executives of top level cruise lines and the most important actors of international cruise shipping sector arrived to participate in it. They took part in conferences, seminars and presentations. During the event negotiations were conducted and contracts were signed.
Exhibition
This year the stand of Klaipeda Seaport town (the total area occupying 9 m2) reflected unique features of the seashore nature and tendencies of ecological tourism that had started to gain popularity. Delegation members presented the potential of Klaipeda tourism, excursions, projects on passengers infrastructure, the system of due rebates to exhibition visitors. The visitors were treated with confection, cheese and bread brought from Lithuania.
Representatives from Klaipeda had meetings with the executives of such cruise companies as Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Fred. Olsen Cruise Line, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruise Line, Pullmantur Cruise Line, MSC Cruise Line, P&O Line and Cunard Line. Due to improving economic situation such cruise lines as Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises and Saga Shipping are planning to renew cruise shipping to our seaport town in 2011 – 2012. Therefore we will have a possibility to see again such large cruise liners as Constellation and Century.
Representatives of Klaipeda delegation met with executives of travel agencies, cruise shipping associations and projects and representatives from international mass media. Representatives from Klaipeda Port Authority participated in the meetings and workgroups of the Cruise Europe Association (Port Authority joined this Association in 2001).
More information on Association on the website www.cruiseeurope.com
Conference
This year the majority considered issues were related with global cruise shipping development themes. The speakers presented and analyzed changes in cruise shipping, forecasts and novelties in the fields of ship construction, infrastructure development and service quality improvement. Furthermore, it has already become a tradition to analyse issues on efficient inter - collaboration among representatives of cruise business.
Cruises are becoming a sector of the global marine tourism. Evidently the development of cruises in geographical aspect still remains the most important tendency. Cruise operators are constantly searching for new regions therefore they are planning their routes to the seacoasts of Africa continent, the Near East and India region, places they called least. Cruise development perspectives are noticeable both in geographical and time aspects: cruises have started loosing more often their seasonal prevalence and are organized during the periods of certain events of ports and cultural, sport events and calendar holidays of a country. Targeted passenger groups are becoming more numerous: cruise operators are planning to organize specialised cruises for groups of young people suggesting entertainments that are interesting to this age group on board and excursions ashore.
With recovering of main cruise shipping line markets in the United States of America and Europe and increasing passenger flows cruise operators started raising service (cruise) prices that were extremely low in the period of economic crises. But the range of services provided on board is under constant development and operators suggest more and more amusing excursions and catching entertainments.
During this conference the appropriate preparedness of ports to receive larger liners and to render services to the rapidly growing passenger flows were on discussion. Experts on infrastructure projects presented the latest port terminal projects.
Following the submitted data approx. 400 cruise liners are cruising worldwide. Construction of new cruise ships is an important indicator in the development of cruise shipping. In 2009 14 cruise ships were built worldwide; in 2010 this number will reach even up to 27 ships ( preliminary data).
Regardless the drop by 4-5 percent in 2009 observed in international cruise shipping sector comparing with 2008, the Baltic Sea region could make boast of the increase by 5 percent reached in the previous year. The Baltic region with its broad diversity of history and heritage still remains attractive to an intellectual passenger and annual presentation of Klaipeda town at this exhibition ensures the dispersion of information on our region, direct relations with cruise business representatives and partners, form the image of Klaipeda as tourism attraction centre.
More information on the exhibition and conference on the official website of „Cruise Shipping Miami 2010“
http://www.cruiseshippingmiami.com/
Statistics
Following preliminary data 50 cruise liners (the number of liners is the same as it was in the previous year) will call Klaipeda Port in 2010 carrying over 45 000 thousand passengers on board (33 512 thousand passengers visited Klaip4da in 2009). This year a great number of the large liners (over 200 meters in length) – even 17 will call Klaipeda Seaport.
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