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MedCruise, la asociación de los
MedCruise, the association of
puertos del Mediterráneo, celebró
Mediterranean ports, celebrated its
su 47ª Asamblea General en Olbia,
47th General Assembly in Olbia,
Cerdeña, del 14 al 17 de octubre de
Sardinia from 14-17 October
2015, representantes de los puertos y
2015, representatives of ports and
destinos de la asociación tuvieron la
destinations of the association had the
oportunidad de debatir sobre el futuro opportunity to discuss about the future
de la industria de cruceros en la región.
of the cruise industry in the region.
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47th MEDCRUISE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MedCruise, the organisation that promotes the Mediterranean as
cruise destination, celebrate its 47th General Assembly in Olbia,
Sardinia from 14-17 October 2015
The MedCruise General Assembly, and related activities were
followed by 120 participants, including 10 cruise lines representatives that enjoyed a series of
discussions and three sessions of
B2B meetings advancing business
and more calls in the future.
The prelude of the event was the
Mediterranean regional meeting
of the pan-European dialogue between cruise lines, port, and destination stakeholders, that was
organized by the European Commission at the eve of the MedCruise General Assembly.
Several issues were addressed
during the three days agenda fo4
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Esteemed guests - Cruise Line representatives
Esteemed guests
Cruise Line representatives
Kyriakos (Kerry) Anastassiadis
CEO
Celestyal Cruises
Kyriakos (Kerry) Anastassiadis is the CEO of Celestyal Cruises and also a member of the Executive Committee of CLIA (Cruise
Lines International Association) Europe. Prior to joining Celestyal Cruises, Kerry distinguished himself as General Manager,
CEO and President at renowned corporations such as The Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, Polaroid and Aujan Industries.
With Greek and English being his mother tongues, Mr. Anastassiadis is also fluent in French, Italian and Portuguese. Born in the
Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in Southern Africa, Kerry studied Commerce at the University of Witwatersrand and
obtained a postgraduate title in Market Research and Advertising.
Esteemed
guests
Esteemed
guests
Cruise
Line representatives
Cruise Line representatives
Federico
KyriakosBartoli
(Kerry) Anastassiadis
Head
CEO of Itinerary Planning
Kyriakos
Costa
Crociere
Celestyal
Cruises(Kerry) Anastassiadis
CEO
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Windstar
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Groothuis
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Princess
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Windstar
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Bruce
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cused not only in Mediterranean
Ports but also in external factors
that influence its development.
China is the hot topic, because
almost all cruise lines have announced the deployment of ships
in that region.
Royal Caribbean’s Dustin Nason,
director worldwide port operations, said that Asia and Caribbean are the biggest external competitors. ‘In China yields are high
and with the middle class population reaching 350 million in
2016, these factors will influence
deployment decisions,’ he said.
But Nason also noted that if
yields improve in the Caribbean
then Mediterranean could have
more seasonal ships in the summer, because it’s easy to reposition ships between the Caribbean
and the Med than it is to redeploy ships from Asia back to Europe.
Mediterranean is the second
most popular cruising area in the
world, with an 18,6% share of
the market compared to the Caribbean’s 37,6%, and it scoring 8
out of 10 in the Royal Caribbean
brands. MedCruise president Carla Salvado said there was cause
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for optimism in Mediterranean
cruising. “Despite some decline in
traffic the last year, we have experienced long-term growth in
the Med and we need to sustain
it,” she said.
Salvado told the assembly that
MedCruise was working with
CLIA Europe to reverse low levels
of penetration in key source markets. CLIA Europe secretary general Raphael von Heereman said
travel agents had an important
role to play in this process, because until now, 70% of cruise
passengers in Europe have booked
through travel agents, and he believe this won’t change soon.
“Better trained travel agents lead
to more informed consumers and
thus more bookings and more
cruises taken.” he said. CLIA Europe and MedCruise are in the
process of launching a joint venture by setting up an online training tool to educate and certify
travel agents. CLIA Europe and
MedCruise are in the process of
launching a joint venture by setting up an online training tool to
educate and certify travel agents.
Kerry Anastassiades of Celestyal
Cruises said that Turkey, with 80
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47th MedCruise General Assembly
GA Venue: Archaeological Museum of Olbia
Programme
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
08:30 - 19:00
Airport Transfers | Hotel Check-in
08:30 - 19:00
Delegate Registration
10:00 - 12:00
MedCruise Board of Directors meeting
12:00 - 13:00
Press Conference
19:00 - 20:30
Opening by Local Authorities (venue: Archaeological Museum of Olbia)
20:30
Welcome Cocktail (venue: Archaeological Museum of Olbia)
Thursday, 15 October 2015
08:30 - 19:00
Delegate Registration
09:00 - 11:00
General Assembly | Internal matters (for MedCruise members only)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00
Promoting the Med in New Markets: China
Moderators: Figen Ayan (Istanbul), Maria Cano (Palamόs)
Key interventions: Chinese Friendly International
 Kurt Grötsch, CEO
 Manu Sanchez Monasterio, e-Marketing Strategies Director
13:00 - 13:30
Update on the Pan-European Dialogue
Moderators:
 Stavros Hatzakos (Honorary President of MedCruise, President of European
Cruise and Ferry Port Network - ECFPN)
 Malcolm Morini (Civitavecchia)
Key interventions:
 Thomas Strasser, DG MARE
 Donatella Soria, DG GROW
13:30 - 14:45
Lunch
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Reaching the Travel Agents: CLIA Europe/MedCruise Project
Moderator: Ana Lourenco (Lisbon)
Key intervention: Raphael von Heereman, CLIA Europe Secretary General
15:15 - 16:45
State of the cruise and cruise port industries in the Med:
The Cruise Lines Perspectives
Moderator: Carla Salvadό, MedCruise President
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Kerry Anastassiades, Celestyal Cruises
Sander Groothuis, Windstar Cruises
Bruce Krumrine, Princess Cruises
Dustin Nason, Royal Caribbean
Michel Nestour, Carnival Corporation
Luigi Pastena, MSC Cruises
16:45 - 17:00
Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:30
Business to Business (B2B) Meetings
20:30
Gala Dinner (Pedrinelli Restaurant – Porto Cervo)
Friday, 16 October 2015
08:30 - 13:30
Delegate Registration
09:00 - 11:00
Business to Business (B2B) Meetings
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00
Interactive Workshops with Cruise Line Executives (Hotel President)
Workshop I
Managing Activities in the Port
Resolving issues related to the several activities linked with a cruise call and/or those
related to the presence of non-cruise activities at the very same time.
Moderating BoD members:
Figen Ayan (Istanbul), Elvira Leshchynska (Odessa), Marijan Petkovic (Sibenik)
Interacting with MedCruise members:
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Workshop II
Dustin Nason, Royal Caribbean
Sander Groothuis, Windstar Cruises
Luigi Pastena, MSC Cruises
Marcus Puttich, TUI Cruises
Relations with Other Actors
Smoothing the involvement of port agents, travel agents, and all other third parties in
cruise operations.
Moderating BoD members:
Bojan Babic (Koper), Giampiero Costagli (Portoferraio), Anne-Sophie Peyran (French
Riviera)
Interacting with MedCruise members:
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Michel Nestour, Carnival Corporation
Bruce Krumrine, Princess Cruises
Adam Sharp, Royal Caribbean
Javier Rodriguez Sanchez, Pullmantur
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Workshop III
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Policies and Practices to Promote Cruising
Being part of an itinerary – how to show the uniqueness of the port/destination.
Moderating BoD members:
Maria Cano (Palamόs), Airam Diaz Pastor (Tenerife Ports), Ana Lourenco (Lisbon)
Interacting with MedCruise members:
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Kerry Anastassiadis, Celestyal Cruises
Federico Bartoli, Costa Crociere
Michael Pawlus, Azamara Club Cruises
In plenary session: Discussing Workshop Conclusions
Moderator: Kristijan Pavic, MedCruise Vice President
Rapporteurs: MedCruise BoD members
Comments:
 Federico Bartoli, Costa Crociere
 Michael Pawlus, Azamara Club Cruises
 Marcus Puttich, TUI Cruises
 Javier Rodriguez Sanchez, Pullmantur
 Adam Sharp, Royal Caribbean
Key intervention: Marco Mezzano, North Sardinia Port Authority
14:00 - 15:30
Lunch
15:30 - 17:00
Business to Business (B2B) Meetings
20:00
Farewell Dinner (Tanit Vineyard)
Saturday, 17 October 2015
08:30 - 09:00
Technical visit: Port of Olbia
10:30 - 17:00
Technical visit: Shore Excursion (Porto Torres and Alghero)
19:00
Evening free
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Hotel Check-out | Airport Transfers
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million populations, held great
potential for cruise growth in the
region. He said promotion was
another big issue ports should
address. “How can you as ports
help the cruise industry grow in
terms of bringing more people?
You need to start collaborating
and clustering, working with itinerary planners.” And he asked
ports, ‘How much money do you
spend on telling the consumer
how good cruising is?’
Turning to port infrastructure,
Michel Nestour, Carnival Corp &
plc vp global port and destination
development Euromed, showed
delegates images from the newly
opened Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic, a port that was
built from scratch inside five
years.
‘Ships have evolved over the past
35 years, so ports also need to
evolve,’ he said but lamented
that this type of infrastructure is
happening in the Caribbean and
in Asia but not in Europe yet. The 47th General Assembly is
well designed for networking.
Several work shop sessions took
place as well as B2B meetings between cruise lines, members and
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international press representatives.
Is fair to mention that the Assembly was complemented by
excursions specially oriented to
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the cruise line executives and
members of the press who enjoyed the local gastronomy and
excellent wines from local wineries.
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