If you want to showcase your destination, company or product to cruise executives, destination governments, tour operators, ship agents and all facets of the industry spanning the globe from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, then the 17th Annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Conference & Trade Show in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is the place you need to be from October 25-29, 2010.
This is the event and opportunity you have been looking for, one that provides the chance to increase your cruise industry contact base with the dozens of cruise executives from the operations, purchasing, marketing and shore excursions sectors and the more than 1,000 industry partners from destinations’ ministries of tourism, tour operators, ports, ship agents and many more segments of the industry.
These are the people you want to talk to if you are looking to gain insight on what the cruise lines are looking for in terms of shore excursions, products, services and port of call, along with displaying your products and services.
This is where you can establish a clear vision that will map the road to success in your dealings with the cruise lines and the only event where the top decision makers from the 15 FCCA Member Cruise Lines come together for four entire days to share ideas, discuss industry trends and even have some fun. After all, providing events, functions and trips that will foster business and personal relationships between members and cruise executives is the FCCA’s specialty, along with offering crucial information about the industrial trends, and these events and resources are open to Platinum and Associate Members.
So don’t miss this opportunity to meet with and develop business and personal relationships with some of the cruise industry’s top executives and most powerful players within the destinations.
FCCA is a trade association composed of 15 Member Lines: AIDA Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruise Lines, Cunard Line, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America Line, MSC Cruises (USA) Inc., Norwegian Cruise Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean International and Seabourn Cruise Line. It was created in 1972 by the Member Lines operating more than 100 vessels in Florida, Caribbean and Latin American waters, in order to discuss and exchange views on issues relating to: legislation, tourism development, ports, safety, security and other cruise industry issues.
For more information on the FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show, please contact Terri Cannici at (954) 441-8881 or [email protected].
CONTACT: Terri Cannici of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association, +1-954-441-8881, [email protected]
I know that right about now Dominicans are trying to understand how best to tap into this illusive industry that have the ability to make or break economies in an instant. My research about this industry is not extensive by any means, but I have notice how some cruise companies have become stake holders of certain projects of some countries and there is some arrangement on how the locations are managed and profits shared. It seem like the cruise industries are looking for ways to add much needed revenues to shore-up for the decline caused by the recession. Now, having said that did our government approach the cruise industry on projects like the WCNT? The reason for this question is that when the cruise companies are involved they have an added incentive to make Dominica a stop, and not to mention the promotion that they can provide through thier established brand name. The other thing is that we need to have people during the negotiations to make certain that Dominica gets a fair deal. I really want to see Dominica prosper and we need to increasingly become creative and be one step ahead of the competition.