Our Summer meeting scheduled for 24 June in Portsmouth is postponed until 2021.

New for this year will be a series of opportunities to get-together in the virtual world.
Beginning shortly, members will be invited to participate in small-group online video meetings that will bring together a cross-section of members to discuss current best practice, challenges and how to prepare for the return of the cruise industry. It is hoped that a cruise line colleague will be able to join each session to discuss the wider industry view.

VisitBritain update on government support and advice for businesses
British Ports Association Coronavirus Information Hub

Within Members’ Area of Cruise Britain website:
Current list of cruise operation resumption dates
Updated cruise line contact list
GP Wild report on Beyond Coronavirus    (Content notes available in Members’ Area)
Password required: Crui5eBrita!n

Plus, a call out to you all to share thoughts and preparations as dates for resumption of cruise operations draw closer (as they will, in the words of Her Majesty The Queen, ‘better days will return… we will meet again’)

Our now traditional annual industry event with cruise lines from across the UK and Europe will take place on 25th November. This is a change from the previously announced date of 2nd December; the International Cruise Summit (Madrid) is scheduled to take place in the first week in December and so the Steering Group have made the decision to bring our event forward by a week.

As a note for diaries, it is likely that the event will start in the morning to allow a members’ meeting to take place prior to the afternoon agenda.

As many of you know, Seatrade Cruise Global 2020 will not now go ahead but the industry looks forward to reconvening in Miami in 2021. Floor space and stands are being rolled forward and exhibitors being communicated with separately.

Meanwhile, Seatrade Med (Malaga 16 -17 Sept) is still very much in place and Cruise Britain has stand space on hold – please get in touch if you require information about exhibiting options.

Not something that there is always time for but now… if you would like to refresh your page on the Cruise Britain website so that it’s totally up-to-date for when the industry can resume business, then take a moment to feed through your changes.

More on this soon.

If you have news or developments that will be up-and-running for that moment when restrictions begin to be lifted and life starts to show the green shoots of recovery, then please keep Cruise Britain in the loop. We want to be able to talk about it with you and with the industry when the time is right.