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Juggling Commodities: The Procurement Manager's Balancing Act With multiple suppliers providing up to 7,000 items each, procurement managers have to keep many balls in the air. Selwyn Parker talks to Seabourn's Ron Brandeberry about the balancing act...
An Enviable Position: CLIA's New President and CEO Christine Duffy is the new president and chief executive officer of the Cruise Lines International Association. Succeeding Terry Dale in February 2011, she is now heads up the international...
Delivered to Different Destinations In well-developed destinations, getting supplies onboard liners is not a problem. In regions of the world less accustomed to handling cruise traffic, it can be a challenge. Richard Paulsen...
Reasons to be Cheerful MSC Cruises is in the midst of an ambitious expansion and in July it finalised the order of MSC Fantastica. This is the Italian operator's new Fantasia-class cruise ship and the 12th in its...
The Big Fuel Switch A directive to use low-sulphur fuel while docked was a long time coming. Now operators are getting to see what it means in practice. Orla O'Sullivan...
Cruise's Magic Profit Potion The elixir of giving passengers more for less and still turning a profit is proving elusive. Selwyn Parker...
The LNG Alternative Most approaches to cutting CO2 emissions have focused on reducing consumption and achieving efficiency gains. However, alternative fuel could have a role to play....
Onboard IT Creates New Waves Cruise lines are using increasingly sophisticated IT systems throughout every aspect of their business. Andrea Ashfield asks Emilio La Scala, general manager of MSC Cruises' technical...
Sailing Towards Market Growth Having weathered the worst of the economic storms of the last 18 months, the cruise industry is focusing on growth and new opportunities. Orla O’Sullivan talks to CLIA’s Terry Dale and...
Moving Beyond the Downturn How is the cruise sector emerging from the worst downturn for generations? Industry insiders David Dingle, Michael Bayley, Pierfrancesco Vago and Carolyn Spencer Brown share with World...
