Last weekend’s Cruise Expo in Sydney was the culmination of a highly successful series of events hosted by Flight Centre around the country. The entire Australian cruise industry probably needed a bit of a lie-down on Sunday, with a huge roll-up at the event in Darling Harbour. Cruise Weekly popped...
Last weekend’s Cruise
Expo in Sydney was
the culmination of a
highly successful series
of events hosted by
Flight Centre around
the country.
The entire Australian cruise
industry probably needed a bit
of a lie-down on Sunday, with
a huge roll-up at the event in
Darling Harbour.
Cruise Weekly popped
in to see what was happening, and we
were overwhelmed at the huge number of
consumers in attendance – many of whom
appeared to have firm plans for future cruise
holidays, and some eagerly booking.
Participants, which included just about every
cruise brand sold in Australia, appeared to be
quickly running out of brochures, and several
commented on the huge response which was
exceptionally impressive.
The expos, which also took place earlier
this month in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane
and Perth, featured exhibitors including
APT/Travelmarvel, Avalon Waterways,
Bentours, Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity
Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises, Costa Cruises,
Cruise Office, Discover the World Cruising,
eWaterways, Holland America Line and
Seabourn.
MSC Cruises, P&O, Ponant and Princess
were also in attendance, alongside Rocky
Mountaineer, Royal Caribbean, Scenic Tours,
Star Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line.
There was also Tauck River Cruising, Territory
Discoveries, Viking River Cruises and Uniworld
Boutique River Cruises – naturally along with
Infinity Cruise and many consultants from
Flight Centre, Escape Travel, Student Flights
and Cruiseabout outlets.
Pictured above are Cruiseabout’s Cassie
Liebinger, Kathy Clifford and Rosemary
Preston, proudly wearing their special t-shirts.
CW took lots of photos at the event, which
are now available for viewing on the Travel
Daily page at www.facebook.com/traveldaily.
