| Safety a strong selling tool

CLIA chief executive Christine Duffy has
urged agents to highlight the cruise industry’s
ongoing commitment to safety as a way to
reach out to potential first-time cruisers.
Duffy said that despite a couple of incidents
in the last year that made international news
headlines, more than 21 million people
worldwide were forecasted to take a cruise in
the 2013 calendar year.
“That’s more that the population of New York
City, Los Angeles & Miami combined,” she said.