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CLIA launches six UK city river cruise roadshow; agent friendly fact finder tool

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CLIA has announced that next year it will run its biggest ever river cruise roadshow for members, visiting six cities over a two-week period in March 2019.

The evening roadshows, free to CLIA members, will be dedicated to the river cruise industry and offer advice on trends, river cruise experiences, and sales opportunities.

Six city UK roadshow

These sessions will be combined with the opportunity to meet with river cruise operators to learn about each line’s unique selling points and latest news.

From the week commencing March 11, the CLIA river cruise roadshow will be hosted in Newcastle, Liverpool and Birmingham. The following week’s events will take place in Bristol, Oxford and Ipswich.

Cliasaurus fact finder tool for travel agents

CLIA also announced the launch of a cruise fact finder tool for its travel agent members.

Developed by Zolv, the new cruise fact finder tool has been named the ‘Cliasaurus’ and will offer a wealth of cruise facts, ranging in information from accessible cabins and types of sockets onboard to specific themes for cruises, celebrity partnerships and much more.

Harmer said: ‘The ‘Cliasaurus’ is a fantastic tool for travel agents as it will help them to answer any customer questions that may come their way quickly and easily. This fact finder tool allows agents to find the information they’re looking for with just a click of a button. It will be constantly updated adding more category searches and ship information