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Australian Cruise Association’s 2021 conference cancelled

The Australian Cruise Association’s 2021 annual general meeting and conference that was to have been held in Townsville in November has been cancelled due to ongoing state border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

September 30, 2021

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Originally slated for September 8-10, the conference was moved to November 10-12.

Virtual meeting November 12

There will now be a virtual annual general meeting on November 12 and the 2022 annual conference is set for September 7-9 at The Ville Resort-Casino in Townsville.

‘We were hopeful that the border openings would be further advanced to allow us to meet the November dates, but we are not confident that will now be the case,’ ACA CEO Jill Abel said.

Cruise-ready workshops

‘We are looking at holding a series of cruise-ready workshops in the early part of next year,’ Abel said.

‘We are increasingly confident that domestic cruising will start to build by that time and it will give us the opportunity to re-connect with our members.'

About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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