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Huge roll up of ships heading for Australia in 2023-24

‘Australia will welcome 70 cruise ships over the 2023-24 season, which is well above the 60 or so scheduled to visit in 2019-20,’ Cruise Lines International Association MD Australasia Joel Katz told delegates at Cruise360 in Brisbane on Thursday.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

September 7, 2023

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‘Together these ships will spend a total of 1,848 port days in Australia — 18% more than in 2019-20 — resulting in billions of dollars in passenger spending in communities around the Australian coast,’ Katz said.

New arrivals

He said newcomers to the Australian cruise scene will be Virgin Voyages, Disney Cruise Line and Scenic.

‘This year will offer more variety and choice than ever before, making 2023-24 one of the most exciting cruise seasons in recent memory,’ Katz said.

Bigger and better

CLIA Australasia chair, Norwegian Cruise Lines APAC chief Ben Angell, said ‘cruising is back and back bigger and better than ever.’

Angell told delegates the following CLIA lines will operate in Australian waters over the coming (southern) summer season: Azamara, Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Coral Expeditions, Crystal, Cunard, Disney, Heritage Expeditions, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia, Ponant, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Scenic Luxury Cruises, Seabourn, Silversea, Virgin, Windstar Cruises, APT Travel Group, as well as AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Hapag-Lloyd, nicko cruises and P&O UK.

 

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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