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Cruise360 Australasia cancelled for second year in a rowCruise360 Australasia cancelled for second year in a row

Cruise Lines International Association Australasia’s Cruise360, scheduled for Sydney on August 27, has been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

July 14, 2021

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Sydney has been in lockdown since June 26 and there is no end in sight.

Current uncertainty

‘Current uncertainty around restrictions in Sydney is likely to continue and will prevent our industry from convening in person,’ association MD Joel Katz said.

Online forum

‘Despite the difficult circumstances, we are still focused on the critical issues affecting our industry and will bring our wider cruise community together in an online forum.’ Katz said.

He said several key elements of Cruise360 Australasia will be offered online on August 27, while the full conference programme will return at a future date.

Further details will be announced soon.

Ticket holders will be contacted directly and offered an automatic transfer to the future event or a refund.

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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