Welcome aboard this week’s episode of ‘Our Take on Cruise’! 🌟 Join Roger Blum and Shannon McKee as they dive into updates from the world of cruising with CLIA | Cruise Lines International Association’s #Cruise360! And majestic ship inaugurations to groundbreaking industry reports, they’ve got it covered! 👑 The Sun Princess was inaugurated with Hannah Waddingham serving as the ship’s godmother. She is one of their favorites! Speaking of CLIA, they’re mentioned in three of their topics today (they’ve never had an organization come up three times in one episode)! First is last week’s Cruise360, which is the giant annual gathering of travel advisors, cruise lines, destinations and suppliers, focused on continuing education, networking and fun! Then they discuss #CLIA‘s charity of choice and #Seatrade‘s nonprofit partner, Mercy Ships and MSC Cruises generous donation to help them build another purpose built hospital ship to provide medical care, life changing surgeries and training to underserved areas of the world. All medical and vessel personal are volunteers, so if you’d like to learn more – https://lnkd.in/giP_w7sH Finally, CLIA just released their latest State of the Cruise Industry Report (https://lnkd.in/gv82WePd). There’s so much valuable information, not just about the growth of the cruise industry, but where this growth is coming from – geographically and demographically. Sustainability is a major focus, but they were most interested to see that overall, 27% of cruise guests last year were 1st time cruisers. Watch to learn Bob Dickinson, former President of Carnival Cruise Line’s previous analogy. 🎥 Don’t forget to subscribe to their YouTube Channel and join them as they navigate through these cruise waters. Your support helps them keep it going, and they’re so grateful for their growing community! https://lnkd.in/e7iRJT_Q Thanks for tuning in, and they’ll catch you next week with more cruise news from ‘Our Take on Cruise’! 🌊 #CruiseNews #SunPrincess #CLIA #Cruising #OurTakeOnCruise #cruiseindustryexperts #cruiseindustryprofessionals #cruise #wearecruise