Saturday, May 7, 2011

Cruise industry convention returns to Miami Beach - South Florida Business Journal:

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The annual event, formerly known and the , marks its 25th A conference for cruise industry leaderz will run simultaneously with a tradse show featuringabout 1,000 exhibitorsw from 109 countries, spokesman Buck Banks said. “We expectf to see about 11,000 people come through the doora over the course of thefour days,” he This year, the show will take up four largee rooms at the convention center, up from three last year, Banks said. Exhibitores will sell all manner of goods for use in the hesaid – from curtains to towelzs to casino equipment. “It’s everything you can from the top of the smokestack to the bottom of the Banks noted.
Top cruis industry executives are scheduled to speak Tuesdaty morning ata “state of the seminar. Those executives include Gerald R. Cahill, president and CEO of ; Adam M. president and CEO of ; Daniel J. president and CEO of and ; Stei n Kruse, president and CEO of ; and Kevibn Sheehan, CEO of The convention is workint with 19 hotels this year tohouse attendees, but show organizerw did not immediately know how many guestse have booked rooms. Though the show is not well knowh by thegeneral public, it has significant economic implicationd for the area, said William president and CEO of the .
In about 720,000 of Miami-Dade County’s nearly 12 million overnight hotel visitors came because of thecruise industry, he The Miami Cruise Shipping event is “a majo r meeting in this community,” Talbert said. “It’s natural becauses Miami is the cruise capital ofthe world.” For more information on the event, clickl .

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