And the winner is Fremantle! See you in WA in 2025 for the 27th Annual Conference and AGM. #aca2025

Australia is moving toward a more sustainable supply chain as the cruise lines look to source more local product supporting farmers, producers, winemakers etc. Great panel sharing fun facts like 60kg of Tassie salmon and 1Mkg of Aussie potatoes purchased each year by Carnival.

Leigh Howard, Tourism Fiji had the audience at Bula! He shared the incredible success story that is the cruise journey in Fiji. Now running annual Cruise get togethers, the country is exploring the next opportunity including fly/drive and expedition cruising through the islands

Brilliant afternoon “fireside chat” between Mike Mihajlov, Carnival Australia and Mark Koolmatrie, KOOL tours from KI. We heard Mark tell the story of building Indigenous tourism and how that benefits community. “Our people see KI as the Island of life.” #aca2024

Fascinating, In-depth discussion on policies & procedures around the cruise sector. An insight into the critically important work behind the scenes around health, port regulations, costs, border modernisation for example to collaborate around continued sector growth#aca2024

Powerhouse panel discusses importance of cruise lines working closely with destinations to provide amazing experiences. All looking at more accessible and sustainable options. Australia ranked highly as a result of diverse offerings onshore. Meeting the locals a high priority#aca

Jill Abel, CEO of ACA tells the media that SA always rolls out the red carpet for cruise lines and ships go where people are welcoming. Consumer demand for cruise is the highest it’s ever been, Aussies love their right to travel #aca2024 #cruise

“We want passengers off the ship and into the community”- opportunities to showcase destination diversity/immersion. Jill Abel discusses importance of groundhandlers, cruise lines and communities working together to offer successful shorex and strong pre and post experiences#aca

#aca2024 State of the Industry panel shares fascinating insights - cruise lines “moving chess pieces” to respond to geopolitical challenges while also noting Australia being perceived as a safe destination. Other opportunities being addressed-sustainability, port infrastructure

Dominic Mehling Tourism Australia shares tourism growth numbers at #aca2024. Opportunity is inbound with 12/15 key markets already showing growth. Two years ago launched Aussie Cruise Specialist agent program. TA continues to look for opps to integrate cruise into all they do

Phil Holliday, Chair ACA discusses opportunities and challenges ahead for cruise. Key focus on working with industry/government around the Coastal Trading Act as well as sustainability initiatives such as alternate fuels and ship to shore power to reach net zero by 2050.#aca2024

SA Tourism Minister Bettison officially welcomed a record 156 attendees to Adelaide, host of the 26th ACA conference. The SA cruise sector is worth $215m (2022/2023) up 48% from pre pandemic numbers. She announced a new SA Cruise Attraction Working Committee to progress growth.

Great panel discussion at #Travel24 about the future of ocean cruising. Sustainability a key focus. Also interesting chat re cruise as a key driver of regional onshore dispersal and importance of understanding the overall economic value of cruise to communities.

And the winner is …. Adelaide. Announced as the host destination for the 2024 conference. Sept 4-6 - mark your calendars

“We couldn’t do this without partnerships with all the cruise lines that are here today. This is a phased journey for us to take together “ John McKenna discussing Shore Power for Sydney during today’s Building for the Future panel session.

Over 75% of travellers are committed to sustainability according to the Global Tourism Demand Report from ⁦@TourismAUST⁩. This skews even higher for those travellers with an interest in cruise

Andrew McKinnon announced to all attendees at our conference this morning that South Australia has announced they have repealed the COVID guidelines in line with the announcement by the NSW State Government earlier this week

Deloitte Tourism Economics figures show that cruise has bounced back faster than tourism and intentions remain upbeat. While Australians are travelling overseas, we are also travelling domestically with cruise passengers getting younger. Average age is now 46 says CLIA

Ben Angell, chair CLIA Australasia cites good news for the cruise industry - by end of 2022, Australia was at 90% of where the numbers were at the same time in 2019. 70 ships to call this season with 1048 port days. #ACA2023 ⁦@CLIAAustralasia⁩ ⁦@CruiseNorwegian⁩

Phil Holliday, ACA chair and CEO, Port Authority of NSW has opened our 25th annual conference citing NSW as “Australia’s Cruise Capital” generating a substantial share of the $5B cruise industry. He also reinforced the urgent need for a third terminal for Sydney. #ACA2023#cruise