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River Cruising takes the stage in Cruise Month

12 October 2026

Cruise Month turns the spotlight on river cruising this week, highlighting the increasingly diverse choice of travel options along the world's great inland waterways. CLIA has launched the second of its weekly themes for its October Cruise Month initiative, celebrating river cruising and its rise as one of the most rewarding ways to travel.

Nominations open for 24th Annual CLIA Awards

12 October 2026

The countdown to the cruise industry's biggest night of celebration has begun, with CLIA today opening nominations for the 24th Annual Cruise Industry Awards for Australasia. From now until Friday 20 November 2026, CLIA members will be able to nominate themselves or their peers for the most prestigious awards available to cruise specialist travel advisors in Australia and New Zealand.

New fleet of 89 modern ships heralds a bright future for Ocean Cruising

6 October 2026

CLIA has launched Ocean Week, the first phase of its 2026 Cruise Month campaign, shining a spotlight on ocean holidays as the summer cruising season approaches. This week's campaign theme will highlight the growing range of opportunities available through Ocean Cruising, appearing across social media channels, travel pages, and the initiatives of Australasian travel agents.

Cruise Month arrives to celebrate all things cruise

1 October 2026

Cruise Month has returned, celebrating the growing variety of cruise holidays available to travellers through a four-week campaign launched today by CLIA. Under the banner #LoveCruise, the month-long initiative is designed to help build excitement around the summer cruise season through a program of social media activity, digital advertising, education opportunities, promotions and new resources for travel advisors.

Cruise Month video guide explains how to get involved

29 September 2026

CLIA has created a new Video Guide to introduce Cruise Month, outlining how travel advisor members can get involved and make the most of October's campaign. The video provides a short, practical walkthrough hosted by CLIA Marketing Executive Ashleigh Marshall. It covers key themes and dates, the marketing resources available in CLIA's Cruise Month Toolkit, and key elements of Cruise Month including its travel agent competitions and webinars.

Cruise Month offers expanded webinar series for CLIA travel advisors

28 September 2026

CLIA is ready to launch its 2026 Cruise Month campaign, including its biggest-ever program of webinars for travel advisor members. Almost 40 individual webinars will be offered throughout October, each aligned with Cruise Month's four weekly themes - Ocean Cruising (4-10 October), River Cruising (11-17 October), Expedition Cruising (18-24 October) and Luxury Cruising (25-31 October).

Cruise360 Australasia returns to Brisbane in 2027

18 September 2026

Australasia's biggest cruise industry event will return to Brisbane next year, bringing together hundreds of CLIA members for Cruise360 Australasia 2027. At the end of the 2026 conference in Sydney today, CLIA Executive Director in Australasia Joel Katz confirmed the Queensland capital would host Cruise360 Australasia for a third time.

Hundreds gather for expanded Cruise360 Australasia

14 September 2026

Australasia's biggest cruise industry event opens in Sydney this week, with hundreds of CLIA members gathering from across the region for the 2026 Cruise360 Australasia conference. As CLIA's first expanded two-day conference held in Sydney, this year's event has been designed to help travel advisors capitalise on the trends and opportunities of a growing international cruise sector, under the theme Future Ready. Client Ready. Cruise Ready.

National focus needed to revive Australia's cruise economy

3 September 2026

Australia needs to adopt an urgent national approach to developing cruise tourism to reverse the country's declining competitiveness and protect the 22,000 Australian jobs that rely on international cruising, CLIA Global President & CEO Bud Darr has said. During a visit for the Australian Cruise Association conference in Brisbane, Mr Darr warned that the economic benefits of cruise tourism were in decline in Australia, despite strong growth internationally and record levels of demand in the local market.

CLIA releases 2026 program for Cruise360 Australasia

19 August 2026

CLIA has released its full program for this year's Cruise360 Australasia conference, seizing on the trends and opportunities of a growing international cruise sector under the theme "Future Ready. Client Ready. Cruise Ready."

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