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Feature, Onboard experience

Designing interior spaces to endure life at sea

Designing interior spaces to endure life at sea
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 24 March 2023

Elly Yates-Roberts highlights a selection of cruise and ferry interiors providers that are helping brands create timeless spaces with solutions that are both budget- and environment-friendly

Elly Yates-Roberts highlights marine interiors providers creating timeless but functional spaces

Feature, Ports and Destinations

How ports are helping the cruise industry sail towards greener horizons

How ports are helping the cruise industry sail towards greener horizons
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 10 November 2022

Elly Yates-Roberts asks ports from around the world how they are becoming more sustainable

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Catalyst for creativity: sharing ideas for success

Catalyst for creativity: sharing ideas for success
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 28 July 2022

Sharing ideas can be essential for success. However, this approach to innovation is often ignored in business for fear of giving information to competitors. Elly Yates-Roberts asks My Nguyen of Holland America Group and Aida Lora of Royal Caribbean Group why this attitude is outdated and the new value of inter-organisation collaboration

My Nguyen and Aida Lora discuss the importance of inter-organisation collaboration 

Feature, Marine operations

Happy crew, happy cruise: overcoming recruitment challenges

Happy crew, happy cruise: overcoming recruitment challenges
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 14 April 2022

Elly Yates-Roberts speaks with leading passenger ship management companies and crewing agencies about the solutions to the current multi-faceted problems that ship operators are facing

Passenger ship management companies and crewing agencies reveal their solutions to current problems

Feature, Onboard experience

Reviving the refurbishment market in challenging times

Reviving the refurbishment market in challenging times
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 08 October 2020

Many interior outfitters are taking the disruption to business as an opportunity to re-evaluate their practices. CFR speaks with some of the sector’s biggest names to learn more

Interior outfitters are taking the disruption as an opportunity to re-evaluate their practices

Feature, Building and refurbishment

Material expertise for beautiful onboard spaces

Material expertise for beautiful onboard spaces
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 20 August 2020

Partnering with materials experts during interior design projects enables shipowners to create long-lasting and beautiful onboard spaces. Cruise & Ferry highlights some of the companies that can help

Cruise & Ferry highlights some of the companies that can enable shipowners to create high-quality interiors

Feature, Itinerary planning

Exceeding guest expectations with memorable experiences

Exceeding guest expectations with memorable experiences
By Elly Yates-Roberts | 26 February 2020

Senior executives from Carnival Australia and Pullmantur Cruises tell Elly Yates-Roberts how they are working to take customer satisfaction to a whole new level

Carnival Australia and Pullmantur Cruises’ executives discuss how they’re working to satisfy customers