OnDeck – July 2019

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FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR, ONDECK HONOURED THE LANDMARK EVENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRUISING AND YACHTING INDUSTRY

HELD ON 28th AND 29th MAY AT THE DOMOTEL KASTRI CONFERENCE CENTRE IN ATHENS

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POSIDONIA SEA TOURISM FORUM

CREATING A NEW VISION

More than 830 participants from 21 countries and 35 exhibitors
from every facet of sea tourism framed the 5th Posidonia Sea
Tourism Forum, setting new attendance records for the biennial
Athens Confex event that is fast becoming the bellwether for the
state of the cruise and yachting sectors in the East Med and Black
Sea regions.
The Greek Ministers for Maritime Affairs and Tourism, officials
from major port destination authorities, senior decision-makers
from the world’s biggest cruise lines and representatives of
marina and yacht owners associations shaped the forum’s
agenda which comprised 20 hours of lively panel debates
and informative presentations on the stage of Domotel Kastri
Conference Centre, in Athens’ historical suburb.
“We are delighted with the positive response the Forum
has received since making its debut in the international
sea tourism agenda in 2011, and we are confident that it will
continue to steer developments in the sector for years to
come,” said Theodore Vokos, Managing Director of Posidonia
Exhibitions S.A., the event’s organiser.

Delegates, panelists and key note speakers agree that the

agenda-setting event has much to offer to sea tourism

stakeholders with commercial interests harboured in East Med

and the wider region.

Paul Britton, Manager of Marine Operations, Ports and Itinerary

Planning, at Disney Cruise Line, noted: “It was my first time at

the Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, and it was great to meet and

exchange views with old and new colleagues in a relaxed, quite

intimate and very professionally run event. I look forward to

attending again in the future.”

At the Forum, Britton announced the return of Disney Cruise

Line to Greece this summer with port calls in Piraeus, Santorini,

Mykonos and Katakolo and 12-night itineraries connecting

marquee Aegean ports with Venice and the Adriatic.

Another company strengthening its presence in the region is

MSC, which has added a fifth ship in East Med, increasing its

available capacity by 26.4%. Another ship will be deployed by MSC

in 2020 to fuel capacity by a further 25%.

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