Europe’s cruise business solution
Over 3000 participants from 74 countries attended Seatrade Europe in 2009 and the numbers for 2011 are set to rise as Europe takes the lead in cruise market growth.The show returns to Hamburg for its 5th edition in September 2011 and remains the only industry event that encompasses rivercruise as well as ocean cruising.
| Cruise Deployment of more ships and the sourcing of more passengers from the region have seen European growth steam ahead as North America slows - the total number of Europeans cruising has trebled to nearly 5 million in just 10 years. |
| Rivercruise The European rivercruise network represents over half of the global market. More than a dozen new ships have been built in the past two years to sail on European rivers and there are more newbuilds planned as the sector continues to boom. |
