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Cruise: CLIA, Everglades

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New data released by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) show that the North American cruise industry continued to expand in 2013, generating employment, income and other economic benefits throughout the U.S. economy. Port Everglades will kick off its 2014-2015 winter cruise season by hosting the traditional naming ceremony for Princess Cruises’ Regal Princess, welcoming Resorts Worlds' Bimini SuperFast day cruise, and celebrating the grand opening of its completely renovated Cruise Terminal 4. 

U.S. Cruise Industry Saw Continued Growth, Economic Contributions in 2013

New data released by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) show that the North American cruise industry continued to expand in 2013, generating employment, income, and other economic benefits throughout the U.S. economy.

"Taking a cruise is hands-down one of the best vacation values available today for consumers," said Christine Duffy, CLIA president and CEO. "This study shows the cruise industry is also an important economic contributor, supporting businesses and jobs across America, from travel agents who help their clients select from a diverse array of exciting cruise choices, to the businesses in every state that provide products and services to cruise lines."

CLIA notes that from 2003 to 2013, demand for cruising worldwide increased 77 percent, from 12 million to 21.3 million passengers. Globally, cruise industry expenditures generated $117 billion in total output, requiring 891,009 full-time equivalent employees who earned $38.47 billion in income.

The independent report commissioned by CLIA, The Contribution of the North American Cruise Industry to the U.S. Economy in 2013, found that:
  • Total contributions of the cruise industry to the U.S. economy in 2013 reached a record $44.1 billion.
  • The cruise industry supported 363,133 U.S. jobs, in every state, paying wages of $18.3 billion.
  • Nearly 10 million cruise passengers embarked at U.S. ports, representing 57 percent of the North American cruise industry’s global embarkations.
  • U.S.-based direct spending by cruise lines, passengers and crew totaled $20.1 billion, nearly double expenditures made in 2000.
  • Nearly 70 percent of the cruise industry’s non-wage expenditures were made with U.S.-based businesses.
The study found positive impacts of the cruise industry in every state, ranging from 3,227 jobs and $138 million in direct purchases in Missouri to more than 140,400 jobs and more than $7.3 billion in direct purchases in Florida.

The top 10 U.S. cruise ports accounted for 86 percent of embarkations. Florida remains the center of cruising in the United States, with its five cruise ports accounting for nearly 62 percent of all U.S. embarkations in 2013. California, Texas, and New York each had more than 600,000 embarkations.

Click here for an executive summary, infographic and the full U.S. study, with data for every state and here for the global cruise industry economic impact report.

Port Everglades Celebrates 2014-2015 Cruise Season with New Terminal, New Day Cruise and Regal Princess Naming

Port Everglades will kick off its 2014-2015 winter cruise season by hosting the traditional naming ceremony for Princess Cruises’ Regal Princess, welcoming Resorts Worlds' Bimini SuperFast day cruise, and celebrating the grand opening of its completely renovated Cruise Terminal 4.

Princess Cruises’ Ocean Princess and Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Conquest also will make their first-time calls at Port Everglades this winter, with Carnival Conquest continuing to sail year-round through the summer. A total of five ships will embark on world and grand cruises from Port Everglades this year. In total, Port Everglades anticipates 3.9 million cruise passenger moves (embark, debark and in-transit) aboard 42 different cruise ships during the 2014-2015 season.

"We look forward to a busy cruise season again this year, especially once our newly renovated Cruise Terminal 4 opens and our guests experience improved access and a much more efficient transportation flow," said Port Everglades Chief Executive & Port Director Steven Cernak, PPM®.

Princess Cruises will officially name its newest cruise ship, Regal Princess, at Port Everglades on November 5, making this the seventh Princess ship to be named at Port Everglades. The 3,560-guest sister ship to the Royal Princess began sailing her inaugural season in the Mediterranean in May, but Princess Cruises elected to postpone the official naming ceremony until Regal Princess reached her North American homeport in Fort Lauderdale. Regal Princess will sail from Port Everglades on seven-day cruises to the Eastern Caribbean from Nov. 9, 2014 through April 25, 2015.
Regal Princess will be officially named during a special ceremony at Port Everglades in early November.
Photo/Princess Cruises

Resorts World's Bimini SuperFast will begin sailing year-round from Port Everglades’ Cruise Terminal 21 to Bimini every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday beginning Oct. 14. The 1,500-passenger ship features 180 cabins, six restaurants and bars, casino and onboard activities during its 2-3 hour journey.

Bimini SuperFast will offer sailings three days a week to Bimini.
Photo/Resort World

In early December, Port Everglades will open its newly renovated $24 million Cruise Terminal 4, which was completely gutted and renovated with a revamped transportation area, 172 surface parking spaces, improved lighting and acoustics, high-efficiency air conditioning system, 50 check-in counters and two new passenger loading bridges to expedite the embark and debark process. Port Everglades will apply for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for the terminal due to the scheduled energy-efficient terminal improvements.


 The completely renovated, energy-efficient Cruise Terminal 4 will be ready to welcome cruise guests for the 2014-2015 cruise season.
Photo/Port Everglades

 

 

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