Cruise Meetings are Back in Vogue
Cruise lines are geared up for the summer months and eager to host corporate meetings. They have made their cruises more attractive offering shorter trips, lowered group prices, and increased incentives. Due to the increase in demand from the corporate sector as well as leisure travelers, cruise lines are adding more ships with state of the art meeting spaces and technology to meet the demand.
The good news is that there are more meeting spaces on board cruise ships than ever before but the down side is that careful planned is required to gain a space. Advanced planning is mandatory, so create your itinerary well ahead of time to get the best value for your planning dollar. The cost of a short cruise meeting is now almost the same as the same period spent at an upscale resort, or sometimes even less. Holland America reports that corporate incentive spending is on the rise. Many companies are eager to book seven-day incentive or meeting cruises, mostly to Mexico and the Caribbean. Royal Caribbean has not only added more ships with meeting space, they have made a concerted effort to upgrade the technology demanded by today’s meetings on their older vessels. Whether a cruise is an incentive, meeting place, or leisure activity, the value is better than ever before.
