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Close to 850 people, including about 55 New Zealand travel agents, in Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) Australasia’s Cruise 360 event in Sydney late last week.

• Gavin Smith, Royal Carribean; Jessica Jones, Celebrity Cruises
• At the Cruise360 welcome function in Dolton House… Bonnie Turner, Princess Cruises; Kylie Crouch, First Travel Group; Kirsty Jensen, Our Cruise
• Hayley Thompson, YOU Travel Manly; Kate Tawhai, Travel Expert Ltd
• Gillian Seller, Explora Journeys (centre); with Richard and Clare Fletcher, both Fletcher Travel Group at the Cruise 360 trade show
• Andrea Robinson, Disney Cruises; Hayley Thompson, YOU Travel Manly; Hemal Jani, Beyond Holidays; Steph Johnson, Disney Cruises
• Andrea Robinson, Disney Cruises; Hayley Thompson, YOU Travel Manly; Hemal Jani, Beyond Holidays; Steph Johnson, Disney Cruises
• Monett Johnston, YOU Travel Whitianga; Alice Ager, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises; Julia Miles-Cassin, Cruise World at the Cruise360 trade show in Sydney on Friday

Workforce issues across a number of areas, including in the travel agency community, are the biggest challenges facing the cruise sector right now, according to panellists at the Cruise 360 conference in Sydney.

Steve Odell, senior vice-president and managing director, Asia Pacific of Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises, says some of his biggest concerns are around the distribution channel.

Travel advisors should not be afraid to throw crazy ideas at their past clients and give them a nudge to travel again of they are hesitant, delegates at the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA’s) Cruise 360 conference in Sydney recently were told.

Travel agents have been urged to embrace ‘shared story telling’ as a key part of their marketing on social media.