The assembly of MedCruise has taken to the way this afternoon to Olbia 47ma



The shareholders' meeting of MedCruise, the association of the Mediterranean crocieristici ports founded to Rome in 1996 and become in little years has opened itself this afternoon to the archaeological Museum of Olbia 47ma point of reference for operators of the world-wide field of the cruises. To the event, that it is accommodated by the Harbour Authority of the Sardinia North and saturday will be concluded, they participate beyond hundreds delegated of the ports of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea and close Atlantic, 30 tour operator and general agents, ten representatives of as many crocieristiche companies, five journalists of prints international and is the 20 represented nations.

"47ma the Assembly of MedCruise - it has emphasized the extraordinary commissioner of the Harbour Authority of the Sardinia North, Pietro Preziosi - is an event unprecedented for the Sardinia North and all the Country. At a distance seven-year-old the association returns in Italy host, after for the first time a lot of time, of a Harbour Authority. Al beyond the incredible return of image that will have this island and, particularly ours three ports of competence, being also the presence of the companies, of prints and of the EU commission, they are sure that it will be a profitable occasion in order to increase the volumes of crocieristico traffic on our ports of call".

"This most important assembly - the president of MedCruise has explained, Carla Salvado - will carry in the Sardinia North all the last updates on the strategies in order to increase the crocieristiche activities in the Mediterranean and the adjacent seas. In the 2014 associate ports of the Mediterranean area and the adjacent seas passengers and 13,700 ports of call of cruise ships have received 25,8 million, confirming themselves as the more important and dynamics crocieristica truth. The members of MedCruise and the hosts of the companies will work in order to identify as continuing to offer with success the best services and infrastructures, being profitable this sustainable increase with important benefits for the local economies. The value of this event - it has found Carla Salvado - is, moreover, having carried to Olbia the reunion of the EU commission who organizes a meeting, to Mediterranean level, on the Pan-European dialogue of the market of the cruises, than it will be carried out to the eve of our assembly".

During these days to Olbia the relative ones to the industry of the cruises will be faced all thematic, in confront directed between shipowning and operating ports, international groups. Deepenings will be dedicated to the emergent markets and potential the highest one as China, while a focus will be classified to the accommodating ports, in this case Olbia, Golfo Aranci and Porto Torres. To all you anticipate, moreover, will be given the opportunity to participate to the technical seminaries on the thematic ones of the sea, that they will be held directly by the same representatives of the companies and intavolare the commercial negotiations through two sessions of business to business with the shipowners.

Today the work is started with a collateral initiative that in the next few days it will meet inside of the assembly in order to enrich of the contents. Draft of the reunion with the actors of the cruises and coastal tourism, indetta from the EU commission, Head office of the marine Transactions and the peach, in the within of the distance of I confront called "Pan-European dialogue between cruise operators, ports and coastal tourism stakeholders". A dialogue structured on crocieristico tourism in order to increase the synergies on the field, through the introduction of good practical on the innovation, the competitiveness and the strategies of sustainability. Around the table they sit about 30 representatives of the more important crocieristiche companies, of the ports (between which the Harbour Authority of the Sardinia North) and the destinations in order to find common solutions on social atmosphere, economy and aspects deriving from the crocierismo in the Mediterranean.

The day tomorrow will be dedicated to the assembly of the associates and, in the afternoon, to the focuses on China and the first sessions of commercial character with the companies. In the morning, the representatives of the companies, the journalists and the observatories will carry out the inspection of the ports of Olbia and Golfo Aranci and a excursion centralized on history and food and wine. On 16 October one will continue with the round tables and the workshops on the thematic techniques of the portualità, the atmosphere and the destinations and with other appointments of business. In the conclusive day of saturday the delegations will move to Porto Torres for a visit to the port, the city and Alghero, hiking goal more gettonata from the crocieristi that disembark in the turritano port of call.