The city of Santo Domingo is preparing to welcome the VIP delegates of the 17th Florida-Caribbean FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show. The chief executives of Aida Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruise Lines, Cunard Line, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America Line, MSC Cruises (USA) Inc., Norwegian Cruise Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean International and Seabourn Cruise Line will be attending the event. The agenda includes training sessions and business meetings.
The conference takes place at the Sans Souci Convention Center from 25-29 October at the Port of Santo Domingo’s Sans Souci Terminal. All the participating cruise lines combined operate more than 100 vessels in Floridian, Caribbean and Latin American waters. The organization was created in 1972 to provide a forum for discussion on legislation, tourism development, ports, safety, security and other cruise industry issues. By fostering an understanding of the cruise industry and its operating practices, the FCCA seeks to build cooperative relationships with its partner destinations and to develop productive bilateral partnerships with every sector. The FCCA works with governments, ports and all private/public sector representatives to maximize cruise passenger, cruise line and cruise line employee spending, as well as enhancing the destination experience and the number of cruise passengers returning as stay-over visitors.