Webinar

The New Normal for Cruise

18 November 2026 – 10.00am EST (New York/ 4pm London)

online

The cruise sector today looks very different from 2019. After strong growth since the 2021 post-Covid restart, and with new capacity now slowing, we look at how the industry of 2027 has changed.

This “new normal” is reshaping prospects for cruise regions and ports as cruise lines rethink where and how they deploy their fleets.

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Speakers

Christian Savelli

Christian Savelli is a seasoned professional with decades of experience in research and intelligence and joined Tourism Economics from Cruise Lines International Association, where for more than six years, he served as Vice President, Research and Business Analytics. He has a rich background in developing business intelligence solutions, conducting analysis and research, and synthesizing input from multiple sources to deliver executive recommendations. Before CLIA, Savelli was the Senior Director of Business Intelligence and Research at MPI (Meeting Professionals International) and Director of Business Intelligence at Maritz Travel. Additionally, he has ten years of experience in the hotel industry and holds an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Director, Cruise Analytics, Tourism Economics

Nicolas Contant

Nicolas Contant is Manager, Cruise Analytics at Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, working on the Cruise-Intelligence Platform. He joined from Ponant, where he spent over seven years across revenue management, fleet deployment, and market insights. An aeronautical engineer by training, he previously worked in revenue management at Air France-KLM and in the helicopter industry at Airbus Helicopters.

Manager, Cruise Analytics