Clia UK & Ireland has announced that it is hosting a series of virtual events from August to November.

The virtual events, which are free for agent members, aim “to bring together the cruise community including CLIA member cruise lines, partners and travel agents to share updates, showcase cruise ships and run training webinars”.  

The 2020 virtual events line-up is as follows:

• CLIA Summer School

Every Wednesday and Thursday between 9am and 10am throughout August, the new online learning resource sees a variety of cruise line representatives and partners join weekly live webinars to share industry updates and answer questions live.

• Virtual River Cruise Showcase

Taking place on 23 September, this showcase consists of conference, training and networking sessions and virtual ship tours.

• Virtual CLIA Cruise Showcase

Taking place on 28 October, this will comprise conference, training and networking sessions and virtual ship tours.

• Virtual Ship Tours

Every Thursday throughout October and November, attendees will be given a whistle-stop virtual tour of four ships from four different cruise lines in one hour.

UK & Ireland director, Andy Harmer, said: “For the remainder of this year CLIA has planned a range of online events, all of which are complimentary to our travel agent members.

“We aim to bring the same feel to our virtual events as we do to our in-person events, which have become renowned for being informative, engaging and entertaining.

“We’re very much looking forward to catching up with agents, as we bring together the cruise community to share our collective passion for this wonderful industry.” 

Register via cruising.org/en-gb/en-summer-school.