Brighton, November – Cruise Ship Interiors Design Expo Europe (CSI Europe) has announced its schedule of content, in partnership with NEWH. The trade fair brings together the finest minds from the world of marine interior design to explore the industry’s latest trends, topics, and thinking, from the booming refurbishment and fleet upgrade market, and ultra-luxury cruising, to evolving show galley experiences and circular takeback schemes.
In addition to CSI Europe’s top flight of cruise brands and design minds, the conference programme will feature focused sessions under the umbrella of Hospitality@CSI and the all-new CSI Yacht Club. Cruise is undergoing multiple sea changes, including the rise of luxury, the wave of new brands entering river cruise and the blurring boundaries between the cruise and yacht experience. Visitors can hear from the cruise operators pioneering this change and the design minds crafting the new European cruise hospitality experience, with speakers from brands including Explora Journeys, Norwegian Cruise Line, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, Royal Caribbean, HX, Carnival UK, and more.
CSI Europe will host the key players of the most interesting market in the cruise industry for Luxury Within Limits: Designing and building tomorrow’s river cruise ships. River cruise order books continue to grow and new operators are announcing their intention to enter the market, creating new opportunities and challenges for shipyards, designers and operators. With tighter spatial constraints than ocean-going vessels, delivering standout guest experiences requires creativity, collaboration and meticulous execution. Speakers from MSC Cruises, MEYER WERFT, AmaWaterways and more join the panel to discuss innovation, collaboration and what’s next in river cruising.
Over on the hospitality track, designers and operations experts will meet to shine a light on one of the pillars of the cruise offering – food and beverage – in show galleys and next generation F&B concepts. Any design professional who has worked in the industry above five years will have noted the rapid evolution of galley and dining spaces. These are key experience touchpoints for guests, who themselves have increasingly sophisticated dining requirements including interactivity, interest in product sourcing and/or an expanded palette for world foods. This session taps into speakers from Royal Caribbean Group, Sea Cloud and Explora Journeys to understand how shifting dining concepts fuel innovation across both operations and design departments.
Sustainable Design Summit’s (SDS) Working Group Breakfast intends to unite hospitality design buyers and suppliers in conversation about one of the most relevant sustainability solutions in the industry: takeback schemes. With environmentally conscious suppliers, designers and specifiers all eager to learn how they can unlock greater value from their assets, speakers from NEWH UK, IHG Hotels and Resorts and Marella Cruises will be leading the discussions on the day. Attendees of CSI Design Expo Europe can sign up to this collaborative working group here.
This year sees the launch of CSI Yacht Club, a networking, specification and conference hub embedded in the second day of CSI Europe. The cruise industry is seeing a clear shift towards ultra-luxury, yacht-style cruising, with brands such as Four Seasons, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection and Orient Express entering the market, alongside established cruise lines expanding their luxury offering. This evolution makes CSI Yacht Club an ideal meeting place for yacht interior designers and project managers to connect with specifiers and suppliers alike working across high-end marine projects.
Register today for your free pass to attend CSI Europe, the CSI Awards and Sustainable Design Summit.