Lineup of Leading Industry Speakers Announced for 2014 Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific Conference

NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As it enters its fourth edition, Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific presents the most prominent voices in the Asia cruise market to lead the conference, slated for November 20-21, 2014.

This year's conference will analyze the market potential and challenges associated with the emerging Asia cruise market as well as explore the infrastructure and itinerary development opportunities.

Beginning Thursday morning, November 20^th, Zinan LIU, Vice President, China and Asia, Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited, will open the event with the keynote address. Immediately following will be "The State of the Cruise Industry in Asia" featuring Michael HACKMAN, EVP – Cruise Operations, Genting Hong Kong Limited; Dominic PAUL, SVP International, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises & Azamara Club Cruises and Managing Director, RCL Cruises Ltd; and Ann SHERRY, CEO, Carnival Australia, and Chairman, CLIA SE Asia.

Thursday afternoon will feature concurrent sessions "The Operating Environment in Asia" and "Focus on China." Friday morning's concurrent sessions include "How Asia Will Grow as a Source Market" and "Cruise Infrastructure Across Asia," followed by "Itinerary Development Across the Region" and "Shipbuilding and Refurbishment in Asian Yards," running concurrently in the afternoon.

Spearheading the conference sessions are a plethora of industry leaders and innovators including:

Jeff BENT Managing Director, Worldwide Cruise Terminals

Ted BLAMEY Principal, CHART Management Consultants

Dickson CHIN Managing Director, Wallem Ship Agency

Bruce KRUMRINE Vice President, Shore Operations Europe & Exotics, Princess Cruises

Krai PANYARACHUN Inbound Director, SEA Tours Co., Ltd and Immediate Past Chairman, ACSN

Isaac VIDALES Regional Operations Manager Asia, Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services

Buhdy BOK SVP Pacific Asia & China, Costa Crociere SpA

Anthony H. KAUFMAN SVP Asia Operations, Princess Cruises

Ang Moo LIM EVP Sales, Marketing & Hotel Operations, Genting Hong Kong Limited

Steve ODELL President, Europe, Africa, Middle East & Asia Pacific, Silversea Cruises Limited

Brett DUDLEY Founder and Chairman, ecruising Group of Companies

Masami MASUYAMA Managing Director, NYK Cruises Co., Ltd

Kelvin TAN Commercial Director, Asia Pacific, Celebrity Cruises

Ki-tack LIM President, Busan Port Authority

John TERCEK VP, Commercial & New Business Development, Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited

Sarina BRATTON Chairman Australasia, Compagnie du Ponant

Robert W. GUY Managing Director – Singapore & Malaysia, Destination Asia

William HARBER Vice President, Market Development, Carnival Asia

PHAN Xuan Anh President, Viet Excursions Co Ltd

Paolo MORETTI General Manager Marine, RINA Services SpA

P.K. ONG Managing Director, Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd., & Deputy President, Sembcorp Marine Ltd

Stephen PAYNE Principal Consultant, PFJ Maritime

Conference session details can be found at cruiseshippingasia.com or by clicking here.

Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific is organized by UBM in partnership with Seatrade Communications and is exclusively supported by Cruise Lines International Association and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association. Official Event Partner: Hong Kong Tourism Board.

For information about exhibiting or attending Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific visit www.cruiseshippingasia.com.

WHERE: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. For more information, visit www.hkcec.com.

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Media Contact: Jennifer Rosen, +1-212-600-3332, Jennifer.rosen@ubm.com

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About UBM Asia (www.ubmasia.com)
Owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange, UBM Asia is Asia's leading exhibition organizer and the biggest commercial organizer in mainland China, India and Malaysia. Established with its headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia and in the US, UBM Asia has a strong global network of 30 offices and over 1,200 staff in 25 major cities. We operate in 19 market sectors with 160 exhibitions, 75 conferences, 28 trade publications, 18 vertical portals and virtual event services for over 1,000,000 quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world.

About Seatrade
Connecting the global cruise community – www.seatrade-global.com
Established 40 years ago, Seatrade is a leader in cruise and maritime publications, conferences and exhibitions, training, awards and other special projects. Regular events include international trade exhibitions and conferences across all maritime sectors, management training courses for shipping professionals, training seminars for travel agents and award schemes, including the Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards. Seatrade publications include magazines, supplements and yearbooks, whilst Seatrade Insider provides daily cruise news online at www.seatrade-insider.com.