Volume 7 is dedicated to SDG 17: Partnership for Goals. Leigh Trowbridge, who leads the Tudor Rose human development publications team, said: “Collaboration across societal sectors has emerged as one of the defining concepts of international development in the 21st century. Partnership has thus become an essential paradigm in sustainable development.”

Tudor Rose acquired the brand in 2011 and it has gone from strength to strength, even amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has presented so many new challenges to businesses in the sector.

The Cruise & Ferry brand now comprises the bi-yearly Cruise & Ferry Review, plus annual Cruise & Ferry Interiors and Cruise & Ferry Itinerary Planning magazines. Read all of these publications via www.cruiseandferry.net.

The Statement was presented by Sanda Ojiambo from the UN Global Compact at the opening of the Private Sector Forum at the Uniting Business Live event, which marks the opening of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

“We have worked closely with the UN from our foundation in 1998 and the launch of our first publication, Natural Disaster Management, and this continues today with our Human Development Forum. We are committed to sustainable business and delighted to renew our support to this global effort,” said Jon Ingleton, managing director at Tudor Rose.

The awards ceremony, originally scheduled to take place in Miami, USA, was held as a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic. Jon is pictured (top row, fourth) raising a glass to celebrate victory. Other award winners at the event included Virgin Voyages, Carnival Cruise Line, SMC Design, De Jorio Design and Volume Creative. #CSIAwards

While we hadn’t anticipated that the results would come at a time where the world is facing a health crisis and the passenger shipping industry is on pause, perhaps the thousands of votes received can serve as an ideal way to remind ourselves of the achievements, passion and innovative spirit that the industry has long been celebrated for.

The new decade has also brought other changes, including a refresh of our branding and design for consistency with our annual Cruise & Ferry Interiors and Cruise & Ferry Itinerary Planning publications.

We hope you enjoy our new annual feature and refreshed look.

Thanks to technologies such as Skype and Microsoft Teams, our communication with clients and colleagues is as effective as ever. We’re taking heed of the great guidance provided by Corey Hynes, the CEO of Learn on Demand Systems, a client of ours that works exclusively on a work from home basis. And our pets are certainly loving the fact we’re all around a bit more. By next week we will all be at home, but we’re open for business as usual and here to support all of our clients through these challenging times. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families all the best.

While onboard, Rebecca explored the ship’s stunning contemporary interiors, watched an amazing acrobatic performance and sampled the best Mexican meal she’s ever had in the Pink Agarve restaurant. In addition, she attended a press conference, where Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Voyages CEO Tom McAlpin and several other executives discussed the inspiration behind the brand, the ship and the adult-only cruise experience.

“Scarlet Lady is the culmination of 50 years of practice...every little detail is incredible,” said Branson.

Rebecca also interviewed Virgin Voyages’ Dee Cooper to ask how she worked with a collective of interior designers to bring the 'modern romance of sailing' to Scarlet Lady. The interview will appear in the 2020 issue of Cruise & Ferry Interiors, so subscribe to make sure you don’t miss it!

Read more about the event or head to our Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages to see photos.

Alex celebrated with MSC Cruises as it took delivery of MSC Grandiosa from Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire and sailed to Le Havre. His favourite areas of the ship included the virtual reality maze and the large LED screen covering the ship’s internal promenade – the tasty food was also a big hit with Alex and everyone else onboard!

Meanwhile, Richard joined Norwegian Cruise Line on Norwegian Encore’s pre-inaugural cruise from Germany to England. Among Richard’s many highlights were the amazing food, the theatre shows and, of course, trying out the electric go karts on the top-deck speedway!

Visit CruiseandFerry.net to read more about both trips and head to our Twitter and Facebook pages to see some of the photos.

As well as demonstrating a wide variety of cutting edge solutions for every element of the automotive journey – from product lifecycle management tools such as PTC’s Windchill to innovative driving connectivity tools like those from Cubic Telecom – Microsoft’s partner village also played host to the world’s fastest autonomous vehicle, the Robocar from Roborace.

FEV was also at the event, introducing visitors to the prototype of SVEN (shared vehicle electric native), which proved to be a real hit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire, David Briggs M.B.E, presented the awards on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen.