ON her first visit down under, for the Cruise360 Australasia conference on Fri, Cindy D’Aoust, CLIA Global ceo & president laid down her three areas of focus.
The first is to create a “glocal” organisation, which has global infrastructure to share learnings, products and tools but executes on a local level, based on the priorities of the local market.
Second, D’Aoust wants to unify the industry – noting that CLIA would love to work more closely with ACA and thirdly, “to continue to enhance the value that we deliver to our members”.
Meanwhile, next year CLIA will take a “very diferent approach” to Crusie360.
“It’s so important that we get the right speakers,” D’Aoust said.
“Rather than just pick a date and hope that we get the right people,” CLIA plans to choose a time when key leaders and speakers are going to be in the area and then lock in the period so people know when to expect the conference to be held.
Pictured above are: Steve Odell, chairman CLIA Australasia; Cindy D’Aoust, president and ceo CLIA Global; Ross Greenwood, journalist and master of ceremonies; Jonathan O’Dea, Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, Tourism & Major Events and Joel Katz, managing director CLIA Australasia.
