Cruise Ship Interiors Design Expo Europe (CSI Europe) has announced its schedule of content

Cruise Ship Interiors Design Expo Europe (CSI Europe) has announced its schedule of content, in partnership with NEWH. With the new location in Europe’s hub for maritime innovation, Hamburg, comes all-new conversations across two tracks: hospitality and interiors - and an entire day themed around shipbuilding

The essential cruise brand voices joining the first CSI Europe conference taking place in Hamburg include Gabi Haupt, Director of Cruise Experience - Riverside Luxury Cruises, Julie Higgins, Director of Hotel Operations & Sustainability Officer - Uniworld Boutique River Cruises and Alejandra Obregon, Senior Director, Architecture & Hotel Design - The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. They will be joined by their peers from shipyards Meyer Werft, Neptun Werft and Lloyd Werft, design studios JOI-Design, Allstars Design, De Jorio Design International and SMC Design, plus management companies Roland Berger and Columbia. More speakers to be announced in the coming days.

The topics explored have a distinct European flavour, starting with the keynote session, Delivering premium cruising on smaller vessels. The river cruise market grows and hotel brands continue their foray into yacht-like cruising. Therefore, operators in the industry continue to refine and redefine luxury. Speakers will explore the full meaning of luxury on board smaller vessels, from authentic experiences to designing premium amenities when space itself is at a premium. Other sessions on the interiors track include Sensory layering: Enhancing guest experience through emotional connection and Making your market: designing interiors for regional markets.

Hospitality@CSI features its own content track, providing visitors with the opportunity to engage their senses with Sensory layering: Enhancing guest experience through emotional connection. This session will trace the customer journey through the five senses, mapping the process of shaping customer experience from concept through to the final thoughtful details. Other sessions on the hospitality track include Beyond function – Strategy, efficiency, and the human element. Intimate Meet the Brand sessions and Lunch & Learns will be studded around the show floor, offering insight into the inner workings of cruise lines, management companies and shipyards.

The Sustainable Design Summit features at CSI Europe once again, with a dynamic Working Group shaped by visitors and participants, From ideas to impact: It starts with you! Attendees are invited to arrive equipped with their own real-world examples, which will be evaluated alongside case studies presented by the session leaders. Sustainability continues to evolve across hospitality interior design and this presentation, workshop and networking lunch provides the forum for design minds to grow their own understanding and practice.

The interiors and hospitality conference tracks and Sustainable Design Summit Working Group all take place in and among the bustle of CSI Europe, often hosted on exhibiting suppliers’ stands such as Robos Contract Furniture, Harmony Marine Solutions, CITA Design Studio and OceanCircle. When visitors aren’t attending conferences, they can meet some of CSI Europe’s 250 exhibiting design studios, outfitters, and interior suppliers, over half of which are new to the show. After a brilliant two days of knowledge sharing and connections, attendees are treated to a celebration of the industry as the CSI Awards ceremony, sponsored by Kalmar and Trimline, closes the event.