Executive Partner Program
Connect, Contribute, Advance: The Premier Network for Cruise Industry Partners
The CLIA Executive Partner Program is an exclusive, global network that unites innovative product suppliers and service providers with key cruise line decision makers and cruise industry stakeholders to advance shared priorities. As an Executive Partner, you'll gain valuable connections to grow your business while contributing solutions that promote safe and sustainable operations, enhance passenger experiences, and shape the future of cruising.
Why Join the Executive Partner Program?
As a supplier to the cruise industry, you face unique challenges:
- Limited access to decision makers who influence purchasing
- Difficulty standing out in a competitive marketplace
- Challenges tracking industry trends and shifts that impact your business
CLIA's Executive Partner Program solves these challenges by offering a curated collaborative network for business growth, industry insights, and expanded influence within the fastest-growing sector of travel and tourism. Already well connected? Our program benefits helps amplify your position as an industry leader.
Your Business Advantage
CLIA membership has proven invaluable to us, offering crucial collaboration opportunities, market insights, and strategic support. It's key to leading in the cruise sector. We also believe that our participation as a shipbuilding contractor and systems integrator enriches CLIA's perspective with a more comprehensive viewpoint, particularly in technical aspects of the industry.
Anton Maljugin
Chief Operations Officer, LTH Baas AS
Specialized Communities
Join one of our four Executive Partner communities for targeted access to decision makers relevant to your specific business.
Each community is supported by a dedicated relations director who provides personalized engagement opportunities, niche communications, and connections essential to advancing your business within the cruise industry.
Membership Tiers
CLIA offers multiple partnership levels to accommodate organizations of different sizes and objectives:
Diamond and Diamond Elite Partner
Our highest tier of engagement, providing maximum visibility across CLIA channels, premium access to cruise line executives through exclusive events and leadership forums, and priority consideration for speaking opportunities
Platinum Partner
Enhanced access to decision makers, events, prominent industry visibility across CLIA channels, and consideration for speaking opportunities.
Gold Partner
Our foundation tier, offering essential benefits to build your presence in the cruise industry with valuable networking and promotional opportunities.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Elevate your visibility and demonstrate industry leadership through exclusive sponsorship opportunities:
- Global and regional CLIA events, including leadership forums and summits
- Educational webinars and content series
- Industry reports and research
Our sponsorship packages offer strategic brand positioning with cruise executives and industry decision makers while supporting initiatives that advance the cruise community.
The CLIA Advantage: Uniting the Cruise Community
CLIA is the official cruise industry trade association, representing over 55 ocean and river cruise lines, providing a unified voice and serving as the leading authority of the global cruise community.
Our strategic ecosystem supports industry growth through:
- Policies that promote safe, healthy, and sustainable cruise operations
- Tourism strategies that maximize socioeconomic benefits of cruise travel
- Technologies and innovations that protect and preserve our planet
Through our Executive Partner Program, forward-thinking suppliers and cruise lines collaborate to address industry challenges while advancing both individual business goals and the collective future of cruising. With cruising projected to reach nearly 40 million passengers by 2027, now is the strategic time to position your business as a CLIA Executive Partner.
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Cruise Lines Members – Ocean and River
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Executive Partners
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Travel Trade Advisors
Our Membership Team
Carla Guilbaud
Vice President, Membership Experience
Jon Nation
Senior Director, Membership Development and Partner Engagement, EMEA
Kim Jack-Riley
Director, Membership Development and Partner Engagement, Ports & Destinations, EMEA
Richard Reagan
Director, Membership Development and Partner Engagement, Americas
Anita Cohn
Manager, Membership