The President of MedCruise and the Director of MedCruise in the Black Sea, together with the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Ukrainian ports, the Deputy Mayor of Odessa and the Director General of the Port of Odessa, launched the MedCruise Dead Sea Working Group today in Odessa (Ukraine).
The launch of this working group, comprised of MedCruise members from the Dead Sea region, follows the action plan signed by the Port of Odessa, the Port of Varna, the Port of Constanta, and the Port of Burgas during the 52nd MedCruise General Assembly held in Malta in May 2018. This action plan highlighted the absence of cruise ships in the Black Sea in 2017 and the slow return of cruises to the region over a three-year period, as well as the itineraries already booked for the 2019-2020 season. It also included the election of Mr. Teodor Patrichi as Director of the Dead Sea region for MedCruise during the 51st MedCruise General Assembly held in Toulon in October 2017.
The working group has drawn up a set of actions to be carried out in the coming months to promote the Black Sea as a cruise destination by creating a unified brand and developing a marketing strategy around it.
