Cruise Industry Trade Group Needs a New Leader Again
Photo Credit: CLIA President and CEO Cindy D'Aoust speaks at Seatrade Cruise Global in March. She is stepping down at the end of the year. Rory Creative
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The cruise industry is still growing fast, and the next leader of Cruise Lines International Association should be prepared to address the side effects of that growth. We'll be interested to see who ends up in the job, especially considering earlier difficulty in filling it.
For the third time in four years, Cruise Lines International Association is in the market for a new CEO.
The Washington, D.C.-based industry group announced Thursday that its current president and CEO, Cindy D'Aoust, was leaving at the end of the year "to focus on family priorities."
D'Aoust who was named CEO in March 2016 after serving as the acting head of the association for several months. She will stay in the job until her replacement is chosen and a transition gets underway.
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