New investment into the global cruise industry will see new builds taking to the seas – including Quantum of the Seas from Royal Caribbean – in quarter four of 2014.

Deployment shifting will enable old favourites to boost capacity and new territories will open up fresh markets as Helen Beck, regional director, international representatives, EMEA, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises explains in this interview with Phil Blizzard.

She also highlights some of the challenges facing those companies which operate in the GCC region.