FCCA Selects PPI Group as Exclusive Media Partner

The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) recently selected PPI Group as the association's exclusive media partner.

Beginning at the upcoming Conference & Trade Show-taking place in St. Maarten from October 6-10, 2014, PPI Group will be on hand at all FCCA events to recap happenings, interview executives and attendees, take photographs and videos, and provide social media updates. PPI Group will then distribute these materials, along with the FCCA's content, through various media outlets.

"We are excited to partner with PPI Group," said Michele Paige, president of the FCCA. "Our media coverage will benefit from their publishing and broadcast operations, which have been recognized and utilized by cruise lines and other global companies, and their cruise industry knowledge and philanthropic efforts align with the FCCA's and FCCA Foundation's missions."

This coverage's impact will begin almost immediately at the Conference, where PPI Group will have full access to the event's 100 cruise line presidents, CEOs and executives; over 1,000 cruise tourism stakeholders; and four-day schedule packed with meetings, workshops, networking opportunities and a trade show to join cruise lines' decision makers and cruise tourism representatives to form and strengthen key business relationships.

"We are thrilled to be selected as the FCCA's media partner and are excited for this dynamic alliance to enrich both organizations' involvement and dedication to the cruise industry," said Bill Panoff, president and CEO of PPI Group.

PPI Group is the leading media company in the cruise industry. Bill Panoff has been in the industry for over 25 years, and the company's management team has decades of combined industry experience, ensuring that PPI Group remains at the forefront of the cruise experience and industry trends.

The FCCA is a not-for-profit trade organization composed of 15 member cruise lines operating over 100 vessels in Floridian, Caribbean and Latin American waters. Created in 1972, the FCCA's mandate is to provide a forum for discussion on tourism development, ports, safety, security, and other cruise industry issue and to develop bilateral relationships with destinations' private and public sectors.  

Fort Lauderdale-based PPI Group specializes in custom publishing, video production, and onboard and shoreside programs for the cruise and travel industries. The company's flagship publication, Porthole Cruise Magazine, now in its 18th year, is published bi-monthly and available worldwide via newsstands and subscriptions, Porthole offers cruise- and travel-related features about ships and destinations.