Celestyal Cruises CEO Kyriakos Anastassiadis Named CLIA Europe Chairman

The CLIA Europe General Assembly has voted to appoint Kyriakos Anastassiadis, CEO of Celestyal Cruises, as CLIA Europe Chairman.

First appointed to the European Executive Committee of the Cruise Lines International Association three years ago, Anastassiadis takes over the role from Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of MSC Cruises, who has been the organization’s chairman for the last three years.

Anastassiadis takes on the role of representing the views of the smaller CLIA Europe Cruise Line Members like Celestyal, as well as all of its other members when he takes up the role on January 1, 2017.

The members of CLIA Europe’s General Assembly also unanimously thanked Pierfrancesco Vago for the work he has undertaken over the last three years and asked him to remain on the organization’s board.

The remaining members of the Executive Committee, as confirmed by the General Assembly, are: David Dingle, Chairman of Carnival UK and CLIA Europe Vice Chairman; Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio, Chairman of Silversea Cruises; Gavin Smith, Senior Vice President International, Royal Caribbean; Michael Thamm, CEO of the Costa Group and Pierfrancesco Vago.