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With a full house, the 2018 CruiseWorld kicked off in Fort Lauderdale with Wednesday's opening general session. The show spanned three days of agent seminars, executive panels, a trade show and other events.

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Highlights from CruiseWorld 2018

With a full house, the 2018 CruiseWorld kicked off in Fort Lauderdale with Wednesday's opening general session. The show spanned three days of agent seminars, executive panels, a trade show and other events. Photo Credit: Creative Focus

With a full house, the 2018 CruiseWorld kicked off in Fort Lauderdale with Wednesday's opening general session. The show spanned three days of agent seminars, executive panels, a trade show and other events.

Arnie Weissmann, editor in chief of Travel Weekly, and Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation sat down for a one-on-one interview at the opening general session.

Pitbull performed an exclusive show for CruiseWorld attendees. The Grammy Award-winning entertainer is a partner of Norwegian Cruise Line, which sponsored the concert, and is godfather of the Norwegian Escape.

Travel Weekly editor in chief Arnie Weissmann, left, interviewed Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. CFO Jason Liberty on stage during Thursday's general session.

The cast of ''Hairspray'' from Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas performed a condensed version of the popular musical during the Thursday general session.

Travel agent Lorryn Langton of Pink Pineapple Travel Co. in Fishers, Ind., stopped for a photo opp at the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s booth at CruiseWorld’s trade show.

Editor in chief Arnie Weissmann, left, with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEO Frank Del Rio.

STAR Program participants met with various suppliers for fifteen minutes at a time in a series of roundtables.

Top sales and marketing executives from several major lines on the Mastermind Sales and Marketing Secrets of Success panel.

Dondra Ritzenthaler, Celebrity Cruises’ senior vice president of sales, unveiled the “glamping” concept created for the line’s upcoming Galapagos ship.

Carnival Cruise Line provided prizes with its wind-tunnel ticket grab.

Attendees posed with posters and banners on a step-and-repeat sponsored by ShoreTrips.

Shari Kavalin, owner of Elegant Escapes in Maitland, Fla., took the mic during the Think Tank.

Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line addressed the 1,200-plus travel advisers at CruiseWorld.