Schedule of Content

Join My Nguyen, as she opens the show and welcomes attendees to CSI as it returns to Hamburg for the second year running. Following this, a winning interior design student will be awarded with the coveted NEWH internship, gifted by CSI.

With newbuild capacity booked out into the early 2030s, cruise lines are turning their attention to existing fleets. Investing in refurbishment and modernisation programmes means that cruise lines unlock efficiencies to space, functionality, hotel operations, and guest experience whilst extending vessel lifecycles.

• What are the key drivers going into a modernisation programme?
• Converting old tonnage – fleet life extension
• Improving functionality for hotel operations and guest experience
• Key maintenance parameters and hotel condition reporting
• Where are the biggest opportunities for innovation, differentiation and revenue generation within existing fleets?

Get up close and personal with one of Europe’s leading cruise lines – Uniworld Boutique River Cruises. Ask your burning questions, gain insider knowledge, experience the brand’s personality and enhance your professional development.

As food and beverage offerings become an increasingly important differentiator, cruise lines are rethinking both front- and back-of-house design. Open kitchens and interactive dining concepts are creating more immersive guest experiences, while designers must balance creativity with operational efficiency, hygiene standards and evolving regulatory requirements.

• From production to performance: the rise of guest-facing galleys
• What changes operationally when designing a show galley?
• How are USPH Code changes impacting galley and F&B designs, and how to stay compliant?
• Highlighting teppanyaki and other interactive dining concepts at sea
• What emerging trends are shaping the future of onboard F&B experiences, and how do the new concepts push design boundaries?

Join the cruise interiors community at Commercial Interior’s Lunch & Learn!

This content session and mixer brings together specifiers and suppliers alike to hear directly from a leading cruise operator and network with like-minded professionals. Gain insight and inspiration, exchange ideas, and strengthen relationships across the industry.

Speakers released soon!

Takeback schemes are a key pathway to circularity, but their success depends on collaboration across the project ecosystem – and that includes you.

Designers, specifiers, procurement teams, owners, contractors and supply chain partners all play a role in ensuring products can be recovered and kept in circulation.

This interactive and educational Working Group will examine the role of the Digital Product Passport, in supporting takeback schemes through greater product transparency, traceability and informed end-of-life decision-making.

Our panel of experts will share valuable insights into the financial, ecological and regulatory drivers for takeback schemes for the cruise and hotel interiors sectors – in addition to a deep dive case study.

To join this session, please sign up via this form.

River cruise order books continue to grow, creating new opportunities and challenges for shipyards, designers and operators. With tighter spatial constraints than ocean-going vessels, delivering standout guest experiences requires creativity, collaboration and meticulous execution. This session brings together shipyards and cruise lines to explore the latest newbuild trends, evolving guest expectations, and how design intent can be successfully translated from concept to delivery.

• What design trends are shaping the next generation of river cruise vessels?
• How are guest expectations influencing onboard spaces, amenities and accommodation concepts?
• How is design connecting river cruise guests to the water, the local environment and communities?
• What are cruise lines looking for from designers, shipyards and suppliers to bring their vision to life?
• How can design teams work and the yards collaborate to ensure that they are balancing operational, technical and spatial constraints?
• Using lighting to create spectacular interiors within the spatial constraints of river cruise vessels

Step inside the Design Deck for a focused session with one of the cruise industry’s leading design studios. Through insider Q&As and quick-fire case studies, explore the ideas, processes, and real-world execution behind standout cruise design projects shaping the industry today.

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The cruise industry is seeing a clear shift towards ultra-luxury, yacht-style cruising which brings the launch of CSI Yacht Club. Experience a dedicated content session as experts discuss the design and procurement process of a project. As well as the opportunity to create valuable new connections in a focused environment.

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As guest expectations continue to evolve, cabin and suite design is becoming more sophisticated, flexible and experience-driven. From newbuilds to refurbishment projects, designers are reimagining private spaces through thoughtful storytelling, innovative materials, smart technologies and a deeper understanding of how guests live, work, dine and relax onboard.

• How are changing travel habits and guest expectations influencing cabin and suite design?
• What are the new considerations for design and specification of materials and FF&E?
• What makes a successful cabin design process, from concept to delivery?
• What inspires the design concepts? 
• How do designers translate brand identity, guest needs and storytelling into the guest room experience?
• Why are designers selecting certain products, materials and technologies over others?
• How are cabins evolving to support more flexible lifestyles, including enhanced in-room dining experiences?
• The rise of single cabins
• How are smart suites, connectivity and automation transforming the guest experience?