Laura Hyde

6 days ago | cruiseandferry.net | Laura Hyde

The Zero Emissions Cruising Conference will take place at Thon Hotel Bergen Airport in Bergen, Norway, from 17-18 November 2025.   The two-day event, which is dedicated to discussing the future of sustainable cruising, will bring together key stakeholders from the cruise industry, including operators, shipbuilders, technology providers, fuel suppliers, regulatory bodies, financial institutions, port authorities and sustainability experts.

1 week ago | cruiseandferry.net | Laura Hyde

First-time cruise passengers are driving industry growth, according to Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) 2025 State of the Cruise Industry Report. In the last two years, 31 per cent of cruise passengers were new to cruising, while 68 per cent of international travellers are considering taking their first cruise. Figures released in the report reveal 34.6 million passengers cruised in 2024, making up 2.7 per cent of the international travel and tourism sector.

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Laura Hyde

Casa Verde Golf has started a renovation of the North course at the Boulders Resort & Spa Scottsdale in Arizona, USA.   The North course was originally designed by architect Jay Morrish and opened for play in 1985. The resort is also home to the Morrish-designed South course, with both built into the desert foothills and include ancient boulder formations and natural desert terrain.

1 week ago | technologyrecord.com | Laura Hyde

Avanade has debuted its Intelligent Garden, designed by Tom Massey and architect Je Ahn, at the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show in London, UK.   The garden blends nature with Microsoft’s generative AI technology to interpret digital data and transform it into everyday language, to enable the trees to ‘talk’ via a dedicated Intelligent Garden application.

1 week ago | technologyrecord.com | Laura Hyde

ITS World Congress will feature conference sessions from almost 800 speakers when it takes place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, USA, from 24-28 August 2025.   The event will provide attendees with the opportunity to engage with industry leaders and explore industry advancements. With the theme ‘deploying today, empowering tomorrow’ the event’s speaker programme will share diverse global perspectives on intelligent transportation.