Splash Cruise Launches with Focus on Commercial Aspects of Global Cruise Industry
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SINGAPORE, October 13, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Splash Maritime Group has launched Splash Cruise, a new international news platform dedicated to the business of cruise shipping. The publication aims to bring a fresh perspective to the global cruise industry by focusing on the commercial, financial, and operational aspects of the sector.
According to Sam Chambers, co-founder and editorial director of Splash Maritime Group, the new platform will examine the industry through a distinctly maritime lens.
The launch of Splash Cruise is a natural extension of the company's strategy of building specialist media brands around commercially important maritime sectors.
Based in Singapore, Splash Maritime Group was founded in 2012 by Chambers and Rowles. The group has built a global readership through its flagship Splash platform and more recent specialist launches, including SplashTech and Splash Ports. The new platform will cover ocean, river, luxury, and expedition cruising, with dedicated sections for cruise lines, ports, shipyards, crew, operations, and technology. Regional coverage spans the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and polar cruising.
Splash Cruise will also feature the Cruise CEO interview series, giving senior industry executives the opportunity to discuss the challenges and opportunities confronting their businesses. Readers can subscribe to The Cruise Brief, a free twice-weekly newsletter bringing together the most important developments across the global cruise industry.
Splash Cruise is backed by the international editorial resources of Splash Maritime Group, a Singapore-headquartered company founded in 2012 by Chambers and Rowles. The group has spent more than a decade building highly engaged maritime audiences and connecting them with the companies that want to reach them. Splash Cruise takes that proven model into an exciting new market, with plenty of scope to develop new industry partnerships, events, and intelligence products.
The publication covers ocean, river, luxury, and expedition cruising, with dedicated sections for cruise lines, ports, shipyards, crew, operations, and technology. Regional coverage spans the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and polar cruising. Readers can also subscribe to The Cruise Brief, a free twice-weekly newsletter bringing together the most important developments across the global cruise industry.
Chambers and Rowles believe that Splash Cruise will bring greater scrutiny to the industry’s underlying cycles, examining how fleet supply, demand, pricing, and investment decisions interact across one of the world’s most capital-intensive tourism businesses.
The launch of Splash Cruise is a significant step for the global cruise industry, providing a platform for in-depth analysis and insights. The publication will cover everything from the world’s largest cruise operators and shipyards to expedition cruising, river cruising, ports, technology, and the people shaping the industry’s future.