Episode 10: Cruise Passenger Meet & Greets
Shaping Portsmouth CEO Dave Humphries and Business Programme Lead Marian Glover discuss our Cruise Passenger programme Meet & Greets with Vanessa Busfield, Portsmouth Ambassador and programme co-lead.
Kicking off the 2025 Cruise season
Earlier this month we launched our 2025 Cruise Passenger programme with our amazing meet-and-greet volunteers. How fantastic to host our 2025 launch event at The Mary Rose museum with so many of our volunteers in attendance. Since 2019, cruise arrivals in Portsmouth have grown by an impressive 115%, highlighting the city’s rise as a key […]
Episode 39: Cruise Passenger Meet & Greets
In this episode, CEO David Humphries chats with Bev Hancock and Rex Norman, award-winning volunteers from our Cruise Passenger programme, about our Cruise Meet & Greets at Portsmouth International Port.
Portsmouth Ambassadors welcome new Programme Lead
Terence Carvalho has stepped up as the new Programme Lead for Portsmouth Ambassadors. Portsmouth born and bred, Terence is a huge advocate for his city. He has served as an active Portsmouth Ambassador for many years, is on the board trustee for The Literacy Hubs in Portsmouth, and managed a COVID-19 Test Centre during the […]
Portsmouth says “Guten Tag!” to a new German visitor
Monday, marked another landmark moment for Portsmouth’s cruise ambitions, as the major German cruise line AIDA made a maiden call to the city. Since 1996, the fleet of AIDA Cruises has discovered the world. They put a signature German twist on cruising, with a casual, family-friendly atmosphere which attracts guests of all ages, including many […]
Wednesday 1st July 2026: Shaping Portsmouth Partner-Only Networking Event
Thursday 1st July 2026 Bringing together our Shaping Portsmouth partners for an evening of networking in the Portsmouth Historic Quarter. The event was born out of the overwhelming number of requests for an exclusive partners-only networking session in the 2022 partners survey.The original event at The Mary Rose Museum in 2023 was a roaring success, […]