Ah, Monday morning straight off the redeye. Always a fun way to start a conference. If I walked past you in a daze and didn't say hi, my apologies. I was a little loopy this morning.

At least as far as I can tell, though, there aren't that many people here yet.

I did run into Paul G, one of my favorite cruise line ops people, dashing between meetings. And of course Terry T did a great job moderating an afternoon forum. But so far, not much of the press corps seems to be here ... at least not the fun ones.

Oh, and apparently "Seatrade Miami" is now "Cruise Shipping Miami." In their 25th year they decided to do a rebranding. From something well known (to the relevant market, anyway) and unique to something that sounds (a) generic, and (b) implies that it's about the shipping of cruises. Hmmm.