“Enrique Oliver, CEO of the Verlio Group, offers us in this interview his vision of the current situation and future trends in cruise tourism in the Balearic Islands.
– You preside over the VERLIO GROUP, a company with a long maritime tradition that has constantly adapted to the changes…
– Indeed, the Verlio Group is the fusion of the passion and vocation of five generations of shipowners and shipping agents and the adaptation, at all times, to the development of our exciting industry. Always with the challenge of providing the best service, in each period of our history through our companies, brands or denominations that have formed and form part of the Group; Oliver S.A., Mariba S.A. (Marítima Balear de Transportes), Transcoma, Transcoma Baleares… Until reaching the current business conglomerate which, 8 years ago, was restructured under the single brand and management structure “Grupo Verlio”.
– From that experience, what are the most important changes the sector is currently facing?
-It is a sector that is constantly evolving. At every moment it seems to us that the changes are faster and faster but, personally, I think that this is not the case. We have experienced the revolution in safety, speed, size in shipbuilding, recently also in technology and, nowadays, in environmental care and “life style” on board. It seems to be an industry based on the classic, on the traditional, but it is one of the sectors with the most elements of development, as it combines all the factors of this on a daily basis; from technical design, technology, fuels, the impact of the climate, the environment or the sensations of comfort on board”.