Accommodation provider room2 has become a long-term associate partner of CLIA UK & Ireland.

The agreement will enhance room2’s brand awareness, bringing them into CLIA’s wider community of cruise lines, travel agents and stakeholders.

Room 2, which has properties in Southampton and in London’s Chiswick and Hammersmith, offers hotel-style rooms with kitchenettes and on-site cafes. It says its ‘hometels’ provide the comfort of home with the ‘best bits’ of a hotel.

Jo Webb, National Key Account Manager, said: “We are delighted to join CLIA and look forward to welcoming CLIA members and the wider cruise community to our properties.

“Our team in Southampton is particularly excited, as they are ideally positioned to host and help those travelling to and from the city’s cruise terminal, which is extremely close by.”