ATA Carnets for Live Entertainment on Board Cruise Ships

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Boomerang Carnets® assists customers in the cruise industry with their ATA Carnets.  In the cruise ship industry, every port of call presents numerous opportunities where smooth logistics are essential.  ATA Carnets serve as a flexible international tool to ensure hassle-free passage for temporarily exported goods, merchandise, and equipment.  To better understand the diverse applications the ATA Carnet plays within the cruise industry, we are exploring their indispensable role in a series of posts, and here we look at live entertainment on board. 

Live entertainment is a crucial element to successfully attracting and gratifying passengers.  Cruise ship companies are ever evolving to offer guests an extensive array of live entertainment experiences.  From high-tech enhanced performances to celebrity acts, cruise ship lines ramp up offerings to capture their guests' attention.  Live productions are enhanced with new technology, over-the-top costumes and wigs, LED lit set pieces, robotics, unique props, and backstage gear and equipment necessary for setting it all in motion.  Seamlessly traversing international borders with goods, merchandise, and equipment is crucial to the success of live performances and ATA Carnets play a key role. 

The ATA Carnet is an internationally accepted customs document for temporarily exported merchandise or goods.  It allows cross border movement of those goods import-duty and -tax free into 87+ carnet countries and territories for up to a year.  The ATA Carnet is known as the Merchandise Passport for boomerang freight® and ideal for Commercial Samples, Professional Equipment, and Goods for Display at Trade Fairs and Exhibitions.  At the end of the year, all the items listed on the Carnet return to the country of origin, thus the term boomerang freight.
 

On Board, The Show Must Go On

Live entertainment is often a highlight of any passenger experience.  Types of live performances using ATA Carnets on board are many.  From Broadway and West End musicals, Las Vegas magic acts, choreographed and themed acrobatic and aquatic shows, ice skating capades, dance exhibitions with elaborate computerized and synchronized lights, and more.  The variety of live entertainment today requires an enormous array of costumes, props, lights, sound enhancement mics, special effects technology, safety equipment, and technological hardware.   

Boomerang carnets Live Entertainment customers span the spectrum from Disney Spectaculars to Individual Performers aboard cruise ships.  No matter the size, use of an ATA Carnet saves significantly due to the avoidance of import-duty and -tax whether it be for the many Disney character costumes and set pieces or an Individual Comedian with a few costumes and props. 
 

The ATA Carnet is a Gateway to New Markets

The ATA Carnet levels the playing field so that Individuals, SMEs, and bigger companies can all take advantage of international opportunities.  Drawing from over 30 years of experience in Customs and international trade, Anthony Cambas, an authority in the field, emphasizes the transformative power of ATA Carnets: 

"Even though the savings ATA Carnets provide can be tremendous, especially if you are traveling with millions of dollars/pounds worth of equipment, it is important to remember that the ATA Carnet is a gateway to new markets that can significantly grow your business in the most affordable way."
 

Call us!

Boomerang’s Carnet Specialists offer expert customer service.  We are here to assist you 24/7, just call the Carnet HelpLine® 1-800-ATA-2900 |1-800-282-2900 or email us.  Also, if you want to ship by cargo, Boomerang has freight forwarder partners who can deliver your Carnet to you, as well as handle your freight.  Ask about our Boomerang Freight® Solutions when you call or email us.   

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