Edinburgh will host a prestigious European cruise event for the first time.
Capital Cruising, part of Forth Ports, announced it had won a bid to host Cruise Europe Conference in 2020.
The annual 3-day event, that will be held in venues across the Capital, of which a gala dinner in the Museum of Scotland, is the biggest and best-attended such event in Europe with over 150 executives likely to fly, or sail, into Edinburgh.
Capital Cruising is due to host the event after successfully presenting to Cruise Europe team in Belgium earlier in 2019.
Last year, Edinburgh was named the top cruise destination of Western Europe for the first time.