Michael Greve

Michael Greve is Practice Lead for Cruise Port Development & Investment Advisory at Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company. He is an expert in cruise destination development, port investment, and strategic advisory, with more than 25 years of experience in the sector. 

Michael has been directly involved in the development of numerous cruise destinations and port infrastructure projects worldwide, working across the Caribbean, Alaska, Canada, and Central America. He has worked closely with major cruise lines on destination and port development initiatives and brings extensive experience across both homeports and ports-of-call. Over his career, he has contributed to more than 70 projects across 20 countries. 

Prior to joining Tourism Economics, Michael held corporate financial planning, capital planning, and commercial development roles at Royal Caribbean Group and at Hilton Worldwide, where he worked on major hotel investment transactions. He later built a career advising governments, port authorities, and institutional investors on cruise, tourism, and hotel acquisitions and developments, including the structuring of public-private partnerships. 

His work combines hands-on development and operational insight with a strong command of project finance and transaction structuring to align stakeholders and deliver commercially viable, financeable outcomes. 

He holds a Master of International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelor of Science in Multinational Business from Florida State University.