The main contribution for practitioners is the description of the field of cruise ship supply chain, which by itself should facilitate understanding and doing business in that domain. This paper provides a list of some challenges and solutions to them as well as requirements of cruise ship SCM. Furthermore this paper can be useful to employees of departments outside supply chain man- agement who have a limited understanding of supply chain man- agement and its implication for the cruise industry. Finally, this research can be beneficial to other hospitality settings, where service supply chain management is a growing area of focus.