Mark Dowling

Mark Dowling is a Director at Tower Supplies. Based near Southampton, UK, Tower are a non-food dry goods supplier to the hotel and technical sectors within the cruise industry, working with strategic partners and clients including Carnival UK and MSC.

Supporting many aspects of Tower’s solutions to cruise lines, Mark has led Tower’s commitment as Diamond Executive Partners of CLIA from the outset of the Hospitality & Guest Services community in 2018. An avid cruiser himself, Mark has been involved in cruise since 1995, moving his focus to supplying cruise in 2014.

Mark is also passionate about sustainability. As a Tower Sustainability Committee Member, Mark drives many of Tower’s sustainability initiatives and regularly engages cruise companies on the topic of supply chain miles. Mark’s goal is to increase local sourcing and regional production to reduce the number of dry product containers being moved globally.

Speaking about this topic on the CLIA Webinar Wednesday on Sustainable Supply Chains, Mark has been considering the link between item location and price in relation to bids. Mark believes that as a supplier, Tower have solutions, a system, and a process, to mitigate these distribution challenges.