Cruise
Flight Centre Creates Cruise Specialist Team
With demand in cruise inquiries and bookings growing significantly, Flight Centre Travel Group has created a dedicated Cruise specialist team and launched a new marketing campaign. The group’s cruise specialist team has a combined four decades of extensive cruise-specific experience, and includes a former cruise ship employee as one of its members. Brian McLaren, EVP Flight Centre Canada, said that: “The demand for cruise travel is clear and definitive. Our dedicated cruise specialist team’s focus is to bring better value and expertise, along with a more robust customer...
A Valetine’s Day Offer From TravelBrands
TravelBrands Encore Cruises is sharing the love this Valentine’s Day with two great incentives for travel agents and their clients. Encore Cruises’ Love is in the Air offer will provide travellers with $125 off their flight (maximum $250 per reservation) when booking a cruise. And travel agents will receive 2,500 bonus Loyalty points per stateroom. This promotion applies to any new cruise booking made between Feb. 1 and Feb. 15, 2023. The offer is applicable on 6-night or longer sailings departing on or before July 31, 2023 when booked in a balcony stateroom or above. In...
More Choice From Scenic In 2023
Scenic Luxury Cruises and Tours has introduced a selection of new Scenic Freechoice shore excursions for its 2023 season of European river cruises. These ‘off the boat’ experiences are meticulously curated to cater to all interests and fitness levels, including guided walking and bike tours. From a relaxed to active pace, there’s something for everyone. Guided hiking in the Black Forest, exploring a fairy-tale castle in northern France, and taking a Scenic e-bike into the French countryside, using the Tailormade App to discover hidden gems. Guests booking a 2023 European...
Journey Together With Explora Journeys
Along with its two existing programs, Explora Journeys has now introduced another group travel program -- ‘Journey Together Gatherings’ designed to expand travel opportunities for extended families or friendship groups. Due to its collaboration with the travel advisor community, the new program builds on the Journey Together and Journey Together+ programs, making planning and payment even more seamlessly convenient for ocean travellers, and offering benefits to travel advisors. Explora Journeys suites have been designed as ‘Homes at Sea’ with spacious living areas. When...
Discover What’s On Board Silversea’s Silver Nova
Silversea Cruises has revealed full details on the public venues aboard its new ship Silver Nova, including the largest array of bars, lounges, and restaurants of any ultra-luxury cruise ship. As well as being one of the most environmentally conscious ships ever built, Silver Nova will offer guests the next iteration of Silversea’s unique take on luxury as one of the world’s most spacious ships. The 728-guest Silver Nova will host 10 bars and lounges, eight distinct restaurants, and an array of additional public venues when she launches in August 2023. Silversea will...
On Deck For A Cause
A fundraising effort by cruise line passengers that took place on the high seas around six different continents has resulted culminated today with a large donation for Ukrainian relief. Holland America Line presented a check for $450,000 at the Port of San Diego to the global humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief. The money was raised during the cruise line’s On Deck for a Cause campaign. For 10 months on every cruise in the line’s 11-ship fleet, guests could make a $25 donation to participate in a fundraising 5K walk during their sailing, in locales ranging from Alaska to...
Riviera River Cruises Adds New 2024 Itineraries
Riviera River Cruises its adding three new 11-day itineraries to its 2024 European river cruise schedule. The announcement of the new itineraries comes after Riviera experienced strong demand for its first 11-day itinerary, Lyon, Provençal Rhône and the Camargue River Cruise on the Saône and Rhône Rivers in 2023. Marilyn Conroy, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing North America for Riviera River Cruises, said that: “After seeing the response to our new Saône and Rhône river cruise for this year, we’re excited to offer three more 11-day itineraries in...
NCL Celebrates First Season Cruising South Africa, Namibia
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is celebrating the successful completion of its inaugural season sailing from Cape Town, South Africa. On Dec. 21, 2022, Norwegian Jade became the first vessel in the line’s 18-ship fleet to homeport from the South African port, offering international and local guests 12-day Extraordinary Journeys along the coast of South Africa and Namibia with an overnight stay in Cape Town, South Africa and visits to Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) and Richard’s Bay, South Africa; and Luderitz and Walvis Bay, Namibia. NCL is building on its successful...