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AmaWaterways Puts Heritage On The Itinerary
AmaWaterways has added two new 2023 river cruise dates for guests to experience Heritage on the River; Your Personalized Ancestry Experience. The special itineraries, conducted in collaboration with AmaWaterways’ partner Ancestry, will provide guests exclusive opportunities to explore their heritage with tailored experiences that educate and immerse them in the destinations their ancestors once called home. Both seven-night cruises - the Legendary Danube cruise embarking June 17, 2023, travelling from Nuremberg, Germany to Budapest, Hungary, and the Captivating Rhine cruise...
Celestyal Launches First Online Training Program
Celestyal has launched its first ever online training program, Celestyal Stars. The education program provides travel advisors with a “one-stop shop” for all things Celestyal, featuring tools to help advisors make a Celestyal cruise booking, along with tips on how to earn additional commissions on pre-bookable items and upgrades. The program is administered by Equator Learning, a leader in developing and managing multilingual and interactive online training portals for the travel and leisure industry. Celestyal Stars is presented in nine user-friendly immersive modules: ...
Celebrity Sets Sail Into The Metaverse
Celebrity Cruises has become the first cruise line to launch a fully immersive, fully virtual cruise ship experience in the metaverse. Called 'The Wonderverse' the platform operates like a desktop video game and is easily accessible worldwide. The Wonderverse allows travellers to "see before they sail," exploring a hyper-realistic, digital recreation of the line's newest ship, Celebrity Beyond, designed exactly like the real thing down to the last detail -- from furniture and fixtures to textiles, lighting and texture on materials like pillows, sculptures and...
Seasons Greetings From Celebrity’s Canadian Team
Not only can they sell, they can sing… Celebrity Cruises team here in Canada has released its annual holiday video, serenading their travel trade partners with Seasons Greetings … In a message to Canadian travel advisors, Celebrity dedicates “You Make It Feel Like Christmas’ to its “amazing agents across Canada.” And telling them that: “We appreciate you and all your hard work. HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and your families and hopefully this does not hurt your ears too much. ENJOY!” Check out the video by clicking...
Holland America Makes Europe New In 2024
Holland America Line is adding several new itineraries that combine regions, increasing the number of voyages of 14 days or longer and enhancing Northern Europe with new departure ports for its 2024 season in Europe. From April to November dozens of unique itineraries — ranging from seven to 35 days — will be offered on two of the line’s Pinnacle Class ships, Nieuw Statendam and Rotterdam, along with Oosterdam and Zuiderdam. The four Holland America Line ships will cover the entire region on voyages designed for cultural immersion. Nine overnight ports and 33 late-night...
Celebrity Recognizes Industry Excellence
Celebrity Cruises recognized its top performing North American travel partners for 2022 based on overall business growth, continuous partnership support and innovative marketing efforts driving increased consumer awareness. The year was marked by several significant milestones for Celebrity Cruises, all well-supported by trade partners – the inaugural year of the highly anticipated Celebrity Beyond, the exciting return of the entire Celebrity fleet into service, the unveiling of a new ‘Journey WonderFULL’ brand campaign, and record-breaking sales days this Black Friday and Cyber...
Athanasiou Joins Celebrity As VP Sales Americas
Katina Athanasiou is joining Celebrity Cruises as its Vice President of Sales, the Americas, effective Jan. 3, 2023. In her new role, Athanasiou will be responsible for driving the sales strategy across trade booking channels in the Americas, including Field Sales, National Accounts, Inside Sales, LATAM Sales, Sales Communication, Training & Development, and Sales Support. Athanasiou will report to Dondra Ritzenthaler, senior vice president of sales, The Americas. With over 20 years in the industry, Athanasiou brings a wealth of experience to the Celebrity Cruises sales...
Celebrity Webinar Takes Travel Advisors To The Edge
Celebrity Cruises says it's particularly proud of is Edge Series vessels. The company's Celebrity Beyond arrived in North American waters in November and a category of ships that now has 3 vessels will see that rise to 4 in December 2023 with the arrival of the Celebrity Ascent. "Our ships are in the water. We're in service all over the world, " Allan Brooks, Celebrity's national director for marketing and sales in this country, told a Baxter Media Dec. 14 webcast. Brenda Yeomans of Celebrity's Canadian sales staff in turn told viewers Celebrity has "really upped the ante" with...