Cruise
Best-Selling Authors Set Sail With Avalon Waterways
Bookworms will be in their element on upcoming Avalon Waterways sailings. Stephanie Bishop, managing director of the Globus Family of Brands in this country, told a Baxter Media webcast that a number of upcoming Avalon sailings will feature best-selling authors who will be available for the likes of signings. Those authors will include Diana Gabaldon, whose works include Outlander and who will be on an Oct. 30-Nov. 6 Romantic Rhine sailing. “She's really excited to take this journey with us,” Bishop said. Gabaldon has sailed with Avalon before. Other authors who will be...
TTAND Agents Are Tops With Celebrity
Four TTAND travel agent partners – Laura Kay, Maizy Alexander, Anna Abbandonato and Jeffrey Cohen – have been named to Celebrity Cruises Top 50 Travel Partners for Canada. The quartet of TTAND advisors were honoured last week by Celebrity Cruises at a culinary themed event hosted by Allan Brooks, Director of Market Sales in Canada, along with the entire sales team. Fifty agents from across Canada were selected (based on bookings and revenue) to attend the gala – a culinary-themed event. Agents were selected based on bookings and revenue, achieved by “selling up”...
Travel Solo, Not Alone
Whether you’ve traveled solo before or it's your first time, you’re never alone when you go on a solo expedition with Lindblad Expeditions. And starting this summer, solo travelers joining Lindblad’s expedition family in Galápagos will be able to experience the benefits of one-on-one nature time — without the single supplement surcharges. Lindblad Expeditions is waiving the solo traveller premium on select 2021 Galapagos departures of the 96-passenger National Geographic Endeavour II -- which resumes operations on June 4 – and on the 48-passenger National Geographic...
Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Wish Is Enchanting
When Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, Disney Wish, sets sail next summer, the fifth ship in the fleet will be full of firsts. Take for example Aqua Mouse, the first Disney attraction at sea, a 760-ft. water ride around the upper deck of the ship. Or the first ever two storey Royal Suites each featuring a grand spiral staircase or a Frozen-themed dining adventure where families can watch characters like Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf while enjoying worldly cuisine infused with Nordic influences. Kids three to 13 will be able to slide into the kid’s club — Disney’s Oceaneer Club...
Viking Adds More Mississippi River Cruise Sailings
Viking has announced that new 2024 sailings of its Mississippi River cruises are now on sale. The Viking Mississippi will debut in August 2022 and will sail voyages on the Lower and Upper Mississippi River, between New Orleans and St. Paul. Torstein Hagen, chairman of Viking said that: “We are pleased with the continued response and support we have received from loyal guests and valued partners ahead of our new Mississippi River sailings. As we begin to restart ocean operations this spring, we also look forward to a new chapter in 2022 when we begin sailing our first U.S. river...
Avalon Doubles Down On 2022 Active & Discovery Cruises
On Avalon Waterways’ Active & Discovery cruises – which feature Avalon Choice excursions -- every day is an adventure and every adventure is up to the cruise line’s guests. In 2022, travellers are invited to choose an Active & Discovery cruise on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle, Rhône and Seine Rivers as well as the waterways of Holland and Belgium for the first time. Active & Discovery cruises were first launched on the Danube River in 2017, and since then, Avalon Waterways has added these itineraries to every major European waterway it sails, increasing its...
The Worst Is Behind Us
The CEO of Royal Caribbean International is predicting his company will be back in force in the Caribbean next year, noting vaccinations to protect people against coronavirus are progressing in the countries that send vacationers to the region and in Caribbean destinations themselves. Michael Bayley told a Wednesday Caribbean Tourism Organization webinar that RCI is seeing “a lot of enthusiasm” for 2022 bookings, with Caribbean cruise bookings particularly strong. The cruise company's vessels have been idle for the past year but Bayley said that within “the coming months”...
NCL Prepares To Sail From Barcelona, Rome
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) unveiled details of a further restart of operations in Europe from the homeports of Barcelona and Rome with previously scheduled port-intensive itineraries to the Mediterranean and Greek Isles beginning Sept. 5, 2021. Guided by the protocols of the Sail Safe Global Health and Safety Program, and in partnership with local governments, NCL plans to welcome travellers aboard the Norwegian Epic from Barcelona for seven-night Western Mediterranean sailings from Sept. 5, 2021 through Oct. 24, 2021; while the Norwegian Getaway will operate a mix of 10 to 11-day...