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Cruising With TRAVELSAVERS Top Producers
TRAVELSAVERS hosted its top producing agencies recently at its Elite Retreat aboard the Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collections’ SS Beatrice, sailing the Danube visiting Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. Over 100 guests were treated to exemplary services, and high-end amenities throughout the 7-day eastern European voyage. Kathryn Mazza-Burney, chief sales officer for TRAVELSAVERS, said: “Sailing these amazing countries was a wonderful opportunity for our agency owners, suppliers and staff to explore more of this area of Europe, delve into the history and savor...
Holland America Sets A Course For The Family Market
Travellers looking for a family getaway can take advantage of Holland America Line’s latest offer that allows kids aged 5 to 17 sailing as the third and fourth guests in the same stateroom to cruise for free. Good for select holiday sailings and cruises through spring 2022, families can make the upcoming months merry and bright by setting sail over winter break to the warm waters of the Caribbean or Mexico. After the holidays, the ships continue to explore both regions, along with the California coast. Come spring, families also can cruise through May to Europe, Canada/New...
Fain Stepping Down As Royal Caribbean Group CEO
Richard Fain is stepping down as the CEO of the Royal Caribbean Group on Jan. 3, 2022, but he will remain as the Chair of the company’s board of directors. Fain whose innovations during over 33 years as CEO of the Group helped shape the modern cruise industry. Jason Liberty will succeed Fain as CEO and he will also join the company’s Board of Directors. After more than three decades with Richard D. Fain at the helm of one of the world’s top cruise companies, the business – and the cruise industry – has gone through a remarkable transformation. The third-longest...
New Lift, Cruise Calls For St. Kitts
St. Kitts is looking forward to welcoming Canadian travellers back this winter as Air Canada heads to the island with direct service and the island prepares to welcome an increase in cruise ship arrivals -- including four inaugural calls from top cruise lines. Starting Dec., 19, 2021, Canadians will be able to fly direct from Toronto to St. Kitts with Air Canada. The weekly flight – featuring Sunday departures – will continue to April 24, 2022. Canadians can also travel to St. Kitts via a number of U.S. gateways. For those who book before Dec. 31, 2021, they’ll be able...
Vision Advisors Join Celebrity’s Iconic Advisors Club
Two of the five Canadian agents recently named to the prestigious Celebrity Cruises Iconic Advisors Club are with Vision Travel. Josie Pellegrini is with Vision’s Woodbridge, Ont. location, while Yvonne Douglas works out of the Kamloops, B.C. office. Commenting on the accomplishment, Stephen Smith, senior vice president leisure marketing, North America for Direct/Vision Travel, said: “We are thrilled and very proud of these advisors, who really set the standard when it comes to promoting Celebrity and knowing what’s right for our luxury clientele.” The awards, which...
A Triumphant Moment For Celebrity Cruises
On the surface, yesterday (Nov. 2) marked the long awaited naming ceremony for Celebrity Apex, but as Celebrity Cruises President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo explained, the event “stands for so much more.” Taking place 581 days after it was originally scheduled, like many things in the travel industry derailed by the pandemic, the naming ceremony symbolized the comeback of the cruise industry and a moment of rejoice for the Celebrity team after a challenging 18 months. “Today is a day of utter joy and looking forward,” Lutoff-Perlo noted. “Our comeback will be stronger than our...
Set Sail To The Opera With European Waterways
European Waterways announced that it is bringing back its popular Opera Cruise in Venice, available to groups who charter the company’s La Bella Vita luxury hotel barge during July and August 2022. Unique among the company’s many memorable cruises, the Opera Cruise treats guests to front row seats at performances of some of the world’s best-known operas at the Arena di Verona open-air Amphitheatre, a venue that is internationally famous for its large-scale productions. Guests have a choice of Carmen, Nabucco, Aida, Turandot, and La Traviata, among others, based on...
NCL’s Great Cruise Comeback Continues
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) continues its Great Cruise Comeback with the restart of its seventh vessel, Norwegian Bliss, sailing week-long voyages to the Mexican Riviera from Los Angeles. Norwegian Bliss will be NCL’s second vessel sailing from the West Coast following the restart of its sister ship Norwegian Encore, which resumed voyages to Alaska from the Seattle in August 2021. Harry Sommer, president and chief executive officer of Norwegian Cruise Line, said: “Norwegian Bliss has been one of the industry's game changers setting multiple world records on the West Coast,...