Cruise
Carnival Further Updates Fleet Deployment Plans
Carnival Cruise Line has released details of its plans for additional ship deployments as it continues to refine its phased in approach to a return to guest operations for 2021, resulting in some ship-specific cruise cancellations and movements. Those plans include: Related to already-announced dry dock plans for Carnival Magic, Carnival Paradise and Carnival Valor, those ships’ return to operations will be delayed until November 2021. Consequently, voyages on Carnival Magic from Norfolk (embarkations from Sept. 29-Oct. 30), Carnival Paradise from Tampa (embarkations from June...
Discovering The Sublime Rhine
As Pam Hoffee, managing director of Avalon Waterways, sees it: “The Rhine River delivers travellers to ‘bucket list’ countries and capital cities while sailing off-the-beaten-path to small villages that look as if they’ve been pulled from the pages of fairytales.” And Hoffee adds: “The Rhine gifts travellers a sail through time and is the perfect river to cure a cruiser’s cabin fever while also offering a feast for travel cravings.” According to Avalon Waterways, there are seven (7) reasons why travellers are choosing the Rhine River on their journey back to travel...
Holland America Promotes Beam, Schreiner
Holland America Line continues to strengthen its sales organization to better support the travel advisor community with the promotion of Margo Beam and Tara Schreiner to director roles. In addition, Jason Douglas, Elycia Morris and Ilanit Zimmermann have been named to the national accounts team in senior manager positions. Beam’s new title is director, strategic accounts, and Schreiner is now director, national accounts. Both Beam and Schreiner will report to Michelle Sutter, vice president of North America sales for Holland America Line. Morris and Zimmermann will...
Carnival Advises Of More Cancellations
Carnival Cruise Line is notifying guests of additional cruise cancellations, extending its pause in U.S. departures through April 30, 2021, and cancelling Australian operations through May 19, 2021. Carnival has also cancelled the European itineraries for Carnival Legend which were to begin this May through Oct. 31, 2021, and moved the start date for Mardi Gras from Port Canaveral, with the first cruise now set for May 29, 2021. Booked guests and travel agents are being notified directly of the cancellations and their options for a generous future cruise credit and onboard credit...
Agents On MSC Grandiosa Share Their Experiences
Since it welcome passengers back on board in mid-August, the MSC Grandiosa has carried over 30,000 guests, including travel agents from across Europe. Now, MSC Cruises has released a new video testimonial of some of the travel agents in which they share their first-hand their experiences aboard the ship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txrkQRJm9yI&feature=youtu.be MSC Cruises is offering guests a safe and stress-free holiday by creating a safe bubble on board their ships, through the implementation of an industry-leading health and safety protocol. The health and safety...
Set Sail To Oberammergau With Emerald In 2022
With the next performance of the Passion Play in Oberammergau scheduled for 2022, Emerald Cruises has planned special Passion Play river cruises departures ideal for Canadian travellers looking to make the most of their time in Europe. The 10-day journeys combine admission to the show and overnight stays in Oberammergau and nearby Munich with an eight-day sailing along one of Europe’s most famed rivers, the Danube. Departures are available in May, June, July and September 2022, giving potential guests lots of flexibility with their trip planning. Depending on the departure...
Swan Hellenic Celebrates With Savings
Swan Hellenic has unveiled its dedicated saving fares to celebrate the year that cultural expedition cruising returns to the world, and featuring the Antarctic Polar Eclipse maiden cruise of the first of its three 5-star ice class ships, Minerva, in November. Anyone booking anywhere in the world between now and March 31, 2021, will be welcomed with a saving of 20% off their choice of 2021-2022 cruises, plus additional market-specific offers. Full information on these additional country-specific offers, ranging from flights to onboard spending, is available from Swan Hellenic’s...
MSC Grandiosa Returns Jan. 24
MSC Cruises has advised that the MSC Grandiosa will return to sea beginning Jan. 24. The announcement comes following the most recent ministerial decree issued by the Italian government and related updated health measures, and will see MSC’s flagship resuming its planned weekly cruises leaving every Sunday from Genoa, Italy and calling the other Italian ports of Civitavecchia, Naples, Palermo as well as Valetta in Malta. Embarkation will be available from each port in Italy. The latest ministerial decree authorized the resumption of cruise operations under the protection of the...