Cruise
Royal Caribbean Says Shalom, Israel
Israeli holidaymakers will set a new course for adventure this summer when Royal Caribbean International begins sailing from Israel for the first time in May. The cruise line will offer Israelis a combination of 3- to 7-night escapes visiting the Greek Isles and Cyprus on board its highly anticipated, brand-new ship, Odyssey of the Seas. The new sailings will go on sale on Tuesday, March 9. The itineraries, roundtrip from Haifa, Israel, will include visits to idyllic isles and destinations in the Mediterranean, including Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos and Athens, Greece and Limassol,...
HAL Opens Bookings For Exotic Cruises In 2022 & 2023
Holland America Line has opened bookings for its exotic cruise itineraries in 2022 and 2023. Ranging in length from 14 to 50 days aboard four Holland America ships, the cruises visit Asia, Australia and New Zealand to South America, Antarctica, Hawaii and Tahiti. From September 2022 through April 2023, Noordam, Oosterdam, Westerdam and Zuiderdam sail throughout the southern and northern hemispheres, offering guests carefully crafted itineraries that deeply explore ancient traditions, natural wonders, intriguing cultures and the aloha lifestyle. And for a limited time, guests who...
A Booking Milestone For AQSC And Victory
American Queen Steamboat Company and Victory Cruise Lines reached a company milestone following the release of the 2023 season in mid-February, the furthest in advance the lines have ever released a season. Additionally, January and February 2021 bookings are over 35% higher than November and December 2020 bookings. Both cruise lines opened reservations for the 2023 season on Wednesday, Feb. 17, with highlights including Victory Cruise Lines’ two expedition vessels, Ocean Victory and Ocean Discoverer, both sailing Alaska for the first time together. The response to...
Agents Get More Support From Silversea
Silversea Cruises has extended its support to travel partners, offering a US$200 ($255 CAD) bonus commission on all bookings through April 30, 2021, as well as including more voyages eligible for this commission. Extended following its successful launch, the special commission incentive is now available on new bookings made on any Silversea voyage departing on or after Oct. 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. The line has also enhanced guests’ flexibility by extending its Cruise with Confidence policy and its reduced deposit initiative. Roberto Martinoli, Silversea's president...
Cruise Operators Set Sail For Environmental Sustainability
GlobalData is warning that cruise operators could be at risk of losing custom to other holiday/transport types if they do not act fast and place environmental sustainability at the forefront of new developments. Gus Gardner, travel and tourism analyst with GlobalData, points out that the global data and analytics company’s Week 11 COVID-19 Recovery Consumer Survey “reveals that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 31% of global respondents have made reducing their environmental footprint slightly/significantly more important than before, with a further 12% making it their top...
Windstar Setting Sail To Miami In 2022
Windstar Cruises said that it plans to relocate its office from Seattle, Washington to Miami, Florida in June 2022. In late February, the small ship cruise line alerted guests and travel advisors that it was pushing back its restart of operations from May to June 2021. Windstar Cruises’ president Christopher Prelog, explained that: “With time and space away from our Seattle office, we’ve thought about our location and other possibilities once our two year lease is up.” Prelog continued: “Although we have all adapted to working remotely with great success, we have been...
Carnival Extends Pause From The U.S. Through May 2021
Carnival Cruise Line has notified booked guests and travel advisors that its pause in operations from U.S. ports has been extended through May 31, 2021. A date for the return of guest cruising operations from U.S. ports has not yet been determined. Earlier in February, Carnival began providing more flexible options for guests booked into early summer so that they could cancel their reservation without penalty if they needed or wanted to make other plans. As it has done throughout the pause, Carnival is providing guests on cruises cancelled today the choice of a future cruise...
HAL Pauses All 2021 Departures To Or From Canadian Ports
As Holland America Line continues to review and assess its plans around the Canadian Transport Ministry’s Interim Order that closed Canadian ports and waters to passenger vessels, the company is extending its pause of cruise operations to now include all sailings that depart from or conclude in a Canadian port in 2021. This will include several Alaska, three Canada/New England and two Pacific Coastal cruises in summer and fall of this year. It also includes all Land+Sea Journeys. At this time, Alaska cruises departing from mid-May and sailing roundtrip from Seattle, Washington,...