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Scenic Unveils 2022 European River Cruise Collection
Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours has opened up booking for its 2022 European river cruise season. In 2022, the river cruise company is unveiling a new itinerary and several new Scenic Freechoice excursions as well as a number of special offers for those who plan ahead. Early-booking savings include free and reduced price economy flights (CAD$295 and $495) flights for many of Scenic’s most popular itineraries. Scenic is also CAD$100 per person gift cards for booking 8- to 14-day sailings or CAD$200 on cruises of 15 days or longer. A new Love to Travel promotion offers...
Silversea Sets Sail With Training Enhancements
Silversea Cruises has enhanced its digital training platform -- Silversea Academy -- to equip travel partners with expertise. Now accessible to travel partners globally, including those in the United States, Canada, LATAM and Asia for the first time, and enhanced for users in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, the online educational program has been enriched and expanded, and now offers 18 training modules. By participating in Silversea’s online training courses, travel partners will be better placed to sell the cruise line’s unique, all-inclusive offering,...
New Cancellations From Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line has advised guests and travel agents that it is cancelling the remaining cruises for the six total ships operating from PortMiami and Port Canaveral for November 2020. The cruise company has also cancelled five cruises scheduled to operate from Sydney, Australia from Jan. 16 to Feb. 8, 2021. Following the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) decision to extend its no-sail order for cruise operations until Oct. 31, Carnival cancelled all but PortMiami and Port Canaveral cruises for the rest of the year. It has now determined that November 2020 operations...
Carnival Celebration Reservations Now Open
Carnival Cruise Line has opened reservations for Carnival Celebration – the company’s newest ship – which is set to debut in November 2022 as part of the company’s 50th birthday. The sister to the line’s first XL-class ship, Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration will debut with an inaugural 14-day Carnival Journeys cruise Nov. 6, 2022, followed by the launch of year-round service from PortMiami Nov. 21, 2022. The addition of Carnival Celebration to Miami will maintain PortMiami's position as the top embarkation port for Carnival Cruise Line. Carnival Celebration will...
Travel Advisors Are All-Stars
In the Agents’ Choice 2020 Readership Survey, the value of using a travel agent is showcased in the issue’s feature story. In the wake of travel bans, restrictions, cancellations and last-minute re-booking needs brought on by the pandemic, it became apparent that those who used travel advisors were better off than those who decided to go it alone. “I have never been told so many times how absolutely lost they would have been without a travel agent to find alternate flights home, cancel their trips for refunds or credits and take care of everything. I was able to assist all my...
Carnival Introduces FCC Kit For Agents
Carnival Cruise Line has launched a new Future Cruise Credit (FCC) toolkit that’s designed to support travel advisors on the many ways they can use FCC’s to help their clients and to grow their business. With many guests opting for future cruise credits on cancelled sailings, FCC’s represent a huge opportunity for travel advisors to grow their business as their clients have already expressed an interest in booking their next cruise and have committed funds toward that next booking. Available via a dedicated page on GoCCL.com, the Future Cruise Credit Toolkit includes a variety...
A Call For Change
In an open letter to travel suppliers, the ACTA COVID-19 Travel Agency Leaders Advisory Committee calls for “a holistic review of the systemic practices and policies that are currently in place between travel agencies and travel suppliers.” The travel industry is going through an unprecedented crisis due to the global pandemic and it will be affected adversely for much longer than other industries. Tour operators, cruise lines, airlines, hoteliers, car rental companies and travel agencies have seen their business more or less come to a halt, the letter states. It...
NCLH Extends Suspension Of Voyages
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. -- which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands – says it is extending its previously announced suspension of global cruise voyages to include all voyages embarking between Nov. 1 through Nov. 30, 2020 for its three cruise brands. NCLH said it will continue to work in tandem with global government and public health authorities and its Healthy Sail Panel expert advisors to take all necessary measures to protect its guests, crew and the communities visited. Guests who are currently booked on...