Cruise
Sunwing Setting Sail With MSC Seashore In 2022
For Canadians ready to set sail in 2022, Sunwing is offering them the opportunity to book a cruise aboard MSC Cruises’ brand new MSC Seashore. Sailings will be available between Jan. 8, 2022, and April 23, 2022, with flight departures from Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal. Plus, customers who book their cruise on board MSC Seashore by April 20, 2021 will receive a free upgrade from an Oceanview to a Balcony Stateroom. The MSC Seashore is one of MSC Cruises’ most innovative ships yet, featuring unique architecture that’s designed to bring guests closer to the sea....
Riviera River Cruises Has A Fam For You
During the month of April, Riviera River Cruises will offer a promotion for $499 per person FAM cruises to travel advisors – with an opportunity to make the cruise entirely free. Advisors who book a client on a 2021 or 2022 European river cruise of eight days or more will be eligible for a FAM cruise of their choice for $499 per person for themselves and a travel companion. After the FAM cruise, advisors who book a client within 90 days will be refunded $499, making their own cruise free. Book a second client in the 90 days after the FAM cruise, and they’ll be refunded $499...
Saint Lucia Ready To Welcome Cruise Tourism This Summer
Saint Lucia is preparing to welcome its first international cruise ship since closure to the sector amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Following considerable dialogue with local authorities, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line has signaled the return of the cruise industry to Saint Lucia after more than a year, naming it as a port-of-call on a mid-July itinerary, that will see Celebrity Millennium make its first voyage of the season to the destination, as well as to sister islands and homeports of St. Marten and Barbados on its Southern Caribbean route. Preliminary discussions with Royal...
Royal Caribbean Puts Bermuda On The Itinerary
Beginning in June, and continuing through August, Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas will make Bermuda its homeport for the first time and operate 7-night cruises from there. Those sailings will allow passengers to spend time in Bermuda as well as visiting Royal Caribbean’s Perfect Day at CocoCay, private island in the Bahamas. The new 2021 summer itineraries from Bermuda will open for bookings on Monday, March 29 and depart as soon as June 26. Sailing with vaccinated crew, the cruises – at this time – will be available to adult guests who are fully vaccinated against...
Uniworld Experiences Make Travel Matter
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises and U by Uniworld are setting sail on a variety of MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experiences for 2021 throughout India, Europe and the Middle East. The new experiences will be implemented into itineraries, aiming to directly advance Uniworld’s long-standing commitment to have a positive impact on the people and communities visited on sailings. Ellen Bettridge, President and CEO of Uniworld and U by Uniworld, said that: “At Uniworld, we’re proud to offer clients experiences that make a positive impact and aid sustainable, conscious travel. Along with our...
Agents Are On Windstar’s Itinerary
With a return to cruising is on the horizon, Windstar Cruises has added two new tools -- MailPound and BranchUp – to make it easier for travel advisors to share the line’s wanderlust-inducing videos, news, and special offers with the click of a button (and even without a click, thanks to automatic feeds). Travels Advisors can sign up for both programs free via Windstar’s Advisor Hub. Steve Simao, Windstar’s vice president of sales, said that: “As part of our Star Promise program, which includes our commitment to provide fresh sales tools and support to make what travel...
Costa Cruises Set To Resume Cruising In May
Costa Cruises has revised its plans moving its restart to May. The decision has been taken in consideration of the restrictions still in place in Italy and other European countries to contain Covid-19. Such measures do not allow the Company to offer the best cruise vacations to its guests, especially for what concerns the experience ashore. In line with the new plan, Costa Smeralda’s departure in Italy is planned for May 1, with an unchanged itinerary, sailing guests to beautiful Italian locations, with 3- and 4-day mini-cruises or alternatively a 7-day cruise, calling...
Holland America Launches Series For Travel Advisors
Holland America Line is looking to guide its travel advisor partners to greater success personally and professionally through a new “Mondays with Michelle” series featuring Michelle Sutter, vice president of North America sales. Posted every Monday at 12 p.m. Pacific time/3 p.m. Eastern time on the Holland America Line PartnerSHIPS trade Facebook page, Sutter will either host a live, interactive session or broadcast a recorded video presentation. “Mondays with Michelle” launched this week with a video that celebrates International Happiness Day (March 20) and features...