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Crystal Esprit Reservations For 2023, Early 2024 Now Open
Crystal Yacht Cruises has opened reservations for the Crystal Esprit’s 2023 and early 2024 itineraries. On the roster of predominantly schedule-friendly six-, seven- and eight-night voyages are idyllic islands, chic rivieras and ancient civilizations found in the Seychelles, Greece, France, Italy, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Croatia and more, with itineraries designed to offer immersive experiences in each region. Guests can reserve their 2023 Crystal Esprit voyage with no money down, as Crystal Confidence 2.0 offers a 90-day deposit window, extended final payments and relaxed...
Bahamas Paradise Plans Nov. 4 Resumption Of Sailings
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line’s CEO Oneil Khosa has announced details of the cruise company’s resumption of sailings. Khosa said that: “We have been planning our anticipated return to sea for October; however, as we continue to monitor the situation surrounding COVID-19 and communicate with the Bahamian government on their plans to allow leisure guests to return, we have determined that a further extension is in the best interest of our guests and crew. At this time, we plan to resume operations November 4, 2020 onboard Grand Celebration and March 3, 2021, onboard Grand...
Solo Social Distancing With Riviera River Cruises
Riviera River Cruises’ dedicated departures for solo travellers offer the opportunity to social distance while sailing Europe’s waterways, without paying a single supplement. Space for passengers to spread out is in abundance on Riviera’s solo departures, with capacity reduced and cabins and suites that are among the largest on any river cruise vessel. And solo travellers aren’t the only travellers who can take advantage of these cruises – select departures are also available for group bookings. In 2021, eight solo traveler itineraries will be available with a variety...
Bahamas Paradise: Micro-Deposits For Micro-Cations
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line has launched its new ‘Micro-Deposits for Micro-Cations’ offer, allowing travellers to book future sailings to Grand Bahama Island or Nassau for early 2021 with just a $25 deposit per person. Travellers who take advantage of this offer will enjoy a host of perks, including 10 free drinks, a $50 onboard credit, free WiFi, and kids sail FREE. With the rollout of this new offer, the cruise line is providing yet another tool for travel advisors to create leads for bookings, increase customer spend, and drive revenue. Francis Riley, senior vice...
Holland America Ready To Explore The World
Holland America Line is opening bookings for two of its most epic explorations: the 2022 Grand World Voyage and the 2021 Grand Africa Voyage. Guests who want to circle the globe on the 128-day odyssey can now make their Grand World Voyage and Africa circumnavigation reservations. Both itineraries are conveniently roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and include overnight calls at some of the world’s most iconic cities. As an added incentive to make Grand Voyage reservations, Holland America Line is offering Early Booking Benefits on both itineraries to guests who book the...
Agents Can Build A Cruise With Crystal
Crystal has rolled out a series of training videos presenting step-by-step instructions on how to use the features of CruiseBuilder, Crystal’s online booking engine. Topics of these easy-to-follow, short videos – each is less than a minute – include: How to Check Availability How to Check Pricing How to Make a Fast Quote Plus there are loads of others that aim to demonstrate the ease and simplicity of the booking process for travel advisors. Additional videos will be added moving forward. The first four tutorials can be found in Crystal’s Partner...
Meet Your New Competition
In conversation with Canadian Travel Press, Forrester’s chief business technology officer & head of FeedbackNow, Steve Peltzman makes it clear that “the pandemic will have a long-term effect, and the customer balance between convenience and safety will shift forever as a result.” Peltzman pointed out that real competition is no longer just other forms of travel and hospitality but rather the desire to not travel at all. He explained that Forrester’s research shows about four in 10 US adults feel comfortable stepping into an aircraft, hotel lobby, or restaurant only after...
A New Celebration For Carnival
Carnival Cruise Line has announced that its next Excel-class ship – which arrives in 2022 to coincide with its 50th birthday celebration -- will be named “Carnival Celebration.” To mark the occasion, a full roster of Carnival partners, including Kathie Lee Gifford, Guy Fieri and Shaquille O’Neal, unwrapped boxes that revealed the letters of the Celebration name, which is both a throwback to one of the popular early ships in the Carnival fleet, as well as a recognition of Carnival’s 50th birthday celebration that will take place in 2022 when the new Carnival...