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TTAND celebrates trio of awards from Celebrity Cruises
There are champagne corks popping as the Travel Agent Next Door (TTAND) celebrates three awards from Celebrity Cruises for 2025, including the Partner of the Year for the third time. Celebrity’s Allan Brooks and Brenda Yeomans were at the TTAND office in Toronto last week to present the awards. The three awards won by TTAND are: Partner of the Year Canada; Key Account of the Year and the Top 50 North America award. Flemming Friisdahl, TTAND CEO said: “We are extremely honoured to receive three awards from Celebrity. They are great partners and being named Partner of the Year...
Explora Journeys makes itinerary changes for winter 2026-2027 season
Explora Journeys has confirmed that EXPLORA II will operate from November 2026 to March 2027 exclusively in the Mediterranean with the originally planned Middle East deployment no longer taking place. The company said that the decision was being made well in advance, following careful consideration and reflecting Explora Journeys’ commitment to providing guests and travel advisors with clarity and confidence as they plan their future Journeys. Instead, EXPLORA II will operate itineraries across the Western Mediterranean, inviting guests to experience the region during the...
Azamara Cruises launches “A Suite Story” global contest
Azamara Cruises has launched “A Suite Story” -- a global contest inviting its community to help inspire the names of new suites aboard Azamara Quest. One grand prize winner will also receive the opportunity to sail on Quest’s 1-night preview cruise out of Miami following its Azamara Forward renovations on Dec. 17, 2026. The contest invites guests, crew members, travel advisors, and employees to submit the name of a meaningful city, that guests have sailed to on Azamara cruises, along with the personal story behind their connection to the...
ACTA Opens Applications for Aurora Expeditions Cruise Experience and 2026 Avalon Waterways European River Cruise Summit
ACTA has announce a first-of-its-kind immersive educational expedition experience in partnership with Aurora Expeditions. The unique professional development opportunity will take place June 9–16, 2026, aboard the Sylvia Earle, sailing through Iceland’s Westfjords region. Designed for ACTA member travel advisors seeking deeper knowledge and hands-on training, this experiential learning opportunity will be limited to 30 participants. A professional development participation fee of USD $3,250 per person, based on double occupancy, will be payable directly to Aurora Expeditions...
HX Expeditions introduces CAD Pricing, 130th Anniversary offer
Responding to feedback from the Canadian travel trade community seeking greater pricing flexibility amid ongoing currency fluctuations, HX Expeditions has introduced a new option that allows Canadian guests and travel advisors to book expedition voyages in Canadian dollars. Carla Brake, Senior Director of Sales, Americas at HX Expeditions, based in Toronto, explained that: “Offering pricing in Canadian dollars strengthens our commitment to the Canadian market. It gives our advisor partners greater clarity when quoting voyages and allows travelers to plan their expedition with the...
Curious About Riverside Luxury Cruises? Join the Live Q&A Webcast
Riverside Luxury Cruises is heading into its fourth season with serious momentum, coming off a record-breaking 2025 and earning multiple industry accolades, including Cruise Critic recognition for Best Dining on the rivers for the third year in a row. Travel advisors are invited to an interactive Ask Me Anything Webcast on Wednesday, March 25 at 1 p.m. EST with Peter Ouzounov, Senior Director of Sales for Canada. Learn what’s new for 2026 and 2027 from itineraries and special event sailings to onboard enhancements and elevated culinary experiences, and get insight into who Riverside...
Virgin Voyages announces ‘Sisters at Sea’ rendezvous in 2027
Virgin Voyages will bring all four of its Lady Ships together at sea for the first time on Feb. 16, 2027, creating the largest single celebration event ever held on the open ocean. Named “Sisters at Sea,” the milestone event will see Scarlet Lady, Valiant Lady, Resilient Lady and Brilliant Lady converge at a single coordinate in the Caribbean – approximately 38 nautical miles north of Nuevitas, Cuba – with more than 15,000 Sailors and Crew on board and not a kid in sight. That rendezvous of Virgin Voyages ships marks the first time a cruise line has brought its entire...
Seabourn is cruising with Yours To Explore Event
Seabourn has set sail with its new “Yours to Explore Event,” which is available now through May 5, 2026, and which offers a complimentary two-category Veranda Suite upgrade and shipboard credit for guests booking select 2026 and beyond ocean and expedition voyages. Benefits for the “Yours to Explore Event” include: Complimentary two-category Veranda Suite upgrade Shipboard credit by voyage duration: $300 USD per suite on voyages 13 days or fewer $1,000 USD per suite on voyages 14 days or longer Mark Tamis, President of Seabourn, said that: “With our ‘Yours...