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Helen Mirren Named Godmother of Scenic Eclipse
Scenic has announced that Academy Award winner Helen Mirren will be the godmother of its first Discovery Yacht, Scenic Eclipse. The maiden voyage of this ultra-luxury vessel is scheduled for Aug. 15, departing Reykjavik, Iceland on a 13-day discovery sailing, ending in Quebec on Aug. 27. “Scenic Eclipse is a unique ship that requires an equally unique person to act in this role,” said Glen Moroney, founder and chairman of Scenic. “We are delighted to welcome Dame Helen Mirren as Scenic Eclipse godmother – her style, beauty and spirit of adventure are true to those embodied...
Cunard’s Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth Meet in Halifax
Luxury cruise line Cunard’s flagship liner Queen Mary 2 had a rare meeting with sister ship Queen Elizabeth in Halifax Friday (July 26), making for a spectacular sailaway. Halifax is the birthplace of the company’s founder Sir Samuel Cunard. The meeting was arranged in celebration of Zita Cobb and Sandra Greer, this year’s recipients of the Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity and The Innovative Spirit Award, respectively. The Samuel Cunard Award for Vision, Courage and Creativity was inaugurated in 2015 to celebrate the company’s 175th Anniversary in the...
Why Use A Travel Agent, Just Ask Carnival
Adolfo Perez doesn't wear his commitment to travel agents on his sleeve. He wears it under his sleeve. Perez, senior vice-president, global sales and trade marketing for Carnival Cruise Line, sports a tattoo on his left shoulder that reads Travel Agents Rock, underscoring his belief in the importance of the travel agency community, a belief on display in Toronto on Wednesday when the cruise company held one of the four Why Use A Travel Advisor campaign events it's hosting in North America this year. The events are for agents, their clients and “soon-to-be clients” and are as...
Cruise Into Canadian Savings From AmaWaterways
Luxury river cruise line AmaWaterways is offering new savings for Canadian residents. The limited-time offer provides free pre-paid gratuities on a selection of 2019 sailings booked between July 1 and Sept. 30. AmaWaterways’ cruises include award-winning cuisine and a choice of up to 20 excursions during a seven-night cruise. Each meal is specially paired with premium local reds and whites from Europe’s renowned wine regions, with new selections each evening. All onboard dining, as well as unlimited wine and beer with lunch and dinner and evening Sip & Sail cocktail hour, is...
Ensemble’s Libbie Rice Christens AmaMora
On the heels of christening the AmaMagna, AmaWaterways officially welcomed its third new ship for the 2019 season, the AmaMora. Co-founders Rudi Schreiner and Kristin Karst joined Mayor Adalbert Dornbusch of Lahnstein, Germany and Godmother Libbie Rice, president of Ensemble Travel Group, for a day of festivities officially commemorating the new 156-passenger vessel. “This has truly been a record-breaking year for us, and we are very proud to welcome AmaMora to our wonderful fleet of ships that are built to meet the needs of today’s travellers who crave a luxurious and personalized...
Princess Introduces Phantom Bridge Escape Room
Cruise guests ready to travel through time and space need to look no further than Princess Cruises newest ships – Sky Princess and Enchanted Princess – to experience Phantom Bridge, a world’s first game combining digital and physical elements for the ultimate immersive escape room. “Phantom Bridge, our newest Discovery at SEA interactive attraction, will offer our guests the exclusive opportunity to live a real-world, 'gamified' experience with more than 700 different outcomes for the ultimate adventure,” said Denise Saviss, Princess Cruises vice-president of entertainment...
Dr. Seuss Word Challenge a Huge Success
As part of the second annual Dr. Seuss’s Word Challenge, sponsored by Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Random House Children’s Books, kids sailing aboard Carnival Cruise Line this summer read an astonishing 250 million Dr. Seuss words through fun, educational activities across the line’s 26-ship fleet, helping to surpass the overall goal of 250 million Dr. Seuss words read during the nationwide campaign. The summer reading program, which started May 21, ended with a book reading to local children from the Boys and Girls Club of Central Florida in Port Canaveral, Fla. aboard Carnival...
Carnival Panorama Completes Successful Sea Trials
Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Panorama, successfully completed its sea trials in the Adriatic Sea earlier this week in anticipation of its inaugural cruise from Long Beach, Calif., Dec. 11, becoming the line’s first new ship on the West Coast in 20 years. Currently in the final stages of construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy, Carnival Panorama had a full contingent of officers, technicians and engineers on board who thoroughly tested the ship’s sophisticated technical, mechanical and navigation systems. “Carnival Panorama is a wonderful...