Cruise
Riviera to Launch New All-Suite Ship in 2020
Riviera River Cruises will launch the new all-suite MS Geoffrey Chaucer in spring 2020. The 443-foot Geoffrey Chaucer will accommodate 169 guests on itineraries on the Danube, Main and Rhine Rivers and Dutch waterways. “At Riviera River Cruises, we take pride in maintaining the youngest fleet of ships in Europe, and we’re excited to continue this tradition with the launch of the new MS Geoffrey Chaucer in 2020,” said Marilyn Conroy, Riviera River Cruises’ vice-president, sales and marketing, North America. “This will be our sixth all-suite ship and, like our other new...
Carnival Redesigns ‘GoCCL Navigator’ Booking Tool
Carnival Cruise Line has launched “GoCCL Navigator,” a redesigned and renamed cruise booking tool for travel advisors. The result of a year of research and design, the release of Phase 1 represents the first major overhaul of Carnival’s booking engine in a decade. Changes were based on extensive input from travel advisors, and the platform was beta-tested in May by more than 500 “power users” – agents who are the line’s highest-volume bookers. “Carnival worked with many of our travel partners to understand their needs and make sure that the new GoCCL Navigator...
Cunard Celebrates 100 Years
Luxury cruise line Cunard welcomed back one of its oldest living former crew members as he prepared to celebrate his 100th birthday in the same month that Cunard will celebrate 100 years of sailing from the City of Southampton. November 2019 marks a century since the record-breaking superliner RMS. Mauretania inaugurated Cunard’s Southampton express transatlantic service, linking the Hampshire shipping hub with New York City. Former Cunard bellboy, John ‘Jack’ Jenkins MBE, who recently gave a moving speech at the D-Day commemoration ceremony in Portsmouth attended by Her...
HAL Invites Travellers to Discover the Aloha Spirit
Travellers looking to experience the exotic ways of Hawaii have 10 Holland America Line (HAL) cruises to choose from between fall 2019 and spring 2020. Ranging from 16 to 28 days, the itineraries also include Collectors’ Voyages that combine the islands of Hawaii with a taste of the Mexican Riviera. Each itinerary features an overnight call at Honolulu, providing extra time to visit historic Pearl Harbor, catch a golden sunset on Waikiki Beach, take in the views from Diamond Head State Monument or spend the evening at an authentic luau. The cruises also feature calls in Hilo,...
SeaDream to Set Sail to Israel in 2021
Reservations for SeaDream Yacht Club’s 2021 Mediterranean season are now open. For the first time, SeaDream will sail to Israel’s bustling town of Ashdod, which provides easy access to Israel’s most important cultural hubs, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. With meticulously curated itineraries and six new ports of call, the 2021 season will ensure new and returning guests embark on a special experience as they uncover the Mediterranean’s most mesmerizing destinations in the French and Italian Riviera, Greek Isles and Spanish coast. For SeaDream’s first visit to Israel, SeaDream...
Sales Open for MSC Seashore
MSC Cruises has opened sales for MSC Seashore's inaugural season in the Western Mediterranean. Starting in June 2021, the ship will sail a seven-night itinerary calling at Barcelona, Marseille, Genoa, Naples, Messina and Valetta. Sales are open now for MSC Voyagers Club members. All other travellers will be able to book cruises starting July 11. MSC Seashore will be the third ship in the innovative Seaside generation, following MSC Seaside and MSC Seaview, which launched in 2017 and 2018 respectively, and the first of two enriched Seaside Evo ships with extended public spaces,...
PONANT Adds To Its Fleet
PONANT has welcomed its ninth ship to its fleet and the fourth in the PONANT EXPLORER series – Le Dumont-d'Urville. PONANT took delivery of Le Dumont-d'Urville as the ship left the port of Søvik, Norway for Bergen, ready to depart on her maiden cruise in mid-June. Jean Emmanuel Sauvée, CEO of PONANT, said, “Such a delivery rate is a first in the history of the French merchant navy: this is the fourth ship in the PONANT EXPLORERS series delivered in the last 12 months. The substantial expansion of our fleet .allows us to offer our guests an increasing number of destinations,...
Cruising With Jann Arden on Avalon
Music was in the air on a recent Avalon Waterways' Blue Danube Discovery cruise from Budapest to Prague. Jann Arden, much-loved and award-winning Canadian musician, entertainer and author escorted this departure which featured a concert with her own band and a signing of her new book, Feeding My Mother, for each passenger. A highlight for many was a private concert for the Avalon passengers given by the local men's choir in Regensberg, Germany, during which the men performed their own version of the Arden hit Good Mother. “It was great fun to travel with Jann again,” said...