Cruise
HAL Turns Up The Heat
From foodie newbies to seasoned cooks, Holland America Line is encouraging guests to embrace their love of cooking alongside the experts at America's Test Kitchen with five new shows starting in January 2019. The new 45-minute presentations -- covering everything from tacos and takeout to dinner for two and sweet treats -- join the 14 current shows and feature a mix of video, instruction and live recipe demonstrations. All Holland America Line ships (except Maasdam) feature America's Test Kitchen venues that replicate the set where the prominent America's Test Kitchen television shows...
TTAND Earns Celebrity Rising Star Award
Celebrity Cruises has awarded The Travel Agent Next Door (TTAND) its Celebrity Rising Star Award for 2018 in Canada. The award is given to a newer, upcoming agency. TTAND is an agency that is focused on a true partnership with Celebrity Cruises, one that shows innovative marketing and surpasses revenue and APD expectations. And most importantly, they have a fantastic attitude . TTAND has been exceptional in all of this criteria from the leadership team to each one of the Travel Advisors. They participate in everything Celebrity offers to better their knowledge of its Brand and its...
IT’S TIME TO VOTE!
Are you ready to pick your favourites? Well it's that time again as Baxter Media launches the 2019 Agents' Choice Readership Survey this week. Agents' Choice is Canada's original and most authoritative travel industry poll and each year it asks Canadian travel agents to pick their favourite suppliers in over 40 different categories – ranging from airlines to tour operators; cruise lines to destinations; coach operators to car rentals; and a whole lot more. Numbers matter and in 2018, 6,027 Canadian agents voted for their favourite suppliers in the annual poll. In 2019, the...
Win With HAL
With Holland America Line’s (HAL) new “Come Sail O-Way” sweepstakes, in partnership with O, The Oprah Magazine, one lucky winner and a guest will have a chance to bask in the sun of the Caribbean or Mexico on a seven-day cruise. HAL launched the sweepstakes to celebrate the delivery of Nieuw Statendam, its newest Pinnacle Class ship. To enter, participants must visit SailOWaySweeps.com and complete an entry form. Participants can receive an extra entry in the sweepstakes by sharing their sweepstakes entry on Twitter or Facebook. The sweepstakes runs through Feb. 17. The...
PONANT Set For Busy 2019 Season
Luxury French line PONANT will continue to broaden its horizons this year with the addition of two new ships and nearly 40 new itineraries across the fleet. From March to December, the ships will chart new courses through destinations such as North America, Africa, Europe, Caribbean, the Arctic and more. Highlights include: The PONANT EXPLORERS fleet will double this year with the addition of Le Bougainville and Le Dumont-d’Urville. Making their maiden voyage through the Baltic and Mediterranean, both ships will feature an innovative Blue Eye lounge – the industry-first,...
Avalon Puts European River Cruises On Sale
Avalon Waterways has launched a “Flash Sale,” offering special fares on a select number of its Tulip Time and Active & Discovery on the Rhine sailings. Travellers can save up to $1,200 per person as well as access to special airfares to Europe. Using major scheduled airlines, Avalon will fly clients from Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal for $499, taxes included. And for $100 to $150 more, travellers can add on connecting fares from 16 additional cities across Canada. Tulip Time cruises sailing past acres of colourful tulip fields and feature such...
Viking’s Newest World Cruise Covers Six Continents
Viking has unveiled its 2020-2021 Viking World Cruise, which will span 161 days, six continents and 75 ports, with overnight stays in 13 cities. Setting sail on Dec. 14, 2020 from Miami, the itinerary will include six new ports of call for Viking, including Honolulu and Nawiliwili, marking the company’s inaugural visit to the Hawaiian Islands. Sailing on Viking’s 930-guest all-veranda Viking Sun, this grand voyage will allow guests to explore islands of the Caribbean and the South Pacific; call upon ports in Asia, from Hong Kong to Bangkok; explore countries of the Middle East,...
Lindblad Has Special Family Offer In Alaska
Following the recent launch of the National Geographic Venture, Lindblad Expeditions has announced a special family offer for select Alaska voyages in 2019. Sister ship to National Geographic Quest – the line’s first-ever new-build which launched last summer – the new Venture brings the Lindblad Alaska fleet to four in 2019. The family offer is applicable on select departures of the eight-day Exploring Alaska’s Coast Wilderness and is based on two full-paying adults bringing one child (22 and under) for 50% off, and a second child for free when travelling together. The...