Cruise
Silversea’s Venetian Society Set To Sail
Silversea has unveiled details of its October 2018 Venetian Society voyage. The annual Venetian Society cruise allows guests to make new friends while enjoying bespoke experiences in ultimate comfort. The voyage is designed to benefit Silversea's returning guests, while introducing first-time guests to the cruise line's close-knit community of travellers. While open to all, special enhancements will enrich the voyage exclusively for members of the Venetian Society, including unique events, special activities, sophisticated receptions and other privileges -- both on and...
A Little Incentive From Celestyal
Celestyal Cruises is celebrating the launch of its newest itineraries with a 20% commission special for agents on 7-day all-inclusive cruise bookings. It's just Celestyal's way of demonstrating its ongoing commitment to its North American travel agent partners by rewarding them with commission across the majority of components, including the cruise fare (which includes, standard unrestricted drinks package and select shore excursions), additional pre-sold shore excursions, and pre-sold premium drinks upgrade package. The special 20% commission offer is applicable on new bookings...
MSC Bellissimas Set For Asia In 2020
MSC Cruises has announced that the MSC Bellissima will be deployed in Asia in the spring of 2020, becoming MSC Cruises newest flagship for the region. MSC Bellissima is MSC Cruises' second Meraviglia-class ship and is currently being constructed at STX Frances shipyard in Saint-Nazaire and is due to first come into service in March 2019. Following its inaugural season in the Mediterranean next summer, MSC Bellissima will bring a range of cutting-edge innovations to China and Japan, including the longest LED Sky Screen at Sea, at 262 feet long, within a stunning 315 ft. long...
TPI Honours Top Advisors
Travel Professionals International (TPI) celebrated the success of its top advisors recently by hosting them and their guests on The Crystal Esprit Yacht, alongside TPI president, Morris Chia, TPI CEO, Zeina Gedeon, and marketing director, Jordana Botting. Chia said: “The Chairman's Circle trip is a TPI tradition I very much look forward to, as it is one of the best opportunities for me to connect with our top achievers and recognize their commitment to success. To be able to spend such quality time with TPIs best of the best while sailing aboard a yacht in a beautiful part of...
Get Fit With Celebrity, Canyon Ranch
Celebrity Cruises and Canyon Ranch have teamed up to reinvent fitness at sea, with the redesigned onboard program now including 20 new fitness classes and seminar experiences for guests. In all, there are six class categories based on different core needs and exercise groups: Sweat, Conditioning, Longevity, Mindfulness, Nutrition, and Acupuncture. Celebrity Cruises' senior vice-president, hotel operations, Brian Abel noted that: “At Celebrity Cruises we're always looking for ways to pump-up the volume and raise the bar. Together with the Canyon Ranch team, we saw the opportunity...
G Adventures Sailing In Sri Lanka
G Adventures has launched a new sailing trip along Sri Lanka's east coast, following the splash made by its industry-first sailing trip along the south coast of the island nation. The first itinerary launched in February this year and is already 90% sold out in its first season. This further demonstrates Sri Lanka's increasing popularity as a travel destination, with the country also experiencing a tripling of demand for G Adventures' land-based trips in 2017. The new Sailing Sri Lanka - East Coast itinerary is designed to complement the existing Sailing Sri Lanka - South Coast tour,...
Everything Is Possible With CWT
The Carlson Wagonlit 2018 Conference kicked off with a reception at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles with cocktail party hosted by Visit California. Next up the conference embarks on a three day non-stop cruise to Vancouver aboard the Ruby Princess. This year’s conference theme is I’mPossible and will feature bestselling authors Colin and Julie Angus as well as a presentation by digital media strategist, Jonah Cait. Stay tuned for more to come. #CWTalwaysgoingfurther In the photo at the top of this item: The CWT Team, from l to r, are Una O'Leary, senior director,...
Dare To Dream Aboard Symphony Of The Seas
If bigger is better – and many certainly think that's the case – then Royal Caribbean International continues to be tops at sea with the recent launch of Symphony of the Seas, the world's largest passenger cruise ship, reports assistant editor, Greg Coates in this week's digital edition of Travel Courier. The 25th ship in Royal Caribbean’s fleet, the 5,518-passenger (at double occupancy) Symphony of the Seas is 228,081 gross registered tons, measures 238 feet tall and spans 1,188 feet long. It has 18 decks and 2,759 staterooms. Like its sister ship, Harmony of the Seas, the...