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Seabourn extends Sail of the Year event through March
Seabourn has extended its exclusive annual “Sail of the Year” event, offering guests more time to take advantage of exceptional savings and benefits on select 2025 and 2026 worldwide ocean and expedition voyages on the line’s fleet of ultra-luxury ships. Now extended through March 4, 2025, the “Sail of the Year” event offers the following exclusive benefits: Savings of up to 15 per cent on select Seabourn ultra-luxury ocean and expedition voyages 15 per cent reduced deposits on Seabourn ultra-luxury ocean voyages and expeditions to all seven continents Up to $1,000...
AmaWaterways enhances its line of 2025/2026 Soulful sailings
AmaWaterways has expanded its Soulful sailings for 2025 and 2026. Joining the 2025 line up is the Best of Holland & Belgium. This is the first Soulful Experience that includes the celebrations of Kwanza and New Year’s, sailing round-trip from Amsterdam on December 27, 2025. In 2026 there are three additional sailings, with two as new Soulful itineraries, added to the already scheduled France and Egypt offerings. Enticing Douro, first done in 2025, is on June 13, and the two new ones are Riches of the Mekong on October 11 and the Swiss Alps & Rhine Castles Christmas on Dec...
The countdown begins to experience Carnival’s Celebration Key
Carnival Cruise Line guests are just five months away from experiencing Celebration Key's five portals to paradise. To kick off the countdown to the official opening on July 19, Carnival Corporation & plc's Chief Executive Officer Josh Weinstein and Chief Maritime Officer Lars Ljoen joined Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy for a behind the scenes look at this new exclusive destination on Grand Bahama as construction enters its final phases They marked milestones in construction progress across the expansive beachfront destination and highlighted...
Oceania adds 12 new gourmet excursions for 2025
Oceania Cruises has expanded its signature range of immersive Culinary Discovery Tours with the addition of 12 new gourmet excursions for 2025. The new chef-led tours are in diverse locations spanning the globe from Europe and the UK with new excursions in Amsterdam, Belfast, Invergordon, Valencia, and Valletta; to Asia with three new options for Japan sailings in Kobe, Kochi, and Shimizu, plus Busan in South Korea; and North America where new tours are available in Halifax, Quebec City, and Victoria. The additions mean Oceania Cruises now offers a total of 46...
Hurtigruten launches BOGO sale on select Norwegian cruises
Hurtigruten has launched a Buy One, Get One Free flash sale, valid now through Feb. 21, 2025, on select departures on the six-day Original Coastal Express from Kirkenes to Bergen April through September 2025. Hurtigruten has operated this southbound itinerary since 1893, where guests get to see and experience the very best of the Norwegian coastline, as well as taste the local delicacies offered through the cruise line’s award-winning Norway’s Coastal Kitchen. Besides the current flash sale, Hurtigruten is also offering discounts during the so-called Wave season, with up to...
Oceania appoints Brennan Quesnele as senior VP, sales
Oceania Cruises has appointed Brennan Quesnele as the brand's new senior vice president of sales, effective Feb. 24, 2025. Quesnele will report directly to Frank A. Del Rio, President of Oceania Cruises. Quesnele joins Oceania Cruises from its sister brand, Norwegian Cruise Line, where he held the role of Vice President of Strategic and National Accounts since July 2022. Prior to Norwegian Cruise Line, Quesnele served in various executive leadership roles within the sales, marketing, and product areas at Flight Centre Travel Group. Quesnele will oversee the execution of Oceania...
Costa Cruises opens bookings for 2027 world cruise
Costa Cruises has opened bookings for its 2027 World Cruise. Guests will embark in Savona, Italy, Nov. 25, 2026, on an epic 139-day journey aboard Costa Deliziosa that explores five continents, 29 countries and 47 destinations. New for 2027, guests will have the opportunity to embark Costa’s world cruise in San Francisco, California, Jan. 3, 2027. Costa Cruises was among the first companies to offer this exceptional journey starting in the 1970s, and for the 2027 World Cruise, it has designed a truly special itinerary, unveiling new and exclusive destinations. These...
Royal Caribbean International announces its Travel Partners of the Year
2024 was a record-breaking year for Royal Caribbean, marked by the highly anticipated introductions of the world’s best family vacation, Icon of the Seas, and the world’s biggest weekend, Utopia of the Seas. The vacation brand also announced plans for its newest destinations Perfect Day Mexico and the Royal Beach Club Collection in Paradise Island, The Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. Following a monumental year of innovation and delivering world-class vacations, Royal Caribbean International has revealed its 2024 “Travel Partners of the Year” awards. The 2024 Travel...