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Fascination Resumes Year-Round San Juan Service
Carnival Fascination has resumed its year-round schedule of seven-day southern Caribbean departures from San Juan, following an extensive multi-million-dollar dry dock that added a variety of popular food and beverage concepts. On its San Juan-based program, Fascination departs every Sunday on week-long voyages visiting five tropical destinations – St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Kitts, St. Thomas and St. Maarten, each of which is home to world-class beaches, centuries-old historical sites and unique shoreside experiences and shopping and dining opportunities. “We’re delighted that...
Norwegian Bliss One Step Closer to Delivery
Norwegian Bliss, the third of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Breakaway Plus class, emerged from the Meyer Werft building dock in Papenburg, Germany on Feb. 17, representing a major milestone in the vessel’s construction. The ship will remain in the shipyard port for the final phase of construction, until its conveyance down the River Ems towards the North Sea, scheduled for mid-March. During this time, the first crew members will move into their staterooms on board, begin their training, and familiarize themselves with the ship – readying it for the first guests to arrive after delivery...
Scenic Group Purchases Mayflower Tours
Scenic Group continues its growth in the North American market with the purchase of Mayflower Tours. According to officials, both companies share similar histories, albeit on two different continents. Scenic began as a luxury tour operator in 1986, adding luxury river cruises in 2008, and is now an industry leader with more than 800 escorted itineraries in 66 countries, 22 river ships, and two luxury Discovery Yachts (launching this year and in 2020). Mayflower began in 1979 doing the same thing in the US and today offers hundreds of deluxe tours in 52 countries. Mayflower...
Emerald Waterways Expands Southeast Asia Lineup
With the popularity of European river cruising continuing to soar, travellers are now looking for more destinations to explore in the same leisurely fashion. For the third consecutive year, Emerald Waterways will be operating an expanded offering of cruises and tours in Southeast Asia, with nine exciting river cruises itineraries on the Mekong River in Vietnam and Cambodia, and – new in 2019 – on the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar. And to entice travellers to explore this part of the globe, Emerald Waterways is offering them a choice of free, roundtrip airfare on itineraries of 12...
Princess Helping Agents Chart A Course To Success
[caption id="attachment_104906" align="alignnone" width="600"] Princess Helping Agents Chart A Course To Success[/caption] This week, Voices of Travel host, Ron Pradinuk takes listeners on a voyage of discovery to learn about the ships, the great itineraries, and exceptional service of Princess Cruises. John Chernesky has been with Princess Cruises over 25 years. He has grown up in the company through a wide range of positions, which makes him uniquely qualified to talk about this well-known and respected brand. Today, Chernesky is vice-president of North American sales. He works...
G Adventures Back Sailing in the BVIs
G Adventures has relaunched its seven-day sailing tours in the British Virgin Islands. Sailing from, and returning to, the island of Tortola on a 47-ft. catamaran, the tour sees travellers snorkelling in caves, swimming with turtles, cycling around the volcanic islands and putting up sail to explore the BVIs’ turquoise waters. Designed for travellers will all levels of sailing experience, and with plenty of shore time, the tour encourages travellers to get to know the locals, dine at their restaurants, visit their businesses and enjoy an authentic island experience. “Now is the...
Princess Completes Princess Cays Enhancements
Princess Cruises has completed renovations and enhancements at its private island, Princess Cays, including newly defined “surfing” with MedallionNet WiFi. Located on the southern tip of the island of Eleuthera in the outer Bahamas, Princess Cays has offered a beachside hideaway to guests since 1992. The beach is situated on approximately 40 acres, including more than a mile and a half of pristine, white-sand shoreline and is a featured call on Princess’ Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries. “For more than 25 years, Princess guests have lauded Princess Cays as one of...
Carnival Offers Agents 75 Ship Inspections
Carnival Cruise Line is offering travel agents the opportunity to participate in more than 75 ship inspections and Seminar at Sea events in 2018 as part of its “Travel Agents Rock” program. Registration is now open on Carnival Passport, the line’s comprehensive training portal that houses all of Carnival’s educational activities in one easy-to-access area within GoCCL.com, the line’s travel agent web site. “Our Seminar at Sea and ship inspections programs continually prove to be some of the most effective ways for agents to learn about and sell our brand with greater...