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The Celebrity Commitment Now Available in French
The Celebrity Commitment, a program that underscores Celebrity Cruises’ commitment to travel agents, is now available in French. According to officials, agents are Celebrity’s primary focus and its goal is to help travel partners grow their own business by providing real tools, real solutions and new and innovative ways to do this. The Celebrity Commitment website provides useful information that allows agents to share official promotions with customers and increase their Celebrity Cruises sales. Available on the new French version of the website are monthly promotions,...
Hope Starts Here
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, has partnered with All Hands Volunteers, the world’s leading disaster relief organization powered by volunteers, and has set a goal to raise US$2.5 million for the Hope Starts Here hurricane relief program. Under Hope Starts Here, the company is committing to match up to US$1.25 million of donations from its guests, team members, suppliers and partners in order to substantially help All Hands Volunteers and Happy Hearts Fund deliver early relief...
Ryder Cup Themed Cruises Ideal ‘Fore’ Golf Fanatics
European Waterways is bringing golf to the fore with the launch of special golf-themed luxury hotel barge cruises to “bookend” the 2018 Ryder Cup in France next year, Sept. 28-30. The venue will be the L'Albatros Course, located 20 miles south of Paris and just hours from the cruise routes of several European Waterways hotel barges. The six-night, all-inclusive cruises depart on Sunday night and conclude the following Saturday, making them ideal for fans attending the event. They are also great for avid golfers who may not be attending the event, but still want to “soak up”...
Azamara Adds A Ship
Azamara Club Cruises has entered into an agreement to purchase a sister ship to Azamara Journey (pictured) and Azamara Quest, with delivery taking place in March 2018. “We are pleased to expand our portfolio by 50%, allowing us to visit even more regions of the world through the acquisition of this sister ship,” said Azamara president and CEO Larry Pimentel. “Our loyal guests and travel partners have asked for this expansion for a long time. We are very pleased to deliver this to them.” The new addition, the Azamara Pursuit, is comparable in size to the Azamara Journey and...
Luxurious Scenic Eclipse Selling Well
With almost a year to go until its launch, pre-bookings of the world’s first Discovery Yacht, Scenic Eclipse, are strong, with some sailings already sold out. The “6-star” ultra-luxury mega yacht, carrying 228 guests (200 in the polar regions of Arctic and Antarctica), launches in the Mediterranean on Aug. 31, 2018 – offering guests “a level of luxury, discovery, safety and world-class innovation never before bundled into a ship of this size.” Guests will be able to explore above and beyond what was previously possible from a cruise ship. Scenic Eclipse’s intimate size...
Cunard To Add Fourth Ship To Fleet
Cunard has announced it is adding a fourth ship to its fleet. Carnival Corporation & plc – the world’s largest cruise company and parent of the Cunard brand – has signed a memorandum of agreement with Fincantieri S.p.A., Italy, to build a new ship that will join the Cunard fleet in 2022. The as yet unnamed ship will join Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth as the fourth member of the Cunard fleet, the first time since 1998 that the luxury cruise brand will have four ships in simultaneous service. Alongside an array of new itineraries featuring new...
Sailing Beyond Borders
For Lisa Lutoff-Perlo – who remains the first and only woman at the helm of one of Royal Caribbean’s multi-billion dollar vacation brands – the pressure of being named president and CEO of Celebrity Cruises in 2014 extended beyond living up to the expectations associated with the role, reports assistant editor Ann Ruppenstein in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. “You also don't want to let people down, especially other women, who are cheering you on – you want to make sure you are successful because you are the first and you want others to be able to...
Ottawa Set to Welcome Le Boat
Ottawa Tourism is getting set to officially welcome Le Boat, Europe’s largest operator of self-drive boating vacations, to the Rideau Canal in 2018 as the company’s first destination outside of Europe. Ottawa is seen as an ideal spot to begin or end a Le Boat vacation, with museums, family friendly attractions, shopping and a thriving dining and craft beer scene. “The addition of Le Boat to Ottawa’s tourism scene is exciting,” says Michael Crockatt, president and CEO of Ottawa Tourism. “It is the perfect way to explore Ontario’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, the...