Cruise
Carnival Wants Travellers to ‘Choose Fun’
Carnival Cruise Line and its newly appointed ad agency of record, Anomaly, have launched a new brand campaign dubbed “Choose Fun.” After much research, Anomaly discovered that the Carnival brand, guests and crew all share the common belief that “fun is a choice and whether on board or ashore, those vacationing with Carnival choose to be their truest self, embrace positivity and have fun with others.” “As America’s cruise line, Carnival has always delivered on our brand promise of fun, memorable vacations at a great value,” said Carnival president Christine Duffy. “This...
Celebrity Edge Coming Sooner Than Expected
Celebrity Cruises is advising agents that the highly anticipated inaugural season of Celebrity Edge has been expanded as the new ship will be completed ahead of schedule and enter service earlier than planned. The schedule change allows Celebrity to offer not one, but two distinct seven-night maiden voyages on Celebrity Edge’s alternating eastern and western Caribbean itineraries. Travellers also have the option to book back-to-back sailings for a 14-night journey. Maiden Voyage West: A seven-night western Caribbean cruise departing from Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 9 and visiting...
South Padre Island Sailing Into The Future
South Padre Island, Texas, is hoping to become the Western Caribbean's newest port of call for cruise ships. The South Padre Island, Texas, City Council recently approved a proposal by SPI Cruise Group – a partnership of cruise port design, maritime operations and marketing professionals – to create a plan to develop the destination into an attractive port of call on western Caribbean cruise itineraries. With increasing emphasis on tourism sustainability and concerns of over-tourism in some eastern and southern Caribbean ports of call, cruise lines are seeking alternative...
Princess Continues Summer Caribbean Program
Princess Cruises will continue offering summer Caribbean cruising from Florida in 2019, featuring the cruise line’s seven-day Eastern Caribbean and Western Caribbean itineraries. The May through July 2019 summer season features 17 cruise departures roundtrip from Ft. Lauderdale, visiting seven countries on four unique itineraries, including the East/West Adventurer which combines seven-day itineraries into an immersive 14-day voyage. Highlights of the program include calls to the cruise line’s private beach resort, Princess Cays, in the Bahamas on every seven-day Eastern...
Cruise Away And Save With NCL
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is kicking off 2018 with a limited time “Super Splash Sale.” Through Jan. 15, travellers can receive up to $500 in free onboard spending on select five-day or longer sailings. Norwegian is giving guests another reason to celebrate the New Year as the offer is combinable with Free at Sea, providing up to $3,100 in added value. NCL's Free at Sea promotion has been extended through Jan. 31, providing guests who book a new three-day or longer sailing in an oceanview, balcony or mini-suite category stateroom with the opportunity to select their preference...
Carnival Revamps Specialty Dining, Breakfast Menus
As part of its ongoing effort to keep its culinary offerings fresh, Carnival Cruise Line is revamping the menus for several of its specialty dining venues and reintroducing Baked Alaska across the fleet. The menus for Carnival’s steakhouses, Cucina del Capitano family style Italian restaurants, and delis, as well as main dining room breakfast offerings, have undergone a transformation with a variety of new items “reflecting lighter ingredients, updated preparation techniques and exquisite presentation to keep pace with changing palates.” Baked Alaska – a classic dessert made...
Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Raise Gratuity Costs
Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises have increased the costs of their daily gratuities. As of Jan. 2, the new recommended gratuities guideline at Royal Caribbean is US$14.50 per day, per guest in standard accommodations, and US$17.50 per day, per guest in suites. Royal Caribbean automatically registers the daily gratuities in guest folios; however, guests are free to change the amount at their discretion with the ship’s Guest Services staff. Guests who booked their cruise prior to Jan. 2 can prepay their gratuities based on the old guideline of US$13.50 per day,...
Avalon Scores Best Stateroom Award
Stéphanie Bishop, managing director for the Globus family of brands in Canada, reports that for the third consecutive year its river cruise brand, Avalon Waterways, has been awarded the coveted Best River Cruise Cabin award with Cruise Critic. In announcing the Editors’ Picks award, Cruise Critic remarked, “river cruise cabins come in many iterations. But we're hard-pressed to find one better than Avalon's signature Panoramic Suite.” “This is a huge honour for us, and clearly shows that these suites are an enormous hit with our passengers,” says Bishop of the cruise...