Cruise
NCL Extends Free At Sea Offers
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is heating up summer and kicking off the season by extending its “Free at Sea” promotion, which provides cruisers with up to five free onboard amenity offers, through June 30. Plus, for this week only, Norwegian is celebrating Balcony Bonus Week, where guests who book a new five-day or longer cruise vacation in a balcony stateroom or higher by June 12 will receive up to $500 in free onboard spending money. Also exclusive for this week, NCL is bringing guests halfway closer to their next vacation with 50% reduced deposits for all who book a new cruise...
Princess Debuts 2018-2019 Exotics Sailings
Princess Cruises has debuted its 2018-2019 Exotics program which will take travellers around the globe with more than 50 departures, ranging in length from three to 111 days. The diverse deployment includes six ships sailing on 27 unique itineraries throughout five continents, visiting 93 destinations and 47 countries. Guests can book cruises to South America, Southeast Asia and China. In addition, cruisers can experience less-travelled ports aboard the cruise line’s Pacific Princess that will circumvent the globe on a 111-day World Cruise sailing roundtrip from Los Angeles or Ft....
CLIA Opens Cruise360 Registration
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has opened registration for its annual Cruise360 conference taking place in Fort Lauderdale April 17-23, 2018, at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center. CLIA’s 2017 Cruise360 conference, which took place earlier this year in April, welcomed more than 2,000 travel professionals, with travel agents representing nearly 1,100 of attendees. Next year’s event will once again offer CLIA’s professional development and training programs, including CLIA seminars, ship inspections, cruise line showcases, product and...
Celestyal Has Special Agent Offer
Celestyal Cruises is offering agents willing to share a stateroom 50% off when booking its Cuba cruises by June 30 for June, July and August (excluding Aug. 25 and 28) sailings. Those booking and who participate in upcoming Celestyal webinars will receive a $50 Visa Gift Card per booking. Both the 50% offer and the Visa gift card are for bookings made directly with Celestyal Cruises. Webinars dates (all from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT) are as follows: June 6, (https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/928049837); June 7, (https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/887348085); June 13,...
Viking River Unveils New Ship Design
Viking River Cruises has unveiled details of the newest addition to its river fleet, Viking Ra. Recently acquired, the vessel has been stripped down to the steel to undergo a complete renovation that will reflect Viking’s Scandinavian design. Tailored to an intimate sailing experience for just 48 guests, Viking Ra will sail the Nile River on a new Egypt cruisetour, Pharaohs & Pyramids, that will launch in March 2018. “Egypt is one of the most intriguing countries in the world, and it remains a top destination for many of our guests,” said Torstein Hagen, chairman of Viking...
MSC Meraviglia Delivered
MSC Cruises officially took delivery of the MSC Meraviglia yesterday (May 31) in France. During the ship’s flag ceremony, which pays tribute to centuries-old maritime tradition, the company’s newest flagship received its official flag and blessings for good fortune. At 171,598 GRT and with a guest capacity of 5,714 (4,488 double occupancy), Meraviglia is both the biggest ship to ever be built by a European ship owner (MSC) and the biggest to come into service this year. Following a christening ceremony in Le Havre on June 3, Meraviglia will start its inaugural season sailing...
Holland America Set to Sail to Cuba
Holland America Line (HAL) has received approval to begin sailing to Cuba from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting with a Dec. 22 12-day holiday cruise aboard Veendam. HAL becomes Carnival Corporation's third cruise line to be approved to sail to Cuba following the company's historic inaugural sailings to the island last year. The addition of 1,350-passenger Veendam itineraries will help meet the growing demand for premium cruise experiences to Cuba. Nine seven-day itineraries will feature the capital city Havana, and three of these will add another Cuba call at Cienfuegos. The...
Carnival Introducing Online Pre-Sale WiFi Packages
Carnival Cruise Line is now offering agents and guests an opportunity to pre-purchase WiFi packages on carnival.com prior to their cruise. The pre-purchase option is currently available on two ships – Carnival Vista and Carnival Fascination – with fleetwide rollout expected by mid-summer. With this convenient new option, fully booked guests can select from Carnival’s popular social, value and premium WiFi packages through the “manage my booking” tab on carnival.com. Guests must purchase an Internet package that covers the entire duration of their cruise when purchasing...