Cruise
Earn More With Azamara
Azamara Club Cruises is offering agents a special booking incentive through Dec. 2, encouraging them to help clients shop for an “AzAmazing” vacation with the reward of a little shopping money of their own. When agents book a featured immersive European voyage, they will receive a $100 Amazon gift card. The card is per booking, and there is no cap. Eighteen sailings, spanning the Amalfi Coast to the Arctic Circle, departing June through September, are...
ACV Offers Celebrity Air Savings
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) has introduced an air special for travellers booking a Celebrity cruise. For any Celebrity Cruises booking made by Dec. 8 with ACV’s CruiseAir program, travel agents’ clients will save $200 off the air. Plus, the first and second passenger will receive prepaid gratuities. Cruise and air must be booked together by Dec. 8 for departures by Dec. 31. The $200 in savings is per booking (not per person) and is taken off the base price of the air. With ACV’s CruiseAir program, clients can easily add flights to their cruise packages – all flights are 100%...
MSC Bringing Opera to Cuba
MSC Cruises reports that its newly refurbished MSC Opera will homeport in Havana year-round to meet the growing demand for the destination as part of its Caribbean itineraries. MSC Cruises was actually the first international cruise line to homeport in Havana, doing so in 2015 with MSC Armonia. Now, MSC is doubling its capacity dedicated to Cuba as a destination with the addition of a second ship. MSC Opera recently went through a complete upgrade as part of MSC’s Renaissance Program, meaning that is can offer guests great “levels of comfort, service and entertainment.” As...
Norwegian Epic in Port Canaveral
Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Epic has arrived in Port Canaveral, Fla., to begin a winter season of Eastern and Western Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries ranging in length from three, four, six and seven days. Epic returned to the US after having spent a year in Europe, where it underwent an extensive renovation as a part of The Norwegian Edge fleet revitalization program. “We saw great success in Port Canaveral when we returned to the port last year with Norwegian Spirit, so we felt it made sense to take our commitment to the next level by bringing Norwegian Epic, one of our...
Take Me To The River
Ensemble Travel Group has added a new river cruise partner, AmaWaterways, to its network of preferred suppliers. Ensemble Co-President Lindsay Pearlman announced the new partnership in a closed session before an audience of several hundred agency owners and managers during the group's recent conference in San Diego. Pearlman told members, “AmaWaterway’s upper premium product has been a popular river cruise option for some of our members for years, so we’re delighted to officially bring them on board already with an impressive book of Ensemble business.” And he observed,...
A Sea Change Of Adventure
In what it describes as a “sea change on sustainability,” Peregrine Adventures has introduced a new range of carbon-offset adventure cruises. The 10 new small ship itineraries will visit small ports that the big ships can’t get to, allowing travellers to explore little-known towns and villages in some of the world’s hottest travel destinations, including Croatia, Cuba, Iceland, Portugal, Panama, and the Greek Islands. Peregrine Adventures, as most will know, is the Intrepid Group’s premium adventure operator. While Intrepid Group may be the largest company in the...
Celebrate 30 With Scenic
Thirty years ago, Scenic was born from a quest to improve the occupancy of one small, out-of-the-way hotel on Australia’s southern coast. Assigned to this challenge, Glen Moroney created much needed marketing materials and began visiting retirement communities to promote bus tours from the hotel that took in Australia’s Great Ocean Road. Within a year, the property was full and Moroney had caught the tour business bug and began to carve a niche creating the ultimate travel experience for guests who were seeking memorable trips punctuated by exceptional service. Today, the...
Harmony of the Seas Officially Named
Royal Caribbean International celebrated the homecoming of Harmony of the Seas with a spectacular naming ceremony Friday (Nov. 11) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hosting the ceremony was Brittany Affolter from Teach For America Miami-Dade, who was selected as Godmother of Harmony of the Seas for her work in inspiring South Florida’s next generation to dream big, think differently and challenge the status quo. Royal Caribbean conducted a six-week search and received nearly 1,000 nominees for the honour usually reserved for celebrities and royalty. To further welcome the ship to its...