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Cunard to Live Stream 175th Anniversary Events
Cunard’s three Queens, Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth, will gather in the company’s “spiritual home” of Liverpool to mark its 175th anniversary on Monday (May 25). At midday on May 25, Cunard’s current fleet will become the largest ships ever to sail in formation on the Mersey when all three Queens perform a meticulously planned series of manoeuvres to mark the company’s 175th anniversary and to salute Liverpool, its spiritual home, where the company began in 1840. The ships will perform a “river dance” against the backdrop of Liverpool’s Three...
Trebek to Join Adventure Canada in the Arctic
Adventure Canada will welcome TV personality Alex Trebek as a special guest aboard its 2015 Arctic Explorer expedition. The Jeopardy! host will join the 12-day adventure as it traces the route of great Arctic explorers, travelling from Quassuittuq (Resolute), Nunavut and down the eastern shores of Greenland. This is Trebek’s first trip to the Arctic, and his first trip with Adventure Canada. “I’ve just finished reading John Geiger and Owen Beattie’s book on the Franklin expedition, Frozen in Time, and I’m looking forward to retracing some of their steps this summer,”...
Journey of a Lifetime
CroisiEurope has chosen Canadian Christina Guan (pictured) for its “Photo Tour Summer Internship,” a journey of a lifetime which has begun in Paris. A fourth-year student at BC's Simon Fraser University, Guan will spend the next three months aboard 10 of CroisiEurope’s ships documenting her journey through 14 countries in Europe and Southeast Asia. While on-board, she will sharpen her writing and photography skills by creating original content and capturing photos of her trip for the CroisiEurope Photo Tour Blog and on Facebook, Instagram, Google+ and Twitter. “A lot of...
Uniworld Expands Canadian Sales Team
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection has expanded its sales team in Canada with the appointment a new sales manager, Lisa Willey. Willey will be working with the travel community in Western Canada to include British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories and the Yukon. She has 23 years of experience in sales roles throughout the travel industry, recently serving 13 years with Holland America Line and Seabourn as western Canada’s business development...
Crystal Acquisition Complete
Genting Hong Kong (GHK) has completed the acquisition of Crystal Cruises from Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha for a total transaction of US$550 million. GHK announced a new chairman of Crystal and promotions for Crystal’s current senior management team, guaranteeing a streamlined transition and virtually no interruption in operations and ensuring award-winning service. Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, executive chairman of the Genting Group and the former chairman of Norwegian Cruise Line, assumes the position of chairman of Crystal, replacing Nobuyoshi Kuzuya who will return to NYK in a key...
Viking Star Christened in Bergen, Norway
Marking a significant milestone in the arrival of the travel industry’s first entirely new cruise line in a decade, Viking Ocean Cruises christened its first ship, the 930-passenger Viking Star, on May 17. The ceremony – which took place in Bergen, Norway – occurred in conjunction with a citywide celebration for Norwegian Constitution Day and featured parades, parties and a public concert in the harboor that was attended by approximately 20,000 local residents and visitors. The mayor of Bergen, Trude Drevland, served as ceremonial godmother and offered a blessing of good...
Carnival Expands Fun e-Collateral Library
Carnival Cruise Line has expanded its popular Fun eCollateral Library which now includes more than 500 customizable flyers and Web banners for travel agents to use in their sales and marketing efforts. Available on GoCCL.com, the updated Fun eCollateral Library includes the new Carnival Vista, set to debut from Europe May 1, 2016, as well as the line’s newest itineraries and programs, including longer length Carnival Journeys departures, Carnival LIVE sailings featuring top-name musical acts and all-inclusive wedding packages. To utilize the Fun eCollateral Library, agents simply...
Princess Debuts 2016-2017 Exotics Sailings
Princess Cruises has debuted its 2016-2107 Exotics program which will take guests to unique destinations around the globe with 58 departures ranging from three to 111 days. The exotic itineraries go on sale May 28. The diverse deployment includes four cruise ships sailing on 38 unique itineraries throughout six continents, visiting 70 destinations and 40 countries. Guests will be able to book cruises to South America, Southeast Asia, Japan and China. In addition, cruisers will experience less-travelled ports aboard the cruise line’s small ship that will circumvent the globe on...