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Get Cooking With Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, represented by GLP Worldwide Expedition Travel & Tours in Canada, is offering special packages in which passengers can learn to cook in the only Miele Culinary School at sea while taking part entertaining workshops hosted by gourmet experts. “Hapag-Lloyd represent the ultimate in luxury cruising and have garnered numerous awards for their service,” says Alan Law, director of sales and marketing for GLP Worldwide Expedition Travel and Tours. “Passengers will have the rare opportunity to learn from expert chefs various delicacies and dishes that they will...
Windstar Debuts Third All-Suite Power Yacht
On May 26 at a christening ceremony in Rome, Windstar Cruises debuted Star Legend, the third and final of the fleet’s three new all suite power yachts. The christening ceremony and pier-side champagne celebration mark the luxury yacht’s introduction to the Windstar fleet, and the start of its inaugural voyage through Italy, France and Spain. Gloria Bohan, president and CEO of Omega World Travel and Cruise.com, was honoured as godmother of Windstar’s Star Legend, successfully breaking a traditional bottle of champagne over the bow in front of a crowd of 250 guests, media and...
Carnival Initiates ‘Great Group Getaway’
As part of a new group sales promotion, Carnival Cruise Line is waiving its initial deposit requirement for group bookings, as well as offering a free cruise berth, on a variety of “Fun Ship” departures. The promotion can be booked through June 30. With the promotion, deposits are waived on select two- to 15-day sailings to the Caribbean, Bahamas, Mexican Riviera, Canada and Europe departing between January 2016 and April 2017. In addition, travel agents can earn one a free berth for every 10 full fare guests berthed (compared to the current policy of one free berth for every...
Australis in the Spotlight
The Canadian representative for Australis cruises, which offers sailings in the waters off southernmost South America, says the 25-year-old company takes people to a region that is truly far from the madding crowd. Dallyce Macas told a Monday Toronto gathering that the company's vessels ply waters off Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia, where people tend to be few and far in-between. “The biggest line-up you might find are the penguins,” Macas said, adding Australis sailings are in “one of the most uninhabited places in the world.” Australis has two ships that are...
Save With Windstar
Windstar Cruises is offering special summer savings with the addition of three free excursions and 50% savings on sailings in Greece and Turkey. The promotion is available on four different itineraries, including Greek Isles & Turkish Delights; Gems of the Aegean; Black Sea Tapestry; and Venetian Passageways. Complimentary shore excursions include adventures like Wine Tasting in Varna, Bulgaria, with a four-hour experience beginning in the Old Quarter of Varna. A scenic drive through the modern capital of Bulgaria takes guests to the Aladja Monastery, declared a national...
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...