Cruise
Author Gabaldon New Avalon Godmother
Shortly after announcing that Canada’s own Jann Arden will be christening the Avalon Tranquility II next year, Avalon Waterways has announced yet another christening and celebrity godmother. Acclaimed author of the award-winning No. 1 New York Times-bestselling OUTLANDER novels Diana Gabaldon will christen the Avalon Tapestry II, the first Avalon Suite Ship to be christened in France. Of her godmother duties, Gabaldon commented, “I’ve been invited to do everything from leading parades to being installed as a Lady of the Quebec Garrison of the 78th Highlanders – but being...
Cruise Savings
Just in time for the peak Caribbean cruise booking season, Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is offering free prepaid gratuities on all winter cruise packages. This includes cruises with the following: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity, Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival, Disney, Princess, Holland America, MSC Cruises, Costa, Cunard, Azamara and AMAWaterways. Prepaid gratuities are applicable for winter cruise packages booked with Air Canada Vacations between Nov. 15 and Nov. 19 for travel between Dec. 1 and April 30, 2015. The offer is applicable to first and second passengers, who...
Encore Partners With CroisiEurope
Encore Cruises has launched a new partnership with CroisiEurope and is celebrating the news with an exclusive US$200 in savings on select spring 2015 departures. The offer is valid on all new bookings made by Nov. 30. When customers book one of three CroisiEurope spring 2015 cruises, they will save US$100 per person, or up to US$200 per stateroom. The three cruises are: “The Treasures of the Celebrated Rhine River” itinerary, an eight-night Amsterdam to Basel (or reverse) sailing, with departures on April 1, 17 and 25; “Cruise on the Ijsselmeer, Holland’s Largest...
Uniworld’s River Tosca to Resume Egypt Sailings
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection has announced they will set sail once again on Egypt’s Nile River aboard the all-suite River Tosca, commencing October 2015. Uniworld is one of several companies in The Travel Corporation family of brands, including Trafalgar, Insight Vacations and Contiki to bring travel back to Egypt. According to The Travel Corporation’s CEO, Brett Tollman, “We are seeing a pent-up demand for the destination and are delighted to be able to elevate our support for this truly remarkable part of the world.” Uniworld will resume its first sailing...
Making Its Mark
Port Everglades is celebrating these days, as its passenger numbers topped 4 million during its 2014 fiscal year. The port handled a record 3.88 million multi-day moves and 121,321 daily moves, according to preliminary fiscal year 2014 statistics. Officials attribute the increase to more cruise ships sailing during the summer and the cruise lines offering more 4- and 5-night sailing itineraries. Port Everglades chief executive and port director, Steven Cernak commented: “Port Everglades celebrated a record fiscal year with $153 million in revenue, one-million TEUs and 4-million...
CLIA Picks Goldstein
CLIA has selected Adam Goldstein as its new chairman. Goldstein, president and COO of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., will take over the post from Howard Frank, chairman of Costa Crociere S.p.A., on Jan. 1, 2015. Frank has held the position since 2010. Commenting on his appointment, Goldstein said: “The cruise industry today is a global industry, and under Howard’s leadership CLIA became a world-class global association. I’m honoured to take on this new role, and I look forward to continuing Howard’s vision of a unified industry working together to ensure the safety and...
CLIA Sets Up Shop in Asia
The growth of cruising in Asia has taken another important step forward with the establishment of CLIA Southeast Asia and CLIA North Asia as the regional arms of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). CLIA chief executive officer Christine Duffy said the transition to CLIA Southeast Asia and CLIA North Asia was perfectly timed as Asia comes to the forefront as one of the world’s most dynamic emerging regions for cruise. “Asia ranks highly on our list of emerging cruise regions as the globalization of the cruise industry continues to gather pace,” said Duffy. “CLIA...
Carnival Pride Now Sailing From Tampa
Carnival Pride has kicked off a winter schedule of seven-day Caribbean cruises from the Port of Tampa following an extensive US$75 million dry dock that added a wide variety of Fun Ship 2.0 innovations, including four Playlist Productions shows. On its new winter schedule from Tampa, Carnival Pride departs Sundays on week-long cruises to four Caribbean destinations – Cozumel, Mexico; Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan; Belize City, Belize; and George Town, Grand Cayman, or Costa Maya, Mexico. New features on the Carnival Pride include dining choices like Guy’s Burger Joint developed in...