Cruise
It’s Caribbean Bonus Days at NCL
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is launching its Caribbean Bonus Days, offering savings on select Bahamas and Caribbean sailings beginning this fall through winter 2015. Travellers who book a Norwegian cruise vacation between May 26 and May 31 can receive up to $100 per stateroom to spend on board. Air credits up to $1,000, Military, AARP and Latitudes Rewards discounts, along with reduced rates for solo travellers, also apply to select sailings. Guests can extend their summer aboard NCL’s newest ship, Norwegian Getaway, as it sails seven-day cruises to the Eastern Caribbean from its...
Carnival Corp. Significantly Expands Clean-Air Program
Carnival Corporation is investing US$400 million to expand innovative exhaust gas-cleaning technology to over 70 vessels across its brands, up from 32 announced last year and covering more than 70% of its entire fleet. Carnival Corporation is investing as much as US$400 million to design, build and install the systems, being used for the first time in the restricted space found on cruise ships. The systems enable Carnival Corporation to meet new regulations that place a cap on sulfur content of fuel oil at 0.1%, resulting in significantly reduced air emissions. The systems will help...
Cunard’s Victoria to Make Rare Overnight Call in Liverpool
When Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria arrives in Liverpool on Friday (May 30), it will be celebrating history as well as making a little bit of history itself. Queen Victoria will be in Liverpool to mark the departure exactly 100 years earlier, on May 30, 1914, of Aquitania, one of the most famous and beloved ships in Cunard history. Queen Victoria will remain overnight, thus making the first overnight call in Cunard’s “spiritual” home of Liverpool by a Cunard passenger ship since Franconia in January 1968 – almost 50 years ago. The historic overnight Liverpool port of call...
Azamara Unveils 2016 Worldwide Voyages
Not just calling at destinations, but truly visiting them, Azamara Club Cruises has unveiled its annual deployment for 2016. Azamara’s twin boutique ships, Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest, will take up-market travellers to some of the most intriguing locales in Australia and New Zealand, the Far East and Southeast Asia, the Arabian Gulf, and the West Indies, totaling 204 ports of call in 70 countries. Delivering more authentic experiences with the cruise line’s hallmark longer stays and more overnights in ports for night touring, Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest remain in...
Norwegian NEXT
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is investing more than $250 million in “Norwegian NEXT,” a program focused on bringing “new enhancements, experiences and transformations” across the fleet, with the goal of elevating the guest experience and building on the success of the line’s two new ships -- Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway. Norwegian NEXT encompasses ship revitalizations, dining enhancements, new experiences in entertainment and guest activities, along with innovations in technology, new tropical destinations and the line’s continued commitment to the environment....
European Waterways has Agent Specials
European Waterways is now offering a 50% discount on select departures to qualified travel agents to help them better sell this unique cruise product. The fam trips are subject to availability and must be confirmed in advance. European Waterways currently has cabins for the following departures: !!! Gascony, June 22: Aboard Rosa on the Canal de Garonne, south of France. Includes visits to medieval bastide towns, etc. Transfers to and from Toulouse. !!! Burgundy, June 29: Aboard Art de Vivre on the Canal du Nivernais in Burgundy. Includes classic Burgundy cruising, Chablis wine...
Regal Princess Sets Sail
The newest cruise ship to join the Princess fleet, Regal Princess, arrived in Venice earlier this week to welcome guests on the maiden voyage. Sister ship to the acclaimed Royal Princess, its seven-day inaugural cruise includes stops in Corfu, Mykonos and an overnight call in Istanbul. “We’re absolutely delighted to welcome another addition to the Princess family with Regal Princess,” said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises president. “This new ship now expands our fleet to 18 vessels that visit worldwide destinations, and guests travelling aboard Regal Princess will truly have a...
NCL DASH Sale
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has launched its popular DASH sale, offering savings on all sailings of three days or longer, fleet-wide. Guests who book a cruise vacation on Norwegian Getaway, Norwegian Breakaway or Pride of America between May 17 and 23 can receive up to $500 per stateroom to spend on board depending on the category of stateroom booked. Guests booking any of Norwegian’s other ships can receive up to $250 to spend on board (based on cruise length and stateroom category) and reduced deposits. Air credits up to $1,000, Military, AARP and Latitudes Rewards discounts...