Cruise
NCL Launches New Travel Partner Portal
To further support its commitment to the travel partner community, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has launched an all new web-based Travel Agent Portal called Norwegian Central, making it simpler than ever for partners to access all of the tools they need to learn about, promote, and sell Norwegian cruises. A key element of Norwegian’s Partners First initiative, the new portal’s main feature is a single sign on, giving partners easy access to Norwegian’s Marketing Headquarters, NCL University, the line’s new booking engine and more, in one centralized, convenient...
Don’t Miss the Boat
There is nothing quite like a Mediterranean cruise in the summer and right now ALBATours is offering some special pricing on a number of its departures, including select sailings in June and July. For instance, travellers can take a 10-day/eight-night Western Mediterranean cruise aboard the MSC Musica for $2,099 plus taxes per person departing June 20, or $2,419 plus taxes per person departing July 18. Pricing includes airfare, a one-night pre-cruise stay in Rome, a seven-night cruise that starts and ends in Rome and travels to Palermo, La Goulette (Tunis), Palma de Mallorca, Valencia,...
Azamara Offers Complimentary Companion Airfare
Azamara Club Cruises is inviting up-market travellers to share a destination-immersive adventure with that special someone by offering complimentary companion airfare when they make a booking in June or July. Whether it’s reveling in the Sambadrome at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival; enjoying the hospitality of charming European ports and towns where larger ships cannot reach; exploring the bustling metropolises of the Far East; or discovering Australia and New Zealand during Azamara’s inaugural season in the region, travellers have a choice of more than 100 voyages aboard the cruise...
Princess Debuts 2015-2016 Exotics Program
Princess Cruises has debuted its 2015-2016 Exotics program, which includes more than 40 unique itineraries to 140 destinations in 70 countries on six continents. Guests will be able to book cruises to Tahiti and the South Pacific, South America, Australia/New Zealand, Asia and Africa. In addition, cruisers will experience less-travelled ports -- available on the line’s small ships, or circumvent the globe on a 111-day World Cruise sailing roundtrip from North America. Among the highlights of next season’s offerings are the lines’ largest ever deployment of cruises in Australia...
Earn Double the Reward Points with Carnival
Carnival has doubled the amount of reward points travel agents may earn while playing Carnival Adventures, the line’s award-winning social learning game. As part of the game, agents earn Fun Points that are then converted to reward points which are redeemable within the Travel Agent Rewards Program. Prior to June 1, agents could redeem 100,000 Fun Points for 100 Reward Points. Moving forward, agents may redeem 50,000 Fun Points for 100 Reward Points, doubling their earning opportunity. Fun Points are redeemable in 50,000 increments only. “Carnival Adventures is the most...
Norwegian Epic to Sail from Southampton in Fall 2015
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that Norwegian Epic has added two sailings to and from Southampton, England in 2015, marking the first time that the ship has visited the port since the inaugural celebration in June 2010. Norwegian Epic will sail one six- and one seven-night Iberian Peninsula itinerary. The ship’s six-night sailing will depart Barcelona on Sept. 20, 2015 and arrive in Southampton on Sept. 26, 2015, with ports of call including Cartagena, Spain; Granada (Malaga), Spain; and Lisbon, Portugal. Following a 15-day dry dock in France, Epic will embark on a...
Emerald Waterways Launches Second ‘Star Ship’
Emerald Waterways, Europe’s newest river cruise company, has launched its second ship of the 2014 season. May 24 marked the inaugural sailing of the “Star Ship” Emerald Star, a sister ship to Emerald Sky, which was launched in April with the assistance of British style icon Twiggy, who served as godmother. A new interactive 360-degree ship tour can be viewed on the company’s web site, http://www.emeraldwaterways.com . Complete itinerary and ship details are also available on the site and in the 2015 brochure, available upon request. The Emerald Star carries 182 guests in 72...
Disney Cruise Line Returning to Hawaii in 2015
In the fall of 2015, Disney Cruise Line (DCL) is returning to popular destinations and home ports for limited-time engagements. Two Hawaii cruises, a return to the West Coast with departures from San Diego and a Galveston, Texas homecoming make up a season of special sailings. Disney Cruise Line will explore the Hawaiian Islands with two special 10-night cruises in September – Vancouver to Honolulu and Honolulu to Vancouver. The Disney Wonder will sail through the breathtaking beauty of the Hawaiian Islands, where guests can experience the famous beaches of Waikiki on Oahu, see the...