Cruise
Encore, Royal Caribbean launch booking incentive
Encore Cruises is featuring an exclusive deal with Royal Caribbean International: when clients book a cruise, they will receive double their onboard credit (OBC). Valid on all new RCI bookings made with Encore from Jan. 14-31 for travel between March 1 and Dec. 31, the offer is applicable on any six-night or longer sailing in an ocean view category or higher (excludes Quantum of the Seas). The per stateroom OBC amount varies by category and is based on the stateroom category purchased. For example, when customers book an ocean view stateroom instead of a $75 OBC, they receive $150;...
Regent renews ACTA partnership
Regent Seven Seas Cruises has renewed its partnership with the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) as its cruise line partner. “Our partnership with ACTA has been a great success over the past year as we expanded our presence in this vital and distinct travel market,” said Randall Soy, CTC, the line’s executive vice-president of sales. “As the only truly all-inclusive luxury cruise line, we provide travel agents with industry-leading commissions on cruise fares that include shore excursions, dining, beverages, gratuities and more. We are thrilled to see Canadian...
Silversea launches new documentation package
Silversea Cruises has introduced its new Travel Journal. As part of the company’s 20th anniversary celebration this year, Silversea has given its documentation package a complete makeover, with the goal of making travel easier. The result is a versatile new Travel Journal that consolidates the traditional assortment of loose documents of booklets, wallets and luggage tag holders. For most voyages in 2014, guests will receive this convenient new all-in-one Travel Journal that contains the cruise ticket, air, hotel and/or land program information (if arranged through Silversea),...
Azamara toasts the Golden State
Azamara Club Cruises is doing what it does best and immersing guests on its Coastal California Voyage in the world-famous wine region of California. Sailing roundtrip from Los Angeles on Feb. 10, Azamara Quest will hug the California coast calling on Monterey and Santa Barbara before making a grand entrance into San Francisco by sailing under the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco will serve as the region’s gateway to renowned winemakers and delectable cuisine when Azamara Quest remains for three full days to offer guests ample time to visit favourite vineyards or discover...
Win a cruise for life with HAL
Holland America Line (HAL) has created a “cruise for life” booking sweepstakes for travel agent partners as part of its new “Above and Beyond” promotion. Agents who make a deposited booking through March 7 for a Holland America that qualifies for the Above and Beyond promotion will automatically be entered into a sweepstakes. One grand prize winner will receive a seven-day cruise for two guests in a verandah stateroom each year for life. The winner can choose to take their cruise to Alaska, Europe or the Caribbean. The winner is expected to be announced in late...
Princess kicks off ‘Wave’ season
Princess Cruises is bringing back one if its most successful sales events just in time for Wave season. The cruise line’s “3 for Free Sales Event, The Next Wave” offers passengers up to $280 in benefits, including shore excursion spending money, a framed keepsake photo and a bottle of wine. The sale also offers passengers a reduced deposit of only $100 to secure their cruise. Passengers can take advantage of this offer by booking an Alaska, Europe or seven-day Caribbean cruise for summer 2014. The sale runs through Feb. 28. The free shore excursion credit will give...
Unique Asian adventures await Crystal passengers
From February through April, Crystal Cruises is offering travellers its largest collection of Overland Adventures in Asia. A total of 15 one- and two-night optional, mid-cruise journeys will take guests far from the ports of Yangon, Shanghai, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Xiamen and Chan May for in-depth, intimate exploration of treasured sites, history, culture and nature, such as: A total of 15 one- and two-night optional, mid-cruise journeys will take guests far from the ports of Yangon, Shanghai, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Xiamen and Chan May for in-depth, intimate...
Avalon has new ‘Godmother Cruise’ for 2015
The Danube will be the setting for a new special interest cruise in 2015 featuring Avalon Waterways’ godmother Patricia Schultz, author of the international bestseller “1000 Places to See Before You Die.” On this special seven-night, eight-day Godmother Cruise departing Aug. 11, 2015, Schultz will be offering fellow cruisers the chance to sit in on guest lectures about must-see destinations around the world and have their books signed as the 166-passenger Expression sails the Blue Danube from Budapest on to Vienna, Durnstein-Melk, Linz-Passau and Regensburg before reaching...