cruisenews EAPT has launched its 2013 River
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Cruise Collection brochure with an early booking offer giving those who commit before the end of June 2012 savings of up to £400 per couple. New ships are included in the brochure – AmaVida, which will cruise the Douro and AmaPrima, which will sail the Rhine, Main and Danube and sister ship MSAmaCerto which debuts next month.
www.aptouring.co.uk
it will deploy six ships in Europe from Spring 2013, visiting 25 countries from seven departure points. New ports include Liverpool, Torshavn (the capital of the Faroe Islands), Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea, Sevastopol in Ukraine, and Kristiansand in Norway. Celebrity Eclipse and Celebrity Infinity will be UK-based.
www.celebritycruises.co.uk
ECelebrity Cruises has announced Summer discounts with Fred
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a special selection of cruises for summer 2012, with savings on normal brochure prices. The June to October assortment
ECrystal Cruises has launched an
Autumn Mediterranean sale with savings offered of up to £1,365pp. Guests will also receive a $250pp onboard credit for use in the spa, on shore excursions or for premium drinks. The offers are valid on cruises departing between August 25 and November 28. The biggest saving is on the Athens to Istanbul cruise in September, starting from £3,109pp (saving up to £1,365pp).
www.crystalcruises.co.uk
EHurtigruten has launched its 2013
Norway brochure six months earlier than last year, with a full product line-up replacing the ‘preview’ brochure. The 2013 brochure also includes a new five-day Taste of the Arctic winter itinerary from Bergen to Tromsø and two new birdwatching excursions. Prices lead in at £756pp for a five-night Voyage South cruise. A new flexible pricing system offers lower prices for customers the further in advance they book.
www.hurtigruten.co.uk/agents
a new destination for the 2012-2013 winter season. From 10 November 2012 through to 6 April 2013, MSC Armonia will depart every Saturday from Sharm El Sheikh, with scheduled stops in Safaga, Egypt; Elat, Israel; Aqaba, Jordan and Sokhna Port, Egypt.
www.msccruises.com
EMSC Cruises is adding the Red Sea as
includes sailing from a range of UK ports including Dover, Southampton, Portsmouth, Newcastle, Greenock (Glasgow) and Rosyth (Edinburgh), with the PortLink coach service available from 42 pick up points nationwide. Destinations include the
Norwegian Fjords, Baltic, Arctic, the Mediterranean and Canary Islands. Prices start from £229 per person
(down from £339) for a mini cruise aboard Black Watch. The three-night cruise departs from Dover on September 9 2012 and calls at Rouen in France overnight. Also on Black Watch is a seven-night cruise from Dover to Norway’s Fjords departing on September 2 for £629 per person.
www.fredolsencruises.com
Free insurance for summer with Voyages
Voyages of Discovery is offering every passenger a 10 per cent discount on their 2013 summer cruise and free insurance. Plus, every guest choosing a higher grade cabin can enjoy a new complimentary chauffeur service to the airport or port. The promotion coincides with
the launch of the 2013 summer programme which features 15 new ports of call including Monaco (France), Husavik (Iceland) and St Helier (Jersey). Following an extensive upgrade
to Discovery in December 2012, the summer season will see guests able to enjoy refurbished facilities onboard the 650-passenger ship. Voyager, the second and newly added ship in the fleet, will embark on its first summer season with Voyages of Discovery sailing to 12 new ports of call including Dikili (Turkey) and Ostende (Belgium), as well as sailing through
Uniworld inaugural
Uniworld's Boutique River Cruise Collection will introduce a new ship, The Queen Isabel, on the Douro River in Portugal next year.
The new ship will replace Uniworld’s current vessel the Douro Spirit. It will be a new build ship and will carry 118 passengers, a slightly smaller capacity than the Douro Spirit. The Queen Isabel will have a more
the Corinth Canal in Greece. Fares start from £799pp (based
on the Iconic Iberia 11-day itinerary departing from Harwich on 15 September 2013) so guests can sail from just £719 per person with the discount offer – that’s less than £66 per person per day. The 10 per cent discount and free insurance are valid on all 2013 summer cruises booked before 31 May 2012
www.voyagesofdiscovery.co.uk
classic, luxurious and elegant style than the Douro Spirit and is being designed to better reflect the luxurious standards of the rest of Uniworld’s fleet on other European rivers. Al the ships are uniquely designed
and decorated in partnership with their sister company Red Carnation Hotels.
www.uniworldrivercruises.co.uk
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Swan Hellenic’s Minerva has had a multi-million pound upgrade, increasing the number of balcony suites to 23% of its cabin accommodation. Minerva has a country house style and carries 350 passengers. The additional 32 balconies have been added to existing cabins. Other improvements include new en-suite facilities in every cabin; a new top-deck observation lounge and bar called the Orpheus Lounge; an internet lounge; an extension to the Shackleton Bar where guests can enjoy pre-dinner drinks; and a new outdoor promenade deck. Swan Hellenic is currently offering a
15-day European cruise from £1,745 per person (based on an August 1 sailing and two sharing an inside cabin) departing from Portsmout.
www.swanhellenic.com
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