46 the review: cruise news
Agents benefit from Celebrity incentive
CELEBRITY Cruises is giving guests up to $500 instant on-board credit when they book their next cruise while on-board. The credit can be used for speciality dining, in the on-board boutiques shops or spa, or on their future cruise. The credit offer can also be
combined with one of the benefits from Celebrity’s year-round ‘123Go!’ promotion – a choice of a free Classic Beverage Package,
free
gratuities or up to an additional $300 in on-board credit. The commission is automatically
credited to the travel agent who makes the booking .
celebrityonboardcruisesales.com
New NCL package has everything for cruisers
A voyage to Oz
CRUISE & Maritime Voyages (CMV) has deals on its sailing to Fremantle, Australia, next month. ASTOR will depart from the
London Cruise Terminal at Tilbury on November 5, setting off on a 38-night 12,000-mile voyage that will include stops at Le Havre (for Paris), Lisbon, Tenerife, Cape Verde Isles, Ascension Islands, St Helena, Cape Town, Durban, Mauritius and Reunion. ASTOR will arrive in Western Australia on December 13. Reduced
prices start from
£2799pp for the first passenger with the second passenger travelling half price. There is also an air travel credit of £200pp, increasing up to £750 depending on the cabin grade booked
cruiseandmaritime.com
BY STEVE HARTRIDGE NORWEGIAN Cruise Line UK has a new all-inclusive package deal for guests sailing in 2015 and booking between
September 17 and October
Hurtigruten confident of seeing the lights
HURTIGRUTEN is offering those who take the 11-night Classic Round Voyage between October 1 2014 and March 31 2015 a second voyage for free if the Northern Lights are not visible from their ship. If the lights fail to show, clients can choose from a seven-day Classic Voyage North, or a six-day Classic Voyage South (not flights). Booking for the Classic Round Voyage must be made before October 30 2014.
hurtigruten.co.uk
IN BRIEF
Royal Caribbean to rock: Guests onboard Royal Caribbean’s new Anthem of the Seas will be able to party to We Will Rock You, the musical featuring the greatest hits of Queen, when the ship sails from Southampton in April 2015. Royal Caribbean was the first cruise line to stage Broadway-style productions.
RoyalCaribbean.com
Seabourn’s new module: Seabourn has added a refresher course to its Seabourn Academy
agents’ training
programme. Seabourn Academy agents can now learn about new destination highlights for 2015, the new Extended Explorations
30 2014. The ‘Norwegians Get It All and a Whole Lot More’ promotion includes drinks,
speciality dining,
charges, internet, treats and more. Additionally, guests booking a cruise
in conjunction with the all-inclusive package will benefit from a five per cent saving on their cruise fare. Travel agents benefit from the offer earning
by extra booking both the commission inclusive elements of
both of which attract a commission rate of 10%.
The packages are available on cruises of three to 14 nights, with
destinations including the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Alaska, Canada & New England, the Panama Canal and South America between January 4 and December 27 2015.
The all-inclusive option can also be booked on Norwegian’s
service European
programme which includes the Eastern and Western Mediterranean, Baltic and Northern Europe and Canary Island itineraries. All-inclusive prices range from £215pp for a three- night
cruise up to £735pp for by
cruise and all- the package,
a
14-night cruise. The seven-night Western Mediterranean cruise and all-inclusive package is priced from £898pp and £1248pp including flights, based on two adults sharing an inside stateroom and departing on November 22 2015.
agents-uk.ncl.eu
CLIA conference to cruise back to Southampton
THE world’s newest and most innovative cruise ships will be on show at the 2015 CLIA UK & Ireland Selling Cruise Conference. P&O Cruises’ Britannia and Royal Caribbean International’s Anthem of the Seas, both of which launch in spring, will be joined by Princess Cruises’ Royal Princess at the conference, which takes place from May 21-23 in Southampton. The event is designed for
customer-facing travel professionals and will feature a trade fair, conference sessions on board each of
the
cruiseexperts.org ships and
networking opportunities. Interested agents can register at
voyages and the new
alliance between Seabourn and UNESCO.
RoyalCaribbean.com
sellingtravel.co.uk
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