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Cruise
Lee Hayhurst
020 7921 8001
lhayhurst@ttglive.com
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January offers
Fred Olsen sets off
■ Silversea is offering $1,000 onboard
spending credit per suite on bookings made
before March 31 for selected voyages in Alaska,
northern Europe and the Mediterranean. with strong sales
0844 770 9030
Kay McLellan.
The £425,000 campaign
■ Hurtigruten is offering free flights from eight FRED OLSEN Cruise Lines’ will promote all five ships in
regional airports to Norway for customers book- revenues grew by 22% its fleet and their worldwide
ing a Classic Round Voyage before February 28. year-on-year in December destinations in a 40-second
020 8846 2666 2008 as its upward trend commercial on channels
in bookings bucked the including ITV1, Channel 4,
■ Regent Seven Seas Cruises has free unlimited economic downturn. Hallmark and Setanta.
shore excursions for bookings on 35 voyages The line has also reported These channels have
before March 31 and free flights on sailings in a good start to 2009, with a been chosen with Fred
Asia and the Mediterranean. record number of calls to its Coming soon to TV: Fred Olsen’s Boudicca Olsen’s target audience –
rssc.co.uk reservations department on the active over-50s, who
January 5. make up most of its customers – in mind.
■ Oceania Cruises has up to 50% off on In December, call volumes were up 56% and Fred Olsen has also launched a dedicated
summer 2009 sailings, and free onboard credits customers booking through AmadeusCruise microsite for its Flagship Golf add-on package at
and pre-paid gratuities on its winter programme. were also up 69% year-on-year for the same
fredolsencruises-flagshipgolf.co.uk.
01344 772344 month. Available for cruises in the Mediterranean,
The line is expecting a further boost with the Canaries, Baltic, UK and Caribbean, packages
■ Irish Ferries has up to 52% off bookings launch of its second national TV advertising start at £350, including four rounds and tuition
made before February 4 for travel up to April 2 campaign, running from February to May. from PGA professionals.
for Holyhead-Dublin and Pembroke-Rosslare.
0870 517 1717 LAUNCHPAD
.
■ Peter Deilmann River Cruises is offering Louis Cruise Lines Voyages of Discovery
complimentary rail or air travel worth up to Mediterranean Cruises 2009 Discovery World of Cruising
£200 on trips booked before February 23. Customers can travel by train April 2009 to May 2010
or air to join the Orient Queen Discovery will sail in south-east
sailing from Marseilles. Prices Asia and the Far East for the first
for the 10-night Med cruises start from £699 time next winter, with destinations including
based on two sharing, including either air or rail Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Hong Kong. A 15-day
travel from London St Pancras or Ebbsfleet. Two Asian Capitals and Vietnam itinerary starts from
12-night cruises taking in the Med and Egypt in £2,475 based on two sharing, including flights.
November are priced from £799. The operator is offering a no-fuel surcharge
■ 0845 833 9798 guarantee on all bookings before March 31,
2009, with lead-in prices from £649.
Marco Polo ■ 0845 246 9888
2009-10 – 2nd edition
Marco Polo is now offering a Costa Cruises
transfer service from Stansted Costa Pacifica and Luminosa
to the London Cruise Terminal 2009
CELEBRITY BIG SISTER: Celebrity at Tilbury for sailings to the Fjords, Baltic Cities, Costa’s newest ships, to be jointly christened on
Cruises’ third Solstice-class ship, Eclipse, North Cape, Iceland and British Isles. Fly-cruises June 5, now have dedicated brochures. Luminosa’s
is being built in the shadow of its sister, include the Amazon region for the first time. brochure focuses on its cutting edge contemporary
Equinox. The first 550-tonne block of Prices start from £549 for six nights around the design, while Pacifica’s highlights the design
Eclipse has been laid at the Meyer Werft fjords, including gratuities. based around the theme of music.
shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The ship ■ 0845 833 9798 ■ 0845 351 0552
is scheduled for delivery in 2010.
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