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Olsen flutters £10
Swan dives in for
for new clients
FRED OLSEN Cruise Lines has revealed a new
Hebridean clients
sales incentive for April called Newcomer Month.
Agents will be offered the chance to earn an
extra £10 for selling a cruise to a new customer
Kay McLellan.
it had sold Hebridean Spirit, or for how much.
during April. SWAN HELLENIC is offering customers of rival The ship is the same specification as one
The offer also applies if the booking is for a line Hebridean International Cruises a 5% operated by easyCruise, which was sold to
former passenger travelling with a new customer. discount if they switch their booking in the wake a private individual last year, having been
Lol Nichols, the line’s general sales manager, of the latter’s announcement that it has sold converted back to a super-yacht in Dubai.
said: “This is a great opportunity for agents, Hebridean Spirit. Hebridean managing director Mike Deegan
and as it coincides with the launch of our 2010 Passengers booked on the 98-passenger said the decision to withdraw international
preview brochure, bookings made now will be vessel have been offered a full refund or a operations was taken so the company could
at a lower price than those in the forthcoming transfer to Hebridean Princess. concentrate on its core product in Scotland.
main brochure. The move by Hebridean means it will now Deegan said: “For some time now we have
“It’s a win-win situation, as customers will be operate only the 70-berth Hebridean Princess in experienced rising costs of operating Hebridean
getting the best possible rates by booking early UK waters. The ship was recently chartered by Spirit due in part to the deterioration of the
and agents can cash in too.” the Queen for her 80th birthday. pound against the US dollar and euro.
To qualify, agents must register by March 31 by All Leisure Group-owned Swan Hellenic, which “We cannot continue to absorb these
emailing
cruise.sales@fredolsen.co.uk. operates the Minerva ship, said it had “reacted increases, especially when the vessel has been
Meanwhile, Fred Olsen has revealed its Black sympathetically” to Hebridean’s sale of Spirit operating in a very aggressive market where
Watch ship will sail one of its farewell cruises by making its money-off deal. heavy discounting is the norm.”
from Liverpool in September, before retiring in Hebridean issued a statement saying the He added: “Clearly, we have not taken this
October after 40 years’ service. company would also make an unspecified decision lightly. I am very aware that the cancel-
The 10-night cruise will sail to Ireland and number of redundancies at its head office in lation of an eagerly anticipated holiday is very
will feature entertainment from 1960s band North Yorkshire and among ship staff. upsetting and we shall work with all affected
The Merseybeats. Prices lead in at £1,045. Employees have entered a consultation customers. That we shall also be losing some
period. Hebridean would not reveal to whom good staff is equally upsetting for us.”
Singapore will build terminal
THE SINGAPORE Tourism has been finalised,
Board has confirmed its with construction
commitment to build due to begin in the
an international cruise next quarter.
terminal by the end of Chew Tiong Heng,
2011 despite the global director for destina-
economic downturn. tion marketing and
The board aims to cruise at STB, said:
develop the destination “The international
into a major cruise hub, cruise terminal is a
and will build the international cruise terminal key infrastructural project that is vital to help
FIRST-KLASS COMPANIONS: A survey at Marina South. The project was originally Singapore capitalise on the global and Asian
by Co-operative Travel discovered which planned for completion in 2010. market growth of the cruise industry.
celebrities people would most like to The terminal will double Singapore’s current “Even amid the current economic climate,
cruise with. James Bond (in the form of cruise-handling capacity and be able to accom- the STB is committed to delivering this key
Daniel Craig), Julie Walters, Stephen Fry modate the world’s largest cruise ships. infrastructure by the end of 2011 to help position
and Myleene Klass all came out on top. The nautically-themed design for the terminal Singapore as a regional cruise hub.”
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