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knowledge cruise
ttglive.com
in September, hosting events at venues
in Scotland, the north-west, the Midlands,
south-west, London and the south coast.
■ To register your interest, email
salesuk@silverseacruises.com
TRADE EVENTS.
The list of participating cruise lines for this
year’s Ace UK Cruise Convention in Dover
reads like a who’s who of brands, with pretty
much every major and niche line taking part
in the event for agents on June 17-19.
Around 450 agents are expected to attend
the third annual convention, with highlights
including the finale to TTG and Princess
Cruises’ search for “UK Travel’s Dance Star”
on June 17, the first night of the convention.
A trade fair runs throughout the three
days and ship visits will take place each day:
Holland America’s Prinsendam, Fred Olsen’s
Braemar, Tahitian Princess and Crystal
Symphony can be visited.
■
ukcruiseconvention.org
FAM TRIPS.
Silversea will host a three-day educational
for 60 agents onboard expedition ship Prince
Agents learnt about MSC Splendida at nationwide roadshows in April. The shows were held in London, Southampton, Birmingham, Albert II, from Edinburgh to Hamburg, later
Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin this month.
Royal Caribbean’s Cruising for Excellence Each session will host up to 25 agents and Louis Cruise Lines is running two fam trips
training programme is now allowing agents run from 10am to 3pm. For details, call in the autumn, in conjunction with Aegean
who miss its live virtual classrooms to catch 01473 746164 or visit the website. Airlines and Cyplon Holidays. The trips
up by downloading a recording of the ■
fredolsencruises.co.uk include three nights onboard the
sessions to watch at their convenience. Aquamarine cruising the Greek islands.
Royal Caribbean will hold seven roadshows ■ For further information, call 0800 018 3883
SeaDream Yacht Club will host its next in September and October, when the
45-minute webinar training session, entitled Cruising for Excellence team will hold Marco Polo will be available for agent ship
“An introduction to profiting from selling seminars focusing on its three brands and visits in London Tilbury prior to its summer
real luxury”, on June 11 at 10.30am. CruiseMatch online booking tool. departure. Agents can view a range of cabins
SeaDream has been running live webinars and enjoy lunch onboard.
since 2001, with agents asking questions by Silversea’s sales team will be touring the UK ■ To register, call 01322 860770
dialling into a freephone “training room”.
■
seadreamyachtclub.com
Oceania provides live online training using
Webex, which allows agents to see the
screen of sales and marketing director
Bernard Carter on their computer and take
part in a live tele-conference.
■
oceaniacruises.co.uk
ROADSHOWS.
Focus on Fred Olsen is a new programme of
training to run during summer and autumn
2009, with nearly all the sessions taking
place onboard one of the line’s ships at UK
and Ireland ports – the only exception
is a session at Liverpool John Lennon airport
in June. Fred Olsen’s Braemar will be in Dover for ship visits during the Ace Convention
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