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■ Learn to cook with Pierre White on Ventura
Hell’s Kitchen star Marco Pierre White will be
hosting cookery sessions onboard P&O Cruises’
Ventura this year. The chef, who has a fine dining new ambassador
restaurant, The White Room, onboard Ventura,
will hold lessons for groups of up to eight adults Azamara brand, Pimentel said: “We want to be
Katherine Lawrey.
and children in the theatre kitchen. Sessions cost AZAMARA Cruises Club is planning to appoint known as the line that stays longer. Our new itin-
£75 per adult and £20 per child and are available a dedicated sales manager for the UK. eraries include a large number of overnight stays
on cruises in February, June and July. The decision was taken as the line’s president, or late night departures. This means guests can
Larry Pimentel, visited the UK to meet with trade play a round of golf and still see the destination.”
■ Crystal adds three-day Sydney packages partners. The new account manager will carry He said the line’s biggest competition was not
Crystal Cruises has created a three-night land out agency visits to spread the word about a other upmarket cruise ships but boutique hotels.
package to bolt onto its Crystal Symphony change in emphasis for Azamara to focusing on However, he said this was an opportunity for
Cruises which begin or end in Sydney. The Great destinations. agents: “Slowing our ships down and spending
Barrier Reef Escape programme begins in March Jo Rzymowska, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line more time in port means agents can present our
and explores Australia’s sea life, rainforests and associate vice-president and general manager, itineraries to clients who have previously
the Kuranda Scenic Railway. The trip includes said: “For the past 18 months our sales team has favoured land-based itineraries.”
flights from Sydney, a stay at Sydney’s Interconti- been split – with half working for Royal Caribbean One of the line’s two ships, Azamara Journey
nental and Cairns’ Shangri-La hotels, meals, tours and the other half for Celebrity Cruises. (pictured below), is due at Greenwich on June 1,
and transfers, and starts from $3,699 per person. “This has worked well, so it’s time we took on when agents will be invited onboard.
an extra member of the team to look after Rzymowska added: “A top priority for Royal
■ Cruise & Maritime beats its sales record Azamara. It definitely makes a difference when Caribbean is getting agents onboard all our
Cruise & Maritime Voyages has moved into its you have one person focusing on the brand.” brands’ ships. There’s no substitute for seeing
new offices in Dartford – and beat its record for Speaking to TTG about the evolution of the the product first-hand.”
daily sales during its first day there on Monday.
Passenger sales director Gary Lloyd said staff
had passed the record for sales in one day by
4pm. The company has also extended its opening
hours, so the reservations department is open on
evenings and Sundays.
■ Swan Hellenic to name ‘Oldie of the Year’
The “2010 Oldie of the Year” awards in associa-
tion with Swan Hellenic takes place next week.
Chaired by Sir Terry Wogan, the line-up of judges
consists of columnist Quentin Letts, broadcaster
Libby Purves, and author Jane Thynne. Richard
Ingrams, editor and founder of The Oldie, will
also join the judging panel. The Swan Hellenic
lunch at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, during which
the winner will be announced, takes place on
Tuesday 26.
■ Page & Moy discount pledge for Athena cruises
Brits flock to Brilliance in Dubai
Page & Moy’s programme for its new ship Athena
includes the following voyages: Jewels of the ROYAL CARIBBEAN says its decision to add Dubai The ship spends a night in Dubai both pre and
Baltic, Icelandic & Norse Adventure, Southern as a port of call has borne fruit. Last Sunday 800 post-cruise when guests sleep onboard. “This
Explorer and A Taste of Europe. All sailings are British customers flew to the emirate for the means they can experience Dubai and use the
from the UK, and return coach travel from over inaugural seven-night Dubai cruise on Brilliance ship like a hotel,” added Rzymowska.
140 pick-up points around the country costs £30 of the Seas. The line is offering a seven-night Brilliance will be based in Dubai until March
return per person. The company promised to round trip, taking in Muscat, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi and will return in January next year.
offer no direct discounting to its database or and Mina Sulman in Bahrain. Rzymowska also said Celebrity Eclipse, launch-
online to give agents the chance to fulfil demand “This voyage has proved popular with the UK ing in April, is already the best performing ship in
for “small and friendly cruising”. market – Dubai is a great winter sun destina- the Celebrity fleet, in terms of volume and yield.
tion,” said associate vice-president and general This is the first time a Celebrity newbuild has
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