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Costa ‘Champions of the Sea’
■ Best cruise agent: Andy Cookson, deputy
supervisor, Cruise Club UK
■ Best high street agent: Daniel Jones,
senior team manager, Thomas Cook
■ Best tour operator: Mark Harris,
account manager, Qantas Holidays
■ Most significant growth: Hayley Penn,
sales consultant, Readers Offers
■ Over the top: Ashley Royston, commercial
director, Virgin Holiday Cruises
ing Andy Cookson from Cruise Club UK, who won
From left: Angelo Capurro, Costa sales director; Andy the award for best cruise agent in the country.
Cookson, Cruise Club UK; Fiorella Migliore, Miss Italia; Cookson said: “It’s quite something that we
and Marco Rosa, Costa UK managing director can put in our cruise advertising that we’re
number one in the UK for Costa.”
He added: “The cruise was a great experience.
Rosa tips success
It was valuable to see the ship before my
customers so that I can give them first-hand
information.”
Rosa added: “We hosted agents from markets
for Red Sea sailings
all around the world on this cruise and the feed-
back was positive. The agents could experience
all Deliziosa’s facilities, including the 4D cinema,
Grand Prix simulator and Samsara spa.”
Katherine Lawrey.
About 1,800 travel agents from around the Deliziosa is based in Dubai until the first week
COSTA CRUISES managing director Marco Rosa world sailed on Deliziosa’s inaugural four-night in May then it moves to northern Europe for the
believes accessibility and year-round sun will sailing on February 1, from Venice to Savona, via summer season. Costa has also announced the
ensure the success of the line’s Red Sea cruises, Naples and Livorno. ship will be used for its 100-day round-the-world
which appear for the first time in 2011 brochures About 50 of these came from the UK, includ- cruise departing in November 2011.
distributed today.
Costa Marina and Costa Allegra will be based
there from November this year, and Rosa said:
“We see huge potential in this area. It’s not a long
flight for our European markets, and the weather
is good, even in winter.”
Rosa was speaking after Costa presented
awards to five top-selling UK cruise retailers on
the line’s recent inaugural cruise for Costa
Deliziosa during its Champions of the Seas event. The Chocolate Bar onboard Costa Deliziosa
Paul Gauguin
A NEW cruise company has taken over the The company will operate 38 cruises during
running of the former Regent Seven Seas ship, 2010 with durations ranging from seven to 15
restarts sailings
Paul Gauguin. nights. Destinations include Tahiti, Society Islands,
Paul Gauguin Cruises will operate voyages Tuamotus, Cook Islands, Marquesas, Tonga, Fiji
using this single ship around the South Pacific and New Zealand.
including Tahiti and French Polynesia. Paul Gauguin can host up to 330 passengers
The ship, originally launched in 1997, was and all 165 cabins have outside views, with 89
specially designed to sail in the shallow seas of of them also having balconies.
the South Pacific which allows it to visit smaller The new management said it will not change
ports that are inaccessible for bigger vessels. the Tahitian style of the ship but plans to
Paul Gauguin Cruises is owned by Pacific improve service and add an Algotherm Spa.
Beachcomber which is run by US entrepreneur Cruise-only prices start from £1,551 for a
Richard Bailey. The company owns several major seven-night Tahiti & Society Islands voyage
hotels in French Polynesia. departing March 6.
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