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Editorial
Editor April Hutchinson
020 7921 8440, alhutchinson@ttgluxury.com
Group head of design Nick Bartolucci
Art editor Jasveer Mehay
ttgluxury chief sub-editor Paul Revel
TTG Group chief sub-editor Matthew Parsons
Web editor Charlotte Walsh
Sales
Sales director Deborah Dewe
020 7921 8025, ddewe@ttglive.com
ttgluxury sales manager
Emma Barnes
020 7921 8508, ebarnes@ttgluxury.com
Advertising manager, TTG Sheryl Makin
020 7921 8023, smakin@ttglive.com
sails and marketing
Senior account manager Eric Findlay
020 7921 8022, efindlay@ttglive.com
Account manager Ricky Wilkes
Cruising. Discuss. Some of you may have dabbled, some may be avoiding it like the
020 7921 8195, rwilkes@ttglive.com plague. But try as you might, to ignore the massive potential of the sector is to do so
Sales executive Simon Pilkington
at your business peril.
020 7921 8019, spilkington@ttglive.com
Having recently returned from what seemed like an epic journey on Seabourn
Publishing
Spirit in South America, it became clear that my fellow passengers not only spend
Managing director Tony Arnold big on their cruises and are very line-loyal, they also love their agents! OK, most of
Executive consultant, ttgluxury
the passengers were American and their booking and travel habits may be different
Nick Perry, chairman, Ultratravel Ltd to the Brits, but this is a customer base to be heavily courted.
Nick@ultra.travel
So many people have since asked me what I thought of my cruise, displaying
Editorial Advisory Panel
even more curiosity than usual in my travels, at the same time claiming cruising
Jennifer Atkinson, Tom Barber, Lucy Clark, Adrian Croft,
is absolutely not for them. And I’m still not sure if it’s really for me – there’s no
Gillian Davis, Samantha Day, Rosie Doran, Graeme
April Hutchinson
denying cruising does have something of a Marmite factor to it.
George, Denise Hodgson, Barbara Howarth,
Editor
Jane Hoyes, Kristina Hulme, Lee Marshall, Ian Neale,
But with so many lovely ships and destinations to discover and more ships on
Nicola Price, Trudy Redfern, Ian Scott, Dominic
the way (see our news story on p10), it’s worth seeing what potential the sector
Speakman, Kathryn Thomas
could hold for you and your clients. I have never met so many wealthy people in
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treated like royalty in an escapist bubble from the frenetic world back home. The
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scenery on a ship may be ever-changing, but the feeling of comfort and security is
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a constant and after a life well lived, that’s all many passengers ask for.
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And the best part about it is this – not only do cruise passengers seem to love
Ludgate House, their agents, the cruise lines love you guys too. As well as spending time on
245 Blackfriars Road,
Seabourn Spirit this year, I have met with representatives of Compagnie du Ponant,
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Hapag Lloyd, Orion Expeditions and Oceania. Have you heard of any of those
brands? Maybe not, but they all have incredible ships
and itineraries and more vessels on the way – and they
want to work with agents to spread the word.
Editor’s
I never set out to be an expert cruise journalist – trust
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me, there are more than enough “ship-spotters” out
Clients can beat the
there already – but just as I say agents need to get with
winter blues with a
the programme when it comes to this sector, I thought
dose of Maldivian sun,
it was high time I did so too.
(p56) wearing a cossie
You should be getting onboard too. Look out for like this one from
our cruising features in upcoming issues to learn
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more. As always, ttgluxury is about you – so please feel
p20 for more treats)
free to drop me a line at alhutchinson@ttgluxury.com
contributors
Paul Revel Sue Ryan Guy Dittrich Charlotte Walsh
This edition took chief sub- Former managing editor of Formerly UK managing TTGLive.com web editor
editor Paul to Las Vegas The Daily Telegraph, Sue left director of Design Hotels Charlotte found there’s
(p41) and Valencia (p54). the paper four years ago. and now a freelance writer, more to Jordan than Petra
Both had gorgeous hotels She is currently associate Guy contributes regularly when she joined our six
and excellent food, more travel editor of The National to Conde Nast Traveller lucky agent winners on the
surprising was the winter in Abu Dhabi and director and Wallpaper. Frequent ttgluxury Experience (p26).
sun in Valencia and the 5ft of the Henley Literary moderator and speaker at She also spoke to shoe
of snow in Nevada, just 45 Festival. She says the new hotel conferences, Guy guru Jimmy Choo about
minutes from the Strip (in Alila in Uluwatu Bali (p58) takes the (racing) hotel Malaysia and, of course,
a pink limo of course) “blew me away” pulse of Berlin (p20) fabulous footwear (p62)
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