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Aqua Expeditions to boost Amazon trips with new ship
Aqua Expeditions is adding a third vessel to sail on the Amazon in Peru. Work on the new-build will start in December and the ship will feature 20 suites, a spa, gym and pool. It will also have four tenders for daily excursions. The vessel will launch in December 2017 and is to be offered on a charter basis.
aquaexpeditions.com
Saga recreates first cruise to mark 20-year landmark
Saga Cruises is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the brand by revisiting ports that featured on the 1997 inaugural cruise. Next year, on May 20, Saga Sapphire will sail from Dover and visit the same ports: Lisbon, Malaga, Livorno and Civitavecchia. The 17-night cruise leads in at £3,429.
travel.saga.co.uk
AmaWaterways serves up strawberry treats as it trains
River cruise line AmaWaterways will be visiting retail agents and homeworkers to deliver strawberries and cream while training them on new ships and sailings. If you would like a visit from AmaWaterways, email
agency.sales@
amawaterways.co.uk
Norwegian plans to show off Jade after big revamp
Lee Hayhurst
lee.hayhurst@travelweekly.co.uk
Norwegian Cruise Line plans to showcase Norwegian Jade to as many agents as possible when it returns to the UK in May next year, claiming the vessel will be better than when it launched.
The 2,400-passenger ship
entered service in 2006 and next year will return to sailing from the UK for the first time since 2008. Prior to sailing from Southampton, the ship will undergo a dramatic transformation as part of NCL's $400 million Norwegian Edge refurbishment programme. It will be the last of nine ships
to have a refurbishment as part of the programme. The line’s vice-president
of international business development, Francis Riley, said: “We want customers to think they are on an inaugural sailing. The ships are coming out of drydock looking better than when they
were launched.” Jade will split its time next summer between Southampton and Hamburg, sailing a selection
NORWEGIAN JADE: Sails from UK next year for the first time since 2008
“We want customers to think they are on an inaugural sailing”
of western Europe and Norwegian fjords itineraries. For this summer, NCL admits the US market has dipped as customers put off travelling to Europe due to security concerns and opt to sail closer to home. But Nick Wilkinson, general manager for northern Europe, said he was not concerned that
extra capacity for the UK will spur discounting. “More partners are rewarding agents based on retention of margin rather than giving margins away,” he said. “There’s a level of maturity and discounting that is not as rampant as it was.” Wilkinson added that agents are also being more creative, taking cruise-only and adding land, rail and flight options. “We cannot just keep chasing the
same customers,” he said. “We have to get new clients, particularly
from land-based holidays.”
ncl.co.uk
23 June 2016
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