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Cruising Excursions eases booking process for agents
Cruising Excursions has enhanced the travel agent portal on its website. The specialist add-ons supplier says the revamped site offers a faster booking process, with easier navigation and a simplified commission calculator.
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Disney adds Frozen show and pub on Disney Wonder
Disney Cruise Line has unveiled new children’s entertainment and an English pub for Disney Wonder. The Frozen musical spectacular is based on the animated hit film, while a new Marvel Super Hero Academy will bring comic heroes to life. The Crown and Fin pub includes subtle references to Disney classics set in England.
dclnews.com
Top French chef to serve up bistro on Majestic Princess
Princess Cruises’ new speciality restaurant will be developed by three-Michelin-starred chef Emmanuel Renaut, the former head chef at Claridge’s in London. The restaurant, La Mer – A French Bistro by Emmanuel Renaut, will be available on Majestic Princess when the ship launches in April 2017.
princess.com/holiday
P&O to offer Fathom-style social impact excursions
Natasha Salmon
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travelweekly.co.uk
Social impact excursions pioneered by Carnival Corporation’s Fathom brand in the Dominican Republic are to be extended to six other of the group’s cruise lines including P&O Cruises.
The shore trips include helping
at a women’s chocolate-making co-operative and at a craft-making business that uses recycled paper. They will be offered to passengers calling at Carnival Corporation’s dedicated Amber Cove port on the north coast of the Caribbean island from this month. Besides P&O Cruises, the other
lines are Aida Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises. Carnival is also exploring opportunities to bring Fathom’s onboard and on shore “engaging, purposeful experiences” to a broader audience of travellers.
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Celebrity Cruises uncorks tie-up with TV’s The Wine Show
Celebrity Cruises has partnered
with acclaimed television series The Wine Show to introduce a programme of wine-inspired experiences on and off its ships. Customers can now choose
from new wine lists as well as take part in vineyard shore excursions, onboard tasting sessions and live events with wine experts including show presenters Joe Fattorini and
Amelia Singer. The Wine Show premiered on
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CHEERS: Celebrity’s Toby Shaw and The Wine Show’s Joe Fattorini
ITV in 2016 and sees the two presenters, plus actors Matthew Rhys and Matthew Goode, travel in search of the world’s best wine.
FATHOM: The Carnival brand started ‘social impact’ sailings to the Dominican Republic and Cuba this year
Fathom president Tara Russell
said: “The feedback from our travellers and our local Dominican partners who have participated in Fathom’s social impact experiences in the Dominican Republic has been overwhelmingly positive and mutually beneficial. “Our travellers repeatedly tell us the activities and interaction with the local Dominican people are very fulfilling, rekindling their hope and passion, and inspiring a whole new perspective on life.” She added: “Additionally, the social impact experiences have an enduring positive impact on the lives of children, families and communities. It is exciting to now
offer thousands of guests who sail with our family of brands to Amber Cove the chance to be part
of Fathom’s social impact story.”
fathom.org
Since Fathom started in May, passengers have:
w Installed 730 water filters for local families
w Laid concrete floors in 40 homes
w Planted nearly 16,000 seedlings and plants
w Provided 17,500 hours of English language training
Jo Rzymowska, Celebrity Cruises’ managing director for the UK and Ireland, said: “We know our guests share our passion for food and wine so we’re extremely excited about how our new partnership will enhance our guests’ relationship with the destinations they visit.” Wine expert Singer will host
talks and demonstrations on board Celebrity Eclipse during the ship’s two-night Taste of Modern Luxury sailing from Southampton to Le Havre on May 19-21 next year. She will be joined by Fattorini on other Celebrity sailings in
the autumn.
celebritycruises.co.uk
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