cruise news THE NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW CLIA
ANDY HARMER Director CLIA UK & Ireland
CRUISE TOWARDS NEW OPPORTUNITIES Plans are well underway for our third River Cruise Convention which looks set to be the biggest and best yet. It will run over the weekend of November
17-18 (Sunday/Monday) in the wonderful city of Cologne, Germany, and we are delighted that this year’s exclusive media partner will be Selling L
ong Haul and
Selling Cruising. River cruising, which grew by 14% in 2012,
offers great opportunities for the travel trade – which is why the CLIA River Cruise Convention is an important landmark in the cruising calendar.
SHIP VISITS Travel agents will be able to take advantage of more ship visits than ever before with eWaterways, Lueftner,
NCL’s plans for Belize
NORWEGIAN Cruise Line has purchased 75 acres of land in southern Belize with a view to developing an ‘eco-friendly cruise destination’.
With
its fleet expected to grow to 15 ships by 2017, the number of guests stopping in Belize during a Western Caribbean cruise is set to quadruple. Although plans for the new
development are in the early stages, features said to be under consideration include floating piers, a beach area and a lagoon for watersports.
ncl.co.uk
Fred. Olsen’s Xmas tale back on the cards
Riviera, The River
Cruise Line, Shearings and Titan all planning to bring vessels into Cologne. Around 400 delegates are expected to
attend the event. The first day will provide an opportunity
for one-to-one meetings, followed by a river cruise-themed trade fair and conference with the ship visits the folowing day. Visiting river ships plays an important part within the cruise training process and there is no other event in the world that offers agents the opportunity to see first-hand so many different styles of river ship and get to hear from so many key speakers on the latest industry developments. Moreover, Cologne is one of the most popular river ports in Europe and the convention will be the perfect occasion for agents to become immersed in river cruising and to take advantage of the real opportunities to grow their cruise sales.
COLUMBUS DAY IN LIVERPOOL However, before our River Cruise Convention we have Columbus Day taking place in Liverpool, on September 19. This conference is designed for directors, senior managers and owner/managers, who will hear topics ranging from global changes within cruising to how retailing is adapting to reflect a rapidly changing customer. For further information on both these events, visit
cruiseexperts.org
Falkland Islands expect a cruise boost in 2013/14
BY STEVE HARTRIDGE CRUISE passenger arrivals to the Falkland Islands are expected to increase by 7% to over 36,000 for the 2013/14 season, which runs September to April, after a turbulent 2012/13. The South Atlantic destination, which will also benefit from a refurbished Jetty Visitor Centre that is due to be completed this month (September), is featured as a port call on a wider South America or Antarctica voyage. The Falklands’ appeal lies mainly in the good access to the abundant resident wildlife, experienced through a wide variety of shore excursions. The new Jetty Visitor Centre will include
visitor information, a display of aspects of Falkland Islands
life and occasional
exhibitions and local artwork. “The Falklands Islands fits with the increasing appetite for cruise holidays to
IN BRIEF Sail into a new fjord: Hurtigruten’s new
‘Autumn Gold’ programme (between September 1 and October 31) includes sailing into a new fjord, Hjørundfjord, one of Norway’s most spectacular fjords; shore excursions; and seasonal delicacies (like baked King Crab onboard). Prices for the Classic Round Voyage are from £1398pp.
hurtigruten.co.uk/agents
No Egypt for MSC: MSC Cruises has
cancelled MSC Armonia’s 2013-2014 winter itineraries in the Red Sea. Instead the ships will sail two new itineraries out of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Port stops include Funchal, Santa Cruz de La Palma, San Sebastian, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Casablanca, Agadir, Arrecife de Lanzarote and Puerto del Rosario.
msccruises.co.uk
G spots Africa: G Adventures has grown
its West Africa cruise for 2014 to take in 16 ports of call. Starting in Cape Town and ending in Marrakech, passengers will experience 14 countries in 32 days. They will visit remote communities in Benin, Togo, Angola and Sierra Leone. The trip departs April 6 and is priced from £10,699pp.
gadventures.co.uk
intriguing destinations,” said Tony Mason, Managing Director of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board. “With over 700 islands in its archipelego the Falklands offer an abundance of unexplored gems, private nature reserves and hidden coves largely inaccessible to land-based tourists, so coming by sea offers the ultimate taste of this wildlife paradise,” he added. Crystal Cruises’
‘Magical Winter
Wonderland’ cruise on Crystal Symphony, from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso, departs December 21, 2013. It will sail through Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Drake Passage, Cape Horn and the Chilean Fjords. The 18-day cruise includes a stop at
Port Stanley and the chance to visit working farms in the Falklands.
falklandislands.com;
crystalcruises.co.uk
FRED. Olsen Cruise Lines’ is to reintroduce a Caribbean fly-cruise over Christmas and New Year 2015 after an absence of three years. Already on sale, the 14-night sunshine cruise on the 929-guest Braemar (pictured) will depart from Barbados on January 12. Guests will enjoy a day in Bridgetown, Barbados,
before cruising the
Grenadines, with an afternoon by the Old British Fort in St. Georges, Grenada. Other stops will include Willemstad, Curaçao; Oranjestad, Aruba; Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos; Road Town, Tortola (British Virgin Islands); Basseterre, St. Kitts; St. John’s, Antigua; and back to Barbados. Prices start from £999pp (cruise
only), based on two adults sharing an inside twin cabin.
fredolsencruises.com
14 September 2013
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