CLIA RIVER CRUISE CONVENTION
"RIVER CRUISING IS SLOW PACED, WITH MORE TIME TO EXPLORE, MORE PORTS OF CALL AND MORE INTIMATE
EXPERIENCES" PAUL SHARP, HEAD OF SALES, THE RIVER CRUISE LINE
EVENT DETAILS WHEN: NOVEMBER 17-18, 2013 WHO: CLIA UK AND IRELAND WHAT: TRADE SHOW CONFERENCE AND SHIP VISITS WHERE: COLOGNE, GERMANY WHY: LEARN MORE ABOUT RIVER CRUISING
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River cruising trivia! ong Haul and Selling
when they are moored next to the town's bars," he said.
German cruise line A Rosa has been operating since 2000 and has a fleet of 11 ships. Each has a bold and modern colour theme to its rooms, an onboard spa, pool, whirlpool tub and gym. eWaterways sells new CLIA member American Queen Steamboat Company's product which includes cruises along the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and the new American Empress ship which sails the Columbia and Snake rivers across Washington and Oregon, with highlights such as Portland and Washington's wine country. LATEST NEWS: Titan's Uniworld ships will go from all-inclusive to fully-inclusive from 2014, meaning all drinks will be included at all times, as well as tips. Uniworld's new ship, the SS Catherine, also launches, which will be similar to the flagship SS Antoinette. Lueftner Cruises has a pound-priced brochure for the first time as well as two new-build ships, the R.V Mekong Navigator and R.V Irrawaddy Navigator, which will ply those rivers respectively from 2014. Lueftner also adds the Seine in 2015. CroisiEurope will introduce an all- inclusive policy from next April. The French cruise line will also launch three new river barge hotels in France in 2014.
Short Haul tested delegates on their knowledge of rivers and river cruising. Sarah Vince, Travel Lux and Mike Bartram, Abbey Travel took home the top prizes of two CroisiEurope fam trip places for getting full marks, whilst two other agents won a box of Hotel Chocolat goodies each. The much-requested answers were as follows:
If you were cruising to Odessa, which
country would you be cruising to? Ukraine The Mekong River flows though which
six countries? Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam What city lies at the River Douro’s
outlet? Porto In what country does the Rhine River have its origins? Switzerland What is the name of the river that
visitors to Botswana can take a cruise on? Chobe
What is the name of the newest In 2014 Riviera will introduce the
five-star William Shakespeare, with French balconies and unique windows which slide open completely. The River Cruise Line is to introduce
the MS Switzerland from next year, which will fulfil the demand for longer cruises with a Budapest round-trip cruise. Shearings now has 'Escorted by Shearings', which offers the same travel options but uses CroisiEurope ships. Tauck is to launch its new 'Inspiration
Class' ms Savor and ms Inspire in 2014. Each ship holds a maximum of 130 and will transport the fewest passengers of any longship in Europe. AmaWaterways will unveil AmaSonata
and AmaReina in 2014, which will feature twin balcony staterooms and suites. The 76-passsenger AmaPura launches on Burma's Irrawaddy in Autumn 2014. Great Rail Journeys will launch the Grand Danube Cruise from Passau to the Black Sea through eight countries and an Elbe cruise stopping in Prague and Berlin. Finally, eWaterways offers two new five- star ships on the Mekong while Avalon Waterways will launch Avalon Impression, Avalon Illumination and Avalon Poetry II. Andy Harmer also annouced that CLIA
UK and Ireland is to launch a UK-based river cruise event next summer and two new river-specialist modules will launch on its training programme.
edition to CroisiEurope’s fleet? Cyrano de Bergerac What four capital cities does the River Danube flow through? Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade.
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile What Ocean does the Amazon River emerge into? The Atlantic On what river would you find the Three Gorges Dam? Yangtze River
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