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EDITOR’S COMMENTS

CRUISE NEWS Hot Stories L CRUISE

04 – Cook appoints Darbandi head of retail; Spear Travels snaps up Tickets Anywhere; Travel 2 unveils cruise drive; TNG backs place to ditch SBA; Young quits Magic for G

News Digest L CRUISE

08 – Cyprus Airways stops flying; AirAsia recorders found; Sheehan steps down; tributes paid to Tobias

Conference Reports L CRUISE

10 – Aito Agents, Tamworth 12 – GoCruise, Liverpool

Special Reports 14 – ‘Exploit spotlight on cruising’ 16 – Ocean Holidays targets trade

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Product News 19 – Red Sea Holidays adds Tunisia

Aviation News 21 – Qatar flies world’s first A350

Cruise News L CRUISE

24 – Seabourn serves up savings 27 – Crystal offers craft beer cruises

Operator News 28 – Neilson targets expansion

Hotel News 35 – Sani Resort to reopen in spring

JOBS AND CLASSIFIED

97 – Vacancies and business services TRAVELWEEKLY BUSINESS

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102 – Aer Lingus, Cyprus Airways 104 – TNG on recruitment path

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Mystery Shopper 56 – We test cruise specialist agents

CRUISE DESTINATIONS L Cruise CRUISE

59 – Cruise 2015 calendar 65 – 10 of the Best: Cruise and stay 71 – Sailing in the Indian Ocean 79 – Review: Oasis of the Seas

Spain & Portugal

85 – 48 hours in Malaga 71 – Find out about Fuerteventura 94 – Tee up your golf bookings

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Letters 40 – Cruise excursions; Cook; CAA

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Comment 42 – Andy Harmer: cruise resolution

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All For You 48 – Win river cruises on Mekong

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Readers’ Lives 52 – Helen Padget-Smith, Thomson

CRUISE CRUISE CRUISE LUCY Editor-in-chief HUXLEY

It’s a huge year for cruise on all fronts

t is no coincidence that some of the world’s largest cruise operators are among the biggest supporters of this week’s Globe Travel Awards.

I As the director of Clia UK & Ireland, Andy Harmer, writing in

this week’s cruise special edition, says 2015 is going to be the year for cruise, with so much capacity coming on to the market. So the lines really need to shout about their ships and ensure

they have agents’ support to fill them. With most cruise lines relying on agents for at least 80% of their sales, Travel Weekly’s Globe Travel Awards, the biggest voted for solely by agents, are a perfect match. The likes of P&O Cruises, which will launch Britannia in March,

Royal Caribbean, which introduces Anthem of the Seas in April, Norwegian Cruise Line, which unveils Escape in October, and Celebrity Cruises and MSC Cruises, both with new ships on order, are all heavily involved in the prestigious Park Lane event to ensure the audience is not only wowed, but inspired. Co-presenting the Globes each year is one of the absolute highlights of my job – a true honour. Putting on a great show for all is essential. But whatever

entertainment we lay on, it is still seeing how much it means to the winners as they join me on stage to accept those iconic gold trophies that remains the best part of the night for me. And I love checking Twitter the next day too to see companies celebrating with their teams – invariably with champagne, doughnuts or pizza! Thank you to all the agents who registered tens of thousands of votes this year. I wish all the suppliers the best of luck.

lucy.huxley@travelweekly.co.uk WHAT LUCY DID THISWEEK 1

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Hit the New Year running with a week of meetings including tourist boards, tour operators – and the new head of retail for Thomas Cook.

Had a call with the celebrity presenter of this year’s Travel Weekly Globes ahead of today’s big event.

Took my son and friends on a flight over the Thames on the Emirates Air Line for his ninth birthday.

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