OCEAN NEWS OTHER NEWS
◗ Comedy Store jokers will be performing on transatlantic crossings on Thomson Dream and Thomson Celebration in December 2015 and April 2016, respectively. There will be two 45-minute performances on two nights, comedy workshops and a chance for passengers to try their hand at stand-up.
◗ Silversea Cruises has upped the ante in the luxury sector by including shore excursions on all Mediterranean cruises this year. It is also giving away two hours of free Wi-Fi a day (unlimited for passengers in Medallion suites or higher). If successful, the initiative will be rolled out worldwide.
◗ Seabourn has ordered a second 604-passenger
ship.Slated to enter service in spring 2018, the ship will be built in Italy based on the line’s Odyssey-class vessels but with an extra deck and more dining venues. It is a sister to an as-yet-unnamed ship launching in 2016.
◗ Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is offering a mystery cruise on Europa 2 next year. The 10-day voyage, from Istanbul to Piraeus on May 14, 2016, will follow a route chosen by the passengers. The company is yet to reveal any other details.
FIND OUT MORE
thomson.co.uk silversea.com seabourn.com hl-cruises.com
C R U I S E
Single cabin, P&O Cruises’ Britannia SINGLES IN DEMAND ABOARD A RANGE OF SHIPS
Lines chase the solo cruiser pound
Single cruisers have never had it so good as competition on the high seas forces more companies to chase lone travellers to help fill their ships.
Cruise & Maritime Voyages is the
latest to woo folk travelling alone, setting aside 150 inside and oceanview cabins on Magellan for single occupancy, all with a supplement of just 25%, well below the industry average of 100%. The company has
also promised to hold singles’ cocktail parties and get-togethers where passengers travelling alone can get to know each other. Launched in 1986 as a Carnival Cruise Lines’ ship, Magellan will replace Marco Polo as CMV’s flagship in March after a refit.
The vessel holds around 1,250 passengers and will be based mainly in Tilbury, with a few summer sailings also departing from Newcastle. Several other cruise lines have their eye on the singles market. P&O Cruises’ Britannia, launching March, will have 27 single cabins, while Royal Caribbean International’s Anthem of the Seas, entering service in April, will have 12 studio balcony cabins and 16 inside rooms that connect to family suites but can also be
sold as singles. Nine single cabins were added to
Cunard’s Queen Victoria during a January refit, while Holland America Line’s new Koningsdam, launching in February 2016, will have 12 single oceanview cabins.
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