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■FAMILY FOCUS AT TAUCK Tauck is doubling its family river cruises from 10 next year to 20 in 2017. Tauck chief executive Dan Mahar announced last week that its Tauck Bridges collection now offers voyages on the Danube, Rhine and Rhone. The family-focused river trips include a scavenger hunt in the Louvre, hands-on medieval games in Bratislava, a guided cycling adventure in Austria, and interactive cooking demonstrations for chocolate, marzipan and fondue.
■CLIA’S NEW BOSS QUITS POST The president and chief executive of the US-based Cruise Lines International Association (Clia) has stepped down from his position due to personal reasons after less than two months in the role. Thomas Ostebo joined Clia in May, from the United States Coast Guard. In the interim, Cindy D’Aoust, executive vice-president of membership and operations, will assume the role of acting chief executive.
■CARNIVAL’S SOCIAL MEDIA DEAL Carnival Cruise Line has announced new social media internet packages to enable guests to access websites including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for $5 a day. The package is available on more than half of the line’s ships, with the enhanced packages set to be rolled out across all ships in 2016.
2017 LAUNCH
Crystal’s river line promises lots of space and adventures
CRYSTAL CRUISES has announced more details of its new river line, Crystal River Cruises, which will launch in Europe in late March 2017. The line said its two new
river yacht vessels would feature “larger accommodations and space-to-guest ratio than any other river cruise ship”, with six-star service. It also promised a “fresh approach to traditional river
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itineraries and experiences”. The ships will feature 250
square-foot guest suites, with walk-in wardrobes, two 500 square- foot penthouse suites, and a “palm court with dance floor and glass- domed roof”, as well as a fitness centre and spa. Meanwhile, destinations will
include France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia,
There will be spacious accommodation on Crystal’s two river ships
Princess focused on UK as it seeks new boss
separate the two lines. “We have two leading brands and we need to differentiate between them. By bringing sales and marketing together we will bring a greater focus to each of our great brands,” he said. Jeremy McKenna, head of partner
sales, will lead the agency sales team, currently for both brands, reporting directly to Ludlow in the interim period until the senior vice-president Cunard sales and marketing role is appointed. Speaking following the news,
The hunt is on for a replacement for Paul Ludlow Sophie Griffiths
PRINCESS CRUISES’ head of sales has insisted that the line remains focused on “significant growth” in the UK, as it seeks to recruit a replacement for its UK managing director Paul Ludlow. It comes after Carnival UK announced a restructure last week, with Ludlow moving across to head
up P&O Cruises in the UK, in the new title of senior vice-president, sales and marketing. As part of the changes, Cunard
and P&O Cruises sales and distribution director Chris Truscott has left the business, with Carnival now recruiting for a sales and marketing role at Cunard. David Noyes, UK chief executive, said the move was designed to
Princess Cruises head of sales Alex White said Ludlow would start his new role with immediate effect, but would also continue in his position at Princess while the line seeks a replacement. “The company is recruiting
for a vice-president UK and Europe – it made sense to align the job title roles with the US,” he explained in reference to the job title name change. “We’ll be very sad to see Paul
move on… we’ve made significant progress in the last couple of years under Paul’s stewardship,” he added.
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