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P&O heralds anniversary with two full-world cruises
Saga signs up TV personality Biggins for Baltic itinerary
Actor Christopher Biggins will provide entertainment on a 14-night Baltic Capitals cruise on board Saga Sapphire in August 2016. He will talk about his career, including his time on I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here!.
saga.co.uk/cruises
Crystal to offer free internet access to all passengers
Crystal Cruises has extended complimentary internet access to all guests. Passengers staying in a deluxe stateroom or penthouse will receive one free hour a day, while those in a penthouse suite will get 90 minutes.
crystalcruises.co.uk
Holland America Line upgrades air-booking tool
Holland America Line has simplified its air-booking tool for agents. Flight Ease now offers the ability to select departure and return flights separately, and to add a stopover segment.
hollandamerica.co.uk
Phil Davies
phil.davies@travelweekly.co.uk
P&O Cruises will operate two full-world itineraries in 2017 to mark its 180th anniversary.
Aurora’s 104-night eastern
circumnavigation from Southampton will call at 35 destinations in 21 countries. Departing on January 9, 2017, the
cruise features 23 new ports of call, overnight stays in Dubai, Singapore, San Francisco and Sydney, seven evening calls and transits of the Panama and Suez canals. Arcadia’s 114-night
western circumnavigation from Southampton calls at 37 destinations in 21 countries. The voyage, departing on January 2, 2017, includes 22 new ports, overnight stays in San Francisco, Auckland, Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore, and nine evening calls. Prices start at £10,299 per
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Popularity of Cuba prompts MSC to add fly-cruises from UK
RIVER TRIVIA: Scenic are offering guests the chance to indulge and relax with a ‘Spoil Me’ package worth £510 on May to October 2016 sailings. Package includes a Marriott spa day, airport lounge annual pass and onboard credit! Book by 30 September.
agencysales@scenic.co.uk
The popularity of Cuba among MSC Cruises’ UK customers has prompted the line to add fly-cruise packages to its cruise-only options. Head of UK and Ireland sales
Janet Parton said: “We are selling more Cuba product than any of the other 42 MSC Cruises offices around the world, which demonstrates the incredible appetite that UK guests have for new and innovative itineraries. “What we are most pleased with is the way our agent partners have
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travelweekly.co.uk 3 September 2015
HAVANA: MSC’s UK office is selling the most Cuba product
embraced this exciting destination. “A large part of our success with
Cuba has been down to the way retailers have packaged it up with hotel stays on the island, giving guests the chance to experience its culture and heritage alongside a relaxing Caribbean cruise.”
person on a Select Price rate for Aurora’s world cruise, including onboard credit of between £350 and £1,000, depending on cabin. The sailings feature in a 2017
World Cruise Collection brochure, which goes on general sale on September 9. The programme also includes
a 50-night Oriana cruise to the Caribbean and Amazon, departing from the UK on January 3, 2017, which starts at £3,999 per person. A 12-night Northern Lights
itinerary, including an overnight stay in Alta and a late evening in Tromso, starts at £899 per person. The line’s marketing director,
Christopher Edgington, said: “P&O Cruises has a reputation for
AURORA: Will visit 21 countries during its 104-night world cruise
offering original and appealing world cruise itineraries that we spend a lot of time planning, based on extensive research and trends. “Our round-the-world cruises
are not a once-in-a-lifetime dream but a truly affordable and realistic holiday for empty-nesters looking for long-haul adventure and ‘this is
the life’ memories.”
pocruises.com
Fly-cruise prices to Cuba start at £1,049 per person for an outside cabin on a seven-night itinerary departing on January 19. Meanwhile, MSC has launched its biggest-ever autumn promotion, offering free balcony upgrades on holidays through to winter 2016-17. The Get the Best initiative,
which is valid on cruise-only and fly-cruise bookings until November 30, offers a balcony cabin for the price of an inside cabin on a range of sailings across the MSC fleet. Prices start at £499 per person
for a seven-night Mediterranean cruise, including British Airways
flights and transfers.
msccruises.co.uk
“Our round-the-world cruises are a truly affordable holiday for empty-nesters”
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