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Fred Olsen introduces free door-to-door transfers
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has introduced The World at Your Doorstep brochure offering a free door-to-door transfer. The service is applicable on 24 sailings for 2017-18 and is available to passengers living 90-250 miles from the port.
fredolsencruises.com
SeaDream Yacht Club uncorks seven wine cruises
SeaDream Yacht Club has seven new wine cruises on sale for 2017. Guests will be able to taste premium tipples from wineries such as Château Gassier and Taittinger Champagne. Excursions include a wine tasting and truffle hunt at Castello delle Regine and a visit to the Sorrentino Winery. Prices start from £3,328.
seadream.com
Silversea offers Caribbean air fares for £299 return
Luxury line Silversea is offering return air fares to the Caribbean for £299. The offer is available on eight cruises this year and nine in 2017 on board 540-passenger Silver Spirit and 296-passenger Silver Wind.
silversea.com
Win cost of your booking with Hurtigruten incentive
Hollie-Rae Merrick
hollie@travelweekly.co.uk
Hurtigruten is giving agents the chance to win the value of their booking in cash.
The Norwegian and
expedition specialist will reward four lucky agents in its new booking incentive. To be in with a chance of winning in the weekly draw, make a booking between July 1 and July 28 for any of Hurtigruten’s Norwegian Coastal Voyages departing in October, November and December. The value of the prize will
WIN! DURATION: Book a longer cruise to be in with a chance of winning more
include flights, hotels, transfers and the cost of the cruise. UK head of sales Anthony Daniels encouraged agents to book higher cabin types to increase the winning value. “We are excited to offer agents this amazing opportunity to win some significant money just by making a booking with us,” he said. “The winter programme and our unique Northern Lights Promise,
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RIVER TRIVIA Scenic has added an extra choice to its feast of on-board dining experiences for 2017 with Scenic Culinaire; exclusive cookery classes available on the Rhône, Saône and Bordeaux rivers. Newly refitted ships will include a private cooking room catering for 10 guests, plus a cheese and wine cellar.
scenic.co.uk
Uniworld ‘takes stress away’ with deposit protection scheme
Uniworld has introduced a deposit protection programme. The scheme allows guests of the
luxury river cruise line to use a deposit payment as credit towards a future trip up to five years after cancelling. If a cruise cancellation is made 75 or more days before departure, guests can use their £250 deposit as credit towards a future Uniworld cruise or Insight
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DEPOSIT: Clients can use their £250 as credit for a future cruise
Vacations tour-and-cruise itinerary. Uniworld said the credit would
serve as money off a future cruise, rather than a deposit for it. The new incentive was
“We are excited to offer agents money just by making a booking with us”
combined with regional, direct charter flights, offers our partners and guests easy access and confidence that they will get to see the greatest light show on earth. “The higher the grade of
accommodation and the longer the duration, the higher the cash value will be.”
Send your booking reference to
uk.agency.sales@
hurtigruten.com. The cut-off for each week’s prize draw is Thursday at 5pm. The line introduced the Northern
Lights Promise in September 2014. Customers are offered a free cruise if they don’t see the natural wonder on their original sailing. The promise is applicable during the key period for the northern lights – October 1 to March 31, 2017. The pledge has helped promote the line as being one of the best
ways to see the northern lights.
hurtigruten.com
introduced alongside the line’s new 2017 Preview Boutique River Cruises & Tours brochure. Uniworld UK managing director Kathryn Beadle said: “Should travel plans change, as they sometimes do, we want to take the stress out of the cancellation process and assure our guests their cruise deposit is protected. “Our guests deserve the best, and that includes worry-free deposit protection. The £250 deposit can be put towards the same cruise itinerary or a new trip – either way guests have five years
to plan their next big adventure.”
uniworld.com
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