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Riviera reveals new ship itineraries
Harry Kemble
harry.kemble@
travelweekly.co.uk
Riviera Travel’s River Cruise Collection 2018-19 brochure will showcase two new ships when it is released on Friday. Dylan Thomas and George Eliot
are due to launch in 2019 and will replace Swiss Corona, which will be phased out over the next year, and Swiss Tiara, which is no longer chartered by Riviera. The 169-passenger Dylan
Thomas is a sister ship to the line’s Robert Burns, Thomas Hardy, Emily Brontë and Oscar Wilde. Dylan Thomas will have a
panoramic observation lounge, sun
GEORGE ELIOT: Mock-up of the ship set to launch next year
increasing the number of ship visits for agents this year. Riviera will take up to 30 agents at a time to a European port to see a Riviera vessel during a changeover day. Riviera Travel is currently
recruiting for a field-based sales development manager to help agents sell river cruise and touring. Grimley said: “We have a really
deck, fitness centre and boutique- style cabins, and will operate on the Danube for 2019. The lead-in price for a Blue Danube sailing, departing
October 25, 2019, is £999. George Eliot will have a new design and capacity for 132 guests across 70 cabins and
suites and will cruise the Rhine, Moselle and Danube. Prices for a Rhine & Moselle sailing, departing August 9, 2019, lead in at £1,549. Riviera Travel head of agency sales Joseph Grimley said the line hoped to host a fam trip towards the end of the year and would be
good product. It is easy to sell once people know about it. “We are effective in getting our message to the trade but having [a sales development manager] is an extra resource. “We need more boots on the ground to do shows, training and
branch visits.”
rivieratravel.co.uk
1 March 2018
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