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Cruise Plus brand extends partner


portfolio with addition of five lines Dnata specialist Cruise Plus – sister brand to Gold Medal – has added five cruise lines to its product portfolio for agents to sell. Aqua Expeditions, American Cruise Lines, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Pandaw Cruises and Amadeus River Cruises take its total number of cruise partners to 40. The new partners’ voyages cover river, small-ship, luxury and expedition, spanning Europe, Asia and the Americas. goldmedal.co.uk


Swan Hellenic puts 2026-27 Antarctic cruises on sale


Swan Hellenic has opened sales for 24 Antarctic cruises in 2026-27. Ships Vega and Diana, which


can carry 152 and 192 passengers respectively, will operate a range of nine to 13-night round-trip departures from Ushuaia in Argentina. One Vega itinerary spans Christmas and New Year with a 13-night departure on December 22, 2026. Diana will also sail a longer


20-night semi-circumnavigation South Atlantic cruise from Cape Town to Ushuaia, featuring port calls in Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha, the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia Islands. Swan Hellenic has also added snowshoeing to its excursions. A nine-night sailing to the


Antarctic Peninsula on Diana starts at £7,880. swanhellenic.com


CroisiEurope to sail


round-trip on the Nile CroisiEurope has chartered Star of Luxor for a seven-night


itinerary on the Nile. The cruises will run between March and December 2025, and February and December 2026. The Nile: The Land of the Pharaohs sails round-trip from Luxor. Prices lead in at £1,012 with all meals, drinks with lunch and dinner, excursions and port fees included. croisieurope.co.uk


travelweekly.co.uk Celestyal Journey


Cunard offers up to $660 onboard credit on select sailings until 2027


Cunard is offering up to $660 onboard credit on selected sailings. It will apply to new balcony cabin bookings on selected Cunard Fares until midnight on June 2. The promotion is valid for 450 sailings, including transatlantic crossings and Norwegian fjords cruises between August 1 and April 21, 2027. shinerewardsclub.com


Jeddah, Saudi Arabia


Celestyal returns to Egypt with winter 2025-26 cruises


Phil Davies


Celestyal is returning to Egypt aſter two years as part of a series of winter 2025-26 repositioning cruises. The 14-night sailings feature two new countries


for the brand – Jordan and Saudi Arabia – alongside a further three maiden calls in Muscat in Oman, plus Ain Sukhna and Sharm el-Sheikh, both in Egypt. Celestyal Journey will depart Athens on November


22, calling at Port Said, then Sharm, Aqaba, Jeddah and Muscat, followed by Dubai then Abu Dhabi on December 6 in time for the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. The ship then departs on a Desert Days and Abu


Dhabi Grand Prix sailing on December 7, before embarking on its Desert Days itineraries. Celestyal Discovery will leave Athens on November 28


on the same course with an additional call at Kusadasi, Turkey, arriving at Abu Dhabi on December 13. The ship’s inaugural Gulf winter season includes three, four and seven-night itineraries.


The two returning 14-night itineraries are Amazing


Abu Dhabi to Ancient Athens and Dazzling Doha to Ancient Athens. Celestyal Discovery will cruise from Abu Dhabi


on March 6, 2026, charting a similar return course, with the inclusion of Ain Sukhna for the return, and will arrive back in Athens for the summer Greece and Mediterranean season. Meanwhile, Celestyal Journey will depart Doha on


March 21, 2026, with an additional call to Kusadasi on its return. The outbound two positioning cruises will feature several bookable segments ranging between four and 13 nights. Cruise-only prices start at £789 for 14 nights. Chief commercial officer Lee Haslett said:


“Our 10th anniversary year will be bigger than ever, beginning with extensive renovations across our fleet and an expanded programme featuring two new countries, five new ports of call and a long-awaited return to Egypt.” celestyal.com


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