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Travel agent updates from Birmingham Airport’s Tom Screen
n We’re ready for a busy year ahead
HAL adds four more Legendary Voyages to 2025-26 line-up
Josie Klein
Holland America Line has added four Legendary Voyages to its collection for 2025 and 2026. The line unveiled its first series
of longer itineraries in June, which it said had been “very popular”. The 28-day round-trip Glaciers and Volcanoes: Alaska to Hawaii
cruise sets off from Seattle on board Westerdam. It calls at five ports in Alaska – Sitka, Seward, Anchorage, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor – and four ports in Hawaii: Nawiliwili, Honolulu, Kona and Hilo. The itinerary, which includes
overnight stays in Anchorage and Honolulu, start at £4,799, departing on August 31, 2025. The 51-day Tales of the South
Pacific round-trip from San Diego on board Zaandam will call at 25 ports, including seven in French Polynesia, five in Hawaii and four in Fiji. The sailing will include
overnight stays in Honolulu and Papeete, and costs from £9,159,
departing September 24, 2025. Volendam will operate the 30-
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day Amazon Explorer itinerary, which starts at £6,099, based on a November 21, 2025, departure. The ship will set off from New
York City and visit Saint Martin, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao and Aruba in the Caribbean, and Macapá, Santarém, Boca Da Valeria, Manaus, Parintins and Alter de Chão in Brazil. The fourth new Legendary Voyage is the 35-day Hawaii,
Tahiti and Marquesas on board Nieuw Amsterdam. The round-trip from San Diego,
which sails on February 14, 2026, will call at five ports in Hawaii, as well as six Pacific islands. Customers who book one of the
new itineraries with HAL’s Have It All package by September 30, 2024, will receive a free drinks package upgrade and premium Wi-Fi. The line’s president, Gus
Antorcha, said: “Our Legendary Voyages have proved very popular with guests since launching earlier this year, so we’re introducing more of these longer itineraries
to meet demand.”
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Tom Screen,Aviation Director, Birmingham Airport @BHXtraveltradeteam @bhxtraveltradeteam @BHXtraveltrade
More than 3350,000 customers passed through BHK between December 22 and January 2 – up 19% on the Christmas holiday period in 2022. Dubai, Dublin, Tenerife, Geneva and Amsterdam
were our most popular destinations as people used the much-needed mid-winter break to visit friends and family, get some winter sun or go skiing. Meanwhile we’re looking forward to the coming year,
the highlights of which will include easyJet opening a three-aircraft base at BHX in March, Ryanair adding a seventh aircraft to its BHX-based fleet,
Jet2.com adding a 15th aircraft, as well as Tui, Turkish Airlines and SunExpress increasing capacity and flight frequency. Not forgetting, of course, the unveiling of our
£50 million-plus state-of-the-art pre-flight security hall in June, which will deliver a vastly improved experience for customers. Meanwhile we continue to work on adding new
routes and airlines to the BHX roster. Expect more good news from us this year. From everyone at BHX, happy new year!
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