CRUISE
Carnival Cruise Line reveals more details about Celebration Key
Carnival Cruise Line has unveiled details about Paradise Plaza and Calypso Lagoon, two of the five ‘portals’ at its new private island, Celebration Key. The island in Grand Bahama,
scheduled to open in July 2025, will feature on more than 500 itineraries of 18 Carnival ships sailing from nine US homeports. Paradise Plaza will welcome
guests and provide wayfinding and destination information, while Calypso Lagoon will offer a range of attractions including a freshwater lagoon, beachside bar, sports court and two restaurants. The three other portals will
offer a family-friendly area, a private retreat and a retail space, with further details promised “in due course”.
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Celebration Key
Riviera destinations: Lake Garda (left) and Paris
OPERATOR
Riviera to cut maximum group size from 50 to 36 next year
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Riviera Travel will reduce the group sizes of its tours in 2025 following customer feedback. The operator currently caters for up to 50 people
on each European tour but will drop that to 36 from next year to provide a “better customer experience”. Its signature European tours will carry a maximum of 22. Vicky Billing, head of trade partnerships for the
UK and Ireland, told Travel Weekly the change will “set Riviera apart” from other mass-market tour operators, which she said mostly have group sizes of 50 or more. “Our new group sizes will make the tours more
exclusive as there are fewer spots,” she said. “But we are not putting the prices up – we are
maintaining cost and providing a better service. “I would advise agents to emphasise the exclusivity
SkyTeam carriers Virgin Atlantic and Kenya Airways agree codeshare deal
SkyTeam alliance carriers Virgin Atlantic and Kenya Airways have agreed a codeshare partnership aimed at providing greater access to Nairobi. The first phase allows customers booking with Virgin Atlantic to purchase flights on Kenya Airways’ Heathrow-Nairobi service. Kenya Airways customers will soon be able to connect via Heathrow to several of Virgin’s Caribbean destinations.
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of the tours to their customers, as each client will receive a more personalised service now there’s a reduced number.” Chief commercial officer Robin Shaw added:
“Passengers will typically still be on a 50-seat coach or bus, but they will have more space, and our customers who have already booked for 2025 are very appreciative of that.” The announcement came at Riviera Travel’s 40th
birthday celebrations in Paris, where the river cruise and escorted tour operator pledged to double its annual passenger numbers to 200,000 by 2030. Billing said expanding the number of agents with
whom Riviera Travel works would be “key” to achieving that target.
rivieratravel.co.uk i Read more from Riviera’s 40th birthday celebrations, page 24
Manchester gains first Shanghai link with new Juneyao Air flights
Chinese airline Juneyao Air will launch a direct service connecting Manchester with Shanghai from July 1. It will operate on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It is the airline’s first UK destination and the first time that direct flights have operated from the north of England to Shanghai.
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