MSC to host Strictly star and rugby legends on ex-Southampton cruise
Amadeus Riva
Amadeus offers ‘enhanced commission’ on group bookings
Amadeus River Cruises has amended its group policy by offering higher commission, free places and early-booking discounts in two new packages. Both types of package are
based on live online pricing and offer agents an early-booking discount, a free place for every 21 people booked and “enhanced commission”. The Protected Allocation
package is intended for group organisers, tour operators and agents where capacity “needs to be guaranteed” and will be held and protected with a non-refundable deposit. The Live Availability option is
for agents and agencies focusing on sales for targeted departures. The move has been prompted
by “a double-digit percentage increase” in group bookings and enquiries.
amadeus-rivercruises.co.uk
Stephen Mulhern to perform on Iona
TV entertainer Stephen Mulhern will perform a magic show on three ex-Southampton sailings on board P&O Cruises’ Iona this summer. Live & Unbelievable will be staged on Norwegian fjords cruises departing on July 25 and August 1, and a Spain and France sailing on August 8. Tickets will cost £50.
pocruises.com
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MSC Cruises will host England rugby legends Ben Cohen, Ben Kay and Neil Back, plus Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff, on a sailing from Southampton this summer. They will appear in Q&A and meet-and-greet sessions on a cruise to the Canary Islands on MSC Virtuosa, departing on August 8. Fares for the 12-night voyage start at £1,279.
mscbook.com
SeaDream Yacht Club opens Med bookings for summer 2028
SeaDream Yacht Club has opened bookings for its Mediterranean cruises for summer 2028. The season features 24 voyages on SeaDream II, taking in 70- plus ports in 12 countries. New for 2028 are 11-night voyages combining Greece, Sicily and the Amalfi Coast, starting at £9,545 for a July 23 departure.
seadream.com
Seabourn Venture
Seabourn strengthens range of Arctic expeditions for 2028-29
Ella Sagar Seabourn has expanded the number of Arctic
itineraries in its 2028-29 expeditions programme. Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit will sail a
combined 49 departures ranging from eight to 96 days. Between April and September 2028, Venture and
Pursuit will offer more Arctic itineraries with a range of round-trip sailings from Reykjavik, a return to Svalbard, plus a new 12-day Summer in Iceland & The Faroe Islands itinerary, departing on July 12. The luxury line will also operate a second Grand
Expedition: Pole to Pole on board Venture to mark the operator’s 40th anniversary. The 96-day sailing from Reykjavik to Ushuaia on August 16 will visit 14 countries and territories, including five days in Antarctica, three in South Georgia and three in the Falkland Islands. Fares start at £82,299 per person in a Veranda Suite. New for 2028 is the 12-Day Summer in Iceland & the Faroe Islands, which sails around Iceland from
49Number of sailings in line’s 2028-29 expeditions programme
Reykjavik on July 12 on board Pursuit. Prices lead in at £11,299 in a Veranda Suite. Following the Arctic season, Venture and Pursuit
will reposition to Antarctica, where they will operate sailings exploring the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and Chilean fjords, with cruises ranging in duration from 10 to 25 days. The programme will feature several new itineraries
combining the Antarctic Peninsula and sub-Antarctic. These include a 22-day Juan Fernandez Islands,
Chilean Fjords & Antarctica itinerary on board Pursuit. The cruise, which sails from Valparaiso in Chile to Buenos Aires in Argentina, leads in at £22,499 per person in a Veranda Suite.
seabourn.com
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