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P&O offers deposits of £50 on selected Southampton sailings
Celestyal targets 10,000 UK passengers by 2020
Harry Kemble
harry.kemble@
travelweekly.co.uk
P&O’s Britannia
P&O Cruises has a £50 deposit offer on selected sailings booked before December 3. The offer applies to sailings
between March 22 and December 29, 2019. In addition, for selected
cruises from Southampton, third and fourth passengers in a four-berth cabin can sail for £1 per person when booking with two full-paying adults. One of the cruises included in the offer is a 14-night western Mediterranean sailing on Britannia, departing Southampton on May 4. The lead-in price is £1,439. Another sailing included in the low-deposit offer is the seven-night Northern City cruise, departing from Southampton on August 30. Prices for the cruise lead in at £649. The line’s new ‘no service
charge’ policy applies to all cruises departing after May 2019.
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Celestyal Cruises is reaching out to UK agencies as it aims to attract 4,000 British passengers next year and 10,000 in 2020 after “literally zero” sailed on its ships last year.
This year, nearly 700 Britons
have sailed with the Greek cruise line, thanks to a “concerted effort to widen trade distribution”, chief executive Chris Theophilides said. By 2020, he is seeking 10,000 UK passengers – almost 8% of Celestyal’s targeted passenger total of 130,000. “Trade distribution is key,” said Theophilides. “We have approached and signed up agencies like Hays Travel, Iglu and Planet Cruise. We have identified the markets that we want to have more of a focus on and the UK is one of those. “We believe that working with the appropriate trade partners is the right thing for us. “Our onboard product delivers, so getting that message out by
CroisiEurope unveils Douro sailings for new ship Amalia Rodrigues
CroisiEurope’s new ship Amalia Rodrigues will offer cruises on
Portugal’s Douro River after its launch in March. The premium ship, which can
carry 132 passengers in 66 cabins, will be the line’s sixth on the river. From April to October, the
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vessel will operate six-day and eight-day cruises on the Douro, sailing through the Unesco World
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AMALIA RODRIGUES: The vessel is named after a fado music legend
Heritage-listed Douro Valley. During its maiden season,
the vessel will call at Regua, Pinhao, Teron Vega, Barca d’Alva,
THEOPHILIDES: ‘Trade distribution is key for Celestyal Cruises’
expanding trade distribution is our absolute priority.” Planet Cruise/Iglu Cruise head of commercial Jo Reid joined Celestyal Cruises in March to provide sales support to agents in the UK and Ireland. Theophilides added: “We had
never been in the UK market before this year. From literally zero in 2017, we are now attracting 700 Britons by the end of this year.” Celestyal Cruises operates
two ships, Celestyal Olympia and Celestyal Crystal, and will weigh
up whether to buy new vessels if it manages to fill extra capacity
created by extending its seasons. In 2019, the line will increase capacity by 30% by adding more sailing days. Celestyal’s seven-day round-trip
Cruise Idyllic Aegean itinerary, departing from Piraeus, Greece, on August 4, 2019, leads in at £1,079. Ports of call include Mykonos, Milos and Santorini. Theophilides said the seven-day
itineraries would operate year- round by 2020. He said seven-day sailings were destination-focused and “slow-going, reflecting the
Greek way of life”.
celestyalcruises.co.uk
Salamanca and Ferradosa. Six-day all-inclusive prices start
from £791 for a sailing from Porto. Amalia Rodrigues will have a
lounge, restaurant, shop, sun deck and swimming pool. Meanwhile, the line has unveiled details of a new Christmas Markets cruise on the Rhine next month. The five-day sailing, departing
from Strasbourg, France, will call at Sankt Goarshausen, Rüdesheim and Mainz in Germany and Gambsheim in France. Prices for the three departures, on December
2, 6 and 10, start at £662.
croisieurope.co.uk
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