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Variety debuts in eastern Caribbean Harry Kemble


harry.kemble@ travelweekly.co.uk


Small-ship and yacht specialist Variety Cruises has added a Caribbean itinerary in its 2019-20 brochure and unveiled details of charter sailings operated by Intrepid Travel. The new eight-day Caribbean


Sea Barbados & The Grenadines itinerary, which is aimed speciϐically at the


in at £1,955. The cruise departs from Barbados on December 21 and calls at


artiniqueǡ between aint renadaǡ obago ays and archǤ marketǡ leads uciaǡ equiaǤ


here will be four further sailings ecember and


he programme also features ϐive


roundǦtrip cruises from artiniqueǡ starting on December 22. ll


aribbean cruises will be on the 71-passenger Variety Voyager. igel ariety


ingardǡ a consultant for ruisesǡ saidǣ Dz tǯs the ϐirst


time Variety Cruises has been in the eastern Caribbean. Dz think itǯs a pilot projectǤ epending on how successful it is with the


marketǡ would


foresee us increasing the length of the Caribbean season.”


Who’s making waves in the cruise sector?


With the wave booking period well under way, Travel Weekly rounds up some of the offers


Celestyal Cruises is urging agents to sell its seven-night Athens itinerary


before it appears on Bafta- winning TV show Cruising with Jane McDonald on January 25. The line hosted Jane McDonald on the 1,200-passenger Celestyal Crystal as it sailed an Idyllic Aegean itinerary that includes overnights in Mykonos and Santorini. There are weekly departures between April 15


and October 14, with prices leading in at £929. celestyalcruises.com


Natural World Safaris is to operate an all-female guided expedition cruise


to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in August. A group of 12 customers will join three female guides and wildlife expert and TV presenter Kate Humble on the Women of the Arctic Polar Bear


s part of ntrepid ariety ravelǯs


three-year ship charter agreement with


ruisesǡ signed last


yearǡ the adventure specialist is offering sailings on Panorama II. t will operate 1ʹ exǦ ali and


three exǦ orneo sailings this yearǡ and three exǦ orneo in ʹ0ʹ0Ǥ eightǦday ndonesia sland


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VARIETY VOYAGER: The yacht will operate Variety Cruises’ first itinerary in the eastern Caribbean


sailing from ali on une ʹ9ǡ leads in at £1ǡ444ǡ excluding ϐlightsǤ ʹ0Ψ discount is available on


selected departures for bookings made by


pril ͵0Ǥ bout 10ǡ000 copies of the


͵ͺǦpage brochure have been sent to agents across the


Ǥ varietycruises.com


Explorer trip on board expedition vessel Freya. Prices start at £9,495, including transfers, accommodation, meals, lectures and excursions. naturalworldsafaris.com


Cruise & Maritime Voyages has launched a buy- one-get-one-free


sale on all cruises in its 2020 preview brochure. The offer, which is available for bookings made before March 1, means the first adult pays the full fare and the second adult, sharing twin accommodation, travels free. A seven-night Majestic Fjordland cruise, departing from London Tilbury on May 19, 2020, costs from £565 per person when two people travel together. cruiseandmaritime.com


MSC Cruises and Weight Watchers have teamed up to offer a cruise in


the Mediterranean. The seven- night itinerary, which departs from Barcelona on July 20, calls at Ajaccio and Cannes, in France; Genoa, La Spezia and Civitavecchia, in Italy; and Palma, in Majorca. Prices start at £1,299. msccruises.co.uk


Scenic is offering savings of up to 40%, plus inclusive private door-to-


door transfers, on 2019 European river cruises, in its new year sale. The eight-day Gems of the Danube, from Budapest to Nuremberg, starts at £1,795, departing August 5. scenic.co.uk


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