Travel Network to promote cruises with event series
The Travel Network Group is to push cruise sales among its members by hosting eight exclusive ship visits and cruise line events this year. Between July and October, members of the consortium’s Cruise Club, along with their staff and customers, will be able to attend VIP days in conjunction with MSC Cruises, Holland America Line and Saga Cruises, as well as events hosted by other cruise lines. Group marketing director Si Morris-Green said: “The best way for agents to sell cruises is by having first-hand experience of the ships and what they offer.” A two-day seminar will be held
in Southampton on two Oceania ships, with an overnight hotel stay and dinner. A cruise forum will enable agent managers and cruise specialists to meet on a ship and discuss the industry’s direction. In addition, three Cruise & Maritime Voyages steering group visits will include presentations, lunch and a ship tour in Liverpool, Hull and Bristol. Personalised videos of agents
on ship visits can be used by members in their social media and
local marketing activities.
thetravelnetworkgroup.co.uk
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Royal Caribbean International has unveiled a year-long schedule of sailings from the US to Cuba. The programme, now on sale,
adds 58 new departures to Havana of four and five-night durations between January 2018 and March 2019. The move is an extension of sailings to Cuba introduced with
1,602-passenger ship Empress of the Seas in April. The ship will return to Tampa
for summer 2018, offering short cruises calling at Key West, Costa
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CUBA: Guests have been excited by the country and its people
Maya, Cozumel and Havana on most sailings. It will reposition to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale for the winter 2018-19 season, continuing short sailings to
Caribbean destinations. Empress of the Seas is currently
sailing out of Tampa until November 4. It will move to Miami for the winter, adding calls to Royal Caribbean’s island of CocoCay and Nassau in the Bahamas. Michael Bayley, chief executive
of Royal Caribbean International, said: “Since arriving in Cuba for the first time last month, we’ve seen our guests’ excitement when sailing into Havana and the passion they have for the city’s people, architecture, food and music.” A five-night Havana to Cozumel
cruise on Empress of the Seas starts from £808, sailing round-trip from
Tampa, Florida.
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Cosmos eyes early sales with A-Rosa 2018 range
Natasha Salmon
natasha.salmon@
travelweekly.co.uk
Cosmos has unveiled the 2018 A-Rosa river cruise programme two months early to help agents make the most of the early- booking river cruise market.
Agents can now book Cosmos’s
fully packaged A-Rosa cruises with flights, overseas transfers and a VIP private home pick-up service included. Janet Parton, Cosmos head of
trade sales, said: “We are delighted to have the whole A-Rosa product range on sale earlier than last year to help agents maximise sales in this important period. “With our newly launched
website, sales team and planned training, we will be working hard to communicate this to agents in the coming months.” Lucia Rowe, head of A-Rosa UK, said: “This is the next phase in our
PARTON: The head of trade sales will promote the cruises to agents
“We are delighted to have the range on sale earlier to help maximise sales”
growth strategy. We know that river cruise customers book up to a year in advance and we will be working with Cosmos to get our
key messages out to travel agents.” The programme offers cruises on the line’s six ships across four European rivers, with 37 sailings on offer, starting from £649. At the beginning of 2017, A-Rosa and Cosmos formed a strategic partnership to provide UK agents with river cruise packages for the
line from 27 UK airports.
cosmos.co.uk/agents
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