CRUISE
A&K adds expedition cruises in Norway, UK and South Pacific
Abercrombie & Kent has expanded its expedition cruise collection for 2026-27 to 15 with the addition of three itineraries on ships chartered exclusively from Ponant. The 11-day Exploring the Wild
Coasts of the British Isles on Le Champlain will leave Portsmouth on May 26. Fares start at £15,890. The nine-day Arctic Wildlife
Expedition in Svalbard will sail aboard Le Lyrial, from £13,175. The 16-day Cruising
French Polynesia: Tahiti and Beyond expedition on board Le Jacques-Cartier, departing September 18, leads in at £17,050. There is a 10% discount
on selected cruises and pre and post-tour extensions when paid in full at least nine months prior to departure.
abercrombiekent.com
Le Lyrial PICTURES: Shutterstock/Martin Valigursky, Florian Augustin OPERATOR
Jet2 boosts 2026-27 winter capacity to 4.4 million seats
Samantha Mayling
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have put 2026-27 winter- sun flights and holidays on sale, with capacity rising 4% year on year to a record 4.4 million seats. As well as additional routes from their newest UK
airport bases – Bournemouth-Malaga and Luton- Palma – there has been a “significant” expansion of the Morocco, Malta and Madeira programmes. Flights to 14 winter-sun destinations have gone
on sale from Belfast International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool John Lennon, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle and Stansted airports.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidayswill operate more
than 600 weekly outbound flights in peak periods to the Canary Islands, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Malta, Morocco and Paphos, in Cyprus.
CroisiEurope’s new-build ship to operate Amazon itineraries
CroisiEurope will operate three 11-day Amazon itineraries from Manaus on its new-build ship launching in 2027. The operator’s first ship in South America, Brasilian Dream, will sail The Amazon & Rio Negro round trip; The Amazon & Rio Tapajos to Santarém; and Cruise Along the Amazon Between Brazil & Colombia to Tabatinga.
croisiere.croisieurope.com/amazonie-en
travelweekly.co.uk Seven nights’ B&B at the HD Lobos Natura
Fuerteventura, flying from Luton on December 9, 2026, starts at £819, based on two adults sharing. Seven nights’ half-board at the Rosamar Hotel in
Benidorm, departing Bournemouth on December 5, 2026, leads in at £659, based on two adults sharing. Over the coming weeks, the airline and tour
operator will also reveal details of their ski, city-break and Iceland programmes for winter 2026-27. Steve Heapy, chief executive of
Jet2.com and
Jet2holidays, said: “We are seeing continued demand from customers wanting to escape the long British winter, so we have stepped in and put our winter 2026-27 programme on sale from all 13 of our UK airport bases. “We are pleased to be offering our biggest and most
exciting winter-sun programme ever.”
trade.jet2holidays.com
Windstar unveils free flight incentive for Tahiti bookings
Windstar Cruises passengers who book one of three Tahiti itineraries before July 31 will receive a complimentary economy flight from Los Angeles to Papeete with Air Tahiti Nui. This applies to select departures from July 2025 to March 24, 2026, using booking code ‘AIR’.
windstarcruises.co.uk
SeaDream to sail 16 Caribbean voyages in winter 2027-28
SeaDream Yacht Club has revealed details of its 16 Caribbean voyages sailing between
November 2027 and January 2028. SeaDream I and SeaDream II will operate to 28 destinations, with prices starting at £2,571 for the seven-night The Glorious Grenadines round trip from Barbados on December 5, 2027.
seadream.com
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