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APT adds steam train and private concert as Signature Experiences
APT has added two Signature Experiences to its 2020 luxury river cruises in the Balkans. A ride on the Grand Empress
steam train to Godollo Palace in Hungary and a private concert at Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna have been added to two of APT’s itineraries: Te Balkan Gems, and Voyage through the Balkans. Te steam train excursion
starts with a welcome reception in the Royal Waiting Room at Budapest Nyugati station. In Vienna, passengers will be
welcomed at a cocktail reception before heading to the ballroom for a concert of arias and music by members of the Mozart Boys’ Choir. Te experiences are available
from May to September 2020. Te 15-day Voyage through
the Balkans river cruise costs from £5,495 and the eight-day Balkan Gems cruise is from £2,895, both on a twin-share basis and including flights, departing on July 24, 2020. Signature Experiences are
described by APT as “once-in-a- lifetime moments” for guests to experience exclusive events.
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Carnival vows to hold 20 ship visits and 12 fam trips in 2020
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Carnival Cruise Line is planning its biggest-ever educational programme for agents next year, with a dozen fam trips and about 20 ship visits in Europe. Te line will operate three ships – Carnival
Radiance, Carnival Legend and the yet-to-launch Carnival Mardi Gras – in Europe next summer. Carnival invited about 600 agents to board
5,200-passenger vessel Mardi Gras next summer at last month’s Clia Conference. Luke Smith, head of international sales, said:
Grand Empress steam train
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“Tere will be one big event in Southampton, and a big lunch on Mardi Gras. “Te aim is to do a schedule of educationals on all the ships deployed in Europe in order to make the most of having this many ships accessible to our agents. “We will take a nine-night cruise, for example, and
break it down into three-night educationals. Tere is a mixture of itinerary lengths for Mardi Gras, Legend and
Radiance. Tere are so many options for what we can do. We cannot wait for next year.” Smith said there were likely to be “a dozen” fam trips
next year. He added that agents from markets such as Germany, Italy and Argentina would be included in the educational programme but stressed that the UK was “a core market” for the line. About 20 ship visits will be hosted on Radiance,
Legend and Mardi Gras in Dover, Southampton, Belfast, Barcelona, Malta, Venice and Malaga, according to Smith. “Te big feedback we hear from the trade
is that they don’t have the opportunity to see the
ships,” he said. “We have listened to that and worked out a way to offer visits for all of our international agents. We always listen and try to change what we do, based on feedback.” Carnival has not offered ship visits for UK agents
since Carnival Legend called at Dover six years ago.
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20 JUNE 2019 29 Crystal warns river fares will rise as Mozart leaves fleet
Crystal Cruises has warned its river fares will rise due to a shortage of capacity when Crystal Mozart leaves its fleet at the end of the year. Te vessel is to transfer to
parent company Genting for a new river cruise venture, leaving the line with four 106-passenger vessels on the Rhine and Danube.
Mardi Gras Crystal River Cruises vice-
president Walter Litlejohn said the fare increases would be “what the market will stand”. Hinting at a move into France,
he told agents atending the line’s annual sales gala this month that Crystal would look at new destinations once it has “100%
occupancy” for its existing sailings. Next year, Crystal will operate
its first full season of seven-night cruises on the Danube, including new sailings between Budapest and Regensburg, to meet demand for shorter sailings. For 2021, it plans to sail on the Lower Danube.
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