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Royal Caribbean’s Martin MacKinnon and Karen Tucker
Oceania puts 2022 world cruise on sale
Oceania Cruises has put its 2022 Around the World in 180 Days itinerary on sale. The sailing calls at 91 ports in 44 countries across the South Pacific, Africa and northern Europe. The cruise on Insignia features nine ports in Japan. Prices for the full voyage, departing from Los Angeles in January 2022, lead in at £37,629 for an inside stateroom.
oceaniacruises.com
Royal Caribbean promotes Tucker in sales team shake-up
Harry Kemble
Royal Caribbean International has promoted Karen Tucker to the new role of head of field sales in a shake-up of its UK and Ireland trade sales team. Tucker, who has been with the
line for 15 years, will be responsible for a team of regional sales managers including Dionne Lalley, who has moved from the line’s Insights team.
Head of key accounts Donna
Carley left last month and Royal is in the process of replacing her. After a 10-month spell with
Floating Festivals, David Hearn will rejoin the line as a key account manager to oversee consortia business. Kelly Ashby has moved from the product team to become a key account manager. Rhianna Rees has switched from the line’s revenue team to
Viva Cruises to launch Viva Tiara on the Rhine
become sales planning executive. She reports into UK and Ireland sales director Martin MacKinnon. Head of trade support
Nicki Lewis has bolstered her team. Brand manager Jo Puccioni replaces Kerry Nicholson as trade marketing manager as Nicholson becomes e-learning manager, overseeing Royal’s new Learn agent training platform. Holly Matthews becomes Club
Royal manager, working with fellow manager Gemma Lovell to develop the agent loyalty programme. Senior trading executive Carla
Hines has been promoted to sales administration manager and will be supported by a team of three. Jo Griffiths moves from the
revenue management department to the role of senior trading, groups, netts and support executive.
royalcaribbean.com
River cruise line Viva Cruises has acquired a vessel and will launch it on the Rhine in March. The 153-passenger Viva Tiara will set sail on its first itinerary on March 15 from Düsseldorf, Germany, to Amsterdam. The line said Viva Tiara will be the only ship operating
year-round on the Rhine.
viva-cruises.com/en
Celestyal launches two-for-one offers Celestyal Cruises has revealed a ‘buy one, get one free’ wave offer on six departures. The offer is available on the seven-night Romantic Adriatic cruises, departing from Venice on December 5, 12, 19 and 26, and repositioning cruises on November 30 and January 2, 2021. The offer is available for a second adult sharing a stateroom.
celestyalcruises.co.uk
Aurora features upcoming ship Sylvia Earle in 2021-22 range Prices for a 13-day Ireland’s
Expedition line Aurora Expeditions has launched its 2021-22 programme, featuring sailings on Greg Mortimer and the yet-to-launch Sylvia Earle. The purpose-built expedition
vessels will call at destinations including Antarctica, the South Sandwich Islands, Ireland and Costa Rica. Sylvia Earle is slated for delivery in October 2021.
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West Cost sailing, departing on May 19, 2021, lead in at £6,270. The line’s co-founder Greg Mortimer will sail on the voyage. The lead-in price for the 16-day
Solar Eclipse – Antarctica sailing, departing on November 23, 2021, calling at South Shetland Islands, is £11,775. Both itineraries are new for
the line. Passengers who book and pay the deposit by March 31 can access savings of up to 30%. Victoria Primrose, Aurora
Expeditions’ global head of marketing, said: “With the delivery of our second expedition ship launching in October 2021, we have the ability to widen our offering.”
auroraexpeditions.co.uk
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