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Ambassador Cruise Line to welcome 60 agents on fam trips


Ambassador Cruise Line will host 60 agents across three fam trips this year. Two itineraries on Ambience


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of call in the season including Ibiza, Cagliari and Copenhagen, while overnight stays in Valletta, Quebec, Boston and New York feature on


itineraries by Azura and Arcadia. Aurora will sail 21-night central


Mediterranean and 24-night eastern Mediterranean cruises, featuring “refreshed itineraries”, the


line said. Prices lead in at £2,549. Aurora will also operate a sailing,


calling at Istanbul, the line’s first visit since 2015. It will depart from Southampton on August 19, 2026. Prices start at £2,249. For the first time, the line’s


21-night Central Mediterranean itinerary will focus on Croatia, with calls at Dubrovnik, Split and Zadar, as well as four Med islands: Sardinia, Corfu, Malta and Majorca. Prices for the Britannia sailing, departing


on June 5, 2026, start at £1,999. Britanniawill also sail a new


14-night Iceland itinerary that will feature two full days in Reykjavik plus calls to Akureyri and Isafjordur. Prices start from £1,499. pocruises.com


will depart from London Tilbury – the eight-night Majestic Fjordland on July 14 and the seven-night Autumn Fjordland on September 26 – followed by a third sailing on Ambition, the eight-night River Seine Experience & Antwerp itinerary departing Newcastle’s Port of Tyne on October 19. It will be the first time the line has operated a fam trip from a regional port. Ambassador has also unveiled


the line-up for its 2024 ‘In Conversation With’ series, where celebrities will host talks, meet and greets and Q&A sessions. Shaun Wallace and Mark


Labbett, stars of ITV game showThe Chase, will join two departures this year. Wallace will sail a 10-night


Scenic Sights of France and Northern Spain itinerary, costing from £689, while Labbett will depart on a 21-night Jewels of the Mediterranean cruise, priced from £1,799. Other speakers include actor Claire Sweeney, Olympian Tessa Sanderson and broadcaster Fred Dinenage. ambassadorcruiseline.com


moments with... Lynn


What at week it’s been. I am just back from an amazing day on Seabourn Venture in Dublin with some of our Irish travel agent partners!


It’s been a year since I was very proud to act as


Madrina to our second expedition ship,Seabourn Pursuit, at the shipyard in Genoa. Now we’ve released some very exciting news about the official naming of the ship on her inaugural season in Australia. Representatives of the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation of


the Kimberley of Western Australia will be godparents to Seabourn Pursuit when the ship is officially named during the June 22 inaugural Kimberley expedition sailing.


The Wunambal Gaambera people are the traditional


owners of a region in the Kimberley that includes the sea country of Ngula Jar Island (Vansittart Bay), the Yirinni river (Hunter River) and the freshwater country of Ngauwudu (Mitchell Plateau).


Seabourn is the first cruise company to appoint a


traditional landowner group as godparents – a symbolic gesture of stewardship and responsibility toward the environment and the communities that Seabourn visits.


Onboard ship, we intend to regularly invite local


guides from the Wunambal Gaambera people and other Aboriginal language groups to act as interpreters and to enlighten guests with stories of their land. With so many languages, no two stories by different language groups will be alike – which will be part of the magic for guests.


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all impacted customers will be contacted by their booking agent to discuss the options available. “These include rebooking


with a £200 per person reduction or receiving a full refund. We apologise for the disappointment and inconvenience caused.” tui.co.uk


travelweekly.co.uk


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It is always an honour to work with local communities on cultural exchange programmes. As Mark Twain said: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.”


moments with...


Desmond and Maria of the Wunambal Gaambera people


Lynn Narraway vice-president UK & Europe, Seabourn Reservations: 0344 338 8615 salessupport@seabourn.co.uk seabourn.com


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