CRUISE WINTER SUN DESTINATIONS
TO SELL WINTER SUN
ABOVE: Canaries, with P&O Cruises RIGHT: Mayotte, Indian Ocean BELOW: Paul Gauguin
stay in one hotel when you can sail from the UK with P&O Cruises, tick off four islands in one family-friendly festive holiday, and be in Madeira overnight for New Year’s Eve fireworks? The islands are Spanish but, being off the coast of Africa, are sun-kissed year-round. Families can spend their days at the beach, turn up the heat at Lanzarote’s Fire Mountain, go on whale and dolphin-watching tours, make a splash in Gran Canaria’s water park and take on the Tower of Power in Tenerife’s Siam Park – a 28-metre-high water slide that ends with a tube ride through a shark tank – if they dare. Book it: From £1,899 per person for a 14-night Christmas and New Year cruise to the Canary Islands round-
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CANARY ISLANDS: HEAT UP The Canaries are a winter-sun hotspot with Brits, but why
trip from Southampton, departing December 21, 2018.
pocruises.com Or try: If time is tight, Marella Cruises has seven-night Canarian Flavours fly-cruises from either Gran Canaria or Tenerife between November and April that visit La Gomera, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Madeira.
tui.co.uk/cruise
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INDIAN OCEAN: ISLANDS AHOY Atlases out, folks – we’re off on a cruise around the Vanilla
Islands with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines. Not that a map will help, because it’s the marketing name for a collection of island nations in the Indian Ocean that includes the Seychelles, Mauritius and the Maldives. Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ voyages around the islands are selling like hot
cakes to clients yearning for winter sun (the average temperature in the Seychelles is 27C), lovely beaches and a touch of the exotic. Réunion Island has an active volcano;
you can ride Segways in Casela World of Adventures in Mauritius; snorkel in the Maldives; and get close to giant tortoises in the Seychelles. Book it: From £2,199 per person including flights for a 14-night Islands of the Indian Ocean cruise from Port Louis in Mauritius to Colombo in Sri Lanka, departing December 26, 2018.
fredolsencruises.com Or try: Voyages to Antiquity’s Islands of the Indian Ocean and South Africa is a mammoth 33-night cruise from Colombo to Cape Town, departing February 10, 2019, and visiting the Maldives, the Seychelles, Mauritius and Réunion en route.
voyagestoantiquity.com
Emphasise cruising’s value: This might enable clients
to visit high-end destinations for less.
Embrace the
festive period: Availability for Christmas and
New Year cruises this year is now limited, so sell ahead for 2019 if you can’t secure a spot.
Pick quieter times: Clients who don’t want
to be surrounded by kids will find
fewer families on board in winter if they avoid school holidays.
Recommend island-hopping: Passengers can visit several
destinations but still tick the
fly-and-flop box on the beach or sun deck.
Cross-sell to snow: If winter sun doesn’t appeal, suggest northern lights in Norway, snow- covered cities in the Baltic or penguins in the Antarctic.
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travelweekly.co.uk 25 October 2018
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