Star Clippers adds


Borneo to 2020 range Tall-ship line Star Clippers has included Borneo as a new destination in a 12-night cruise-and-stay package. The itinerary, which runs from May to September 2020, includes a pre-cruise night in Singapore, a post-cruise night in Malaysia and a 10-night sailing from Singapore to Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. The package costs from £2,999. starclippers.co.uk


The River Cruise Line unveils Arena’s maiden programme


Te River Cruise Line will operate three new itineraries in its maiden programme for charter ship Arena. Te 180-passenger vessel has


been chartered from German line 1AVista Reisen by the four-star- plus operator for four years and will launch in April 2020. Prices for the 10-day Treasures


along the Rhine & Moselle sailing, departing on May 9, 2020, from Amsterdam to Cologne, lead in at £1,149. Te six-day Historic Cities


of the Danube itinerary covers Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava. Prices start from £695. Te 13-day Journey along


the Danube to the Rhine from Budapest leads in at £1,495. Ports of call include Bratislava, Slovakia; and Vienna, Melk, Linz


and Salzburg, all Austria. Arena, which was known as


Flamenco to German customers, has a push-style engine, which means it can cruise overnight with minimal engine noise. Main deck Superior and


upper deck Superior cabins will have hotel-style beds, while the remaining main deck cabins will have one fixed and one folding bed to give extra space in the day. rivercruiseline.co.uk


32 26 SEPTEMBER 2019 Win a place on board Regent Seven


Seas trade sailing on Splendor Regent Seven Seas Cruises is offering agents the chance to win a spot on a three-night trade sailing on new ship Seven Seas Splendor. To enter the competition, agents must download an email template from rssc.com/ splendorpreview, personalise it and send it to customers, and send a copy to sdeadman@rssc.com by October 31. The winner will be contacted by November 14. rssc.com


MSC Seashore redesign will add


200 cabins and bigger Yacht Club MSC Cruises has revealed incoming ship MSC Seashore will be 16 metres longer after its designs were reworked. The 339-metre-long ship, due to enter service in June 2021, will now have 200 extra cabins, a larger MSC Yacht Club and an additional double deck lounge. Two or three cabins can be connected to create a “cluster cabin” for families, the line added. msccruises.co.uk


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Image of how Viking Venus will look; (right) Troy


Viking to return to Istanbul with Med and Adriatic cruises


Harry Kemble


Viking Cruises has five new ocean itineraries in the Adriatic and the Mediterranean for 2021. Te sailings, from eight days to 29 days, include a


return to Istanbul for the first time since 2016. Te Turkish city features on the line’s new eight-day


Ancient Mediterranean Treasures itinerary, which runs from April to October 2021 and leads in at £2,840. It departs Athens on April 25, 2021, and calls at Rhodes, Greece; and Ephesus, Çanakkale, for excursions to the archaeological site of Troy, and Istanbul, all in Turkey. Te sailing includes overnight stays in Athens and Istanbul. Te remaining four itineraries offer longer versions


of the cruise. Te 15-day Ancient Adriatic Treasures sailing, from Venice to Istanbul, on April 18, 2021, leads in at £5,690. Additional ports of call include Split and Dubrovnik, Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro; and Corfu, Greece. Te other itineraries are the 15-day Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities, 22-day Iconic Mediterranean Treasures and 29-day Mediterranean’s Iconic Shores.


930 Capacity of new ship Viking V


enus, joining fleet in 2021 Te line will welcome 930-passenger ship Viking


Venus to the fleet in 2021. Te vessel will spend its maiden season operating existing itineraries in Scandinavia and northern Europe, including British Isles Explorer, In Search of the Northern Lights, Viking Homelands and Into the Midnight Sun. Prices for the 15-day British Isles Explorer, departing


Greenwich, London, lead in at £6,140. Ports of call include Liverpool, Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, and Bergen, Norway. Wendy Atkin-Smith, managing director of Viking


UK, said: “Demand from the UK market for our ocean cruises is very high so we would advise travellers to book as far in advance as possible, especially if they would like to sail on Viking Venus.” vikingcruises.co.uk


PICTURES: Alastair Miller; Jonathan Atkin


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