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Clia and Atas to host trio of webinars about the expedition cruise sector


Clia and the Association of Touring & Adventure Suppliers are joining forces on a series of trade webinars about the expedition cruise sector. The three webinars will run over consecutive days, focusing on Antarctica on June 28, the Arctic on June 29 and the Galápagos Islands on June 30. Clia director Andy Harmer said the sector presents a “great opportunity” for agents. cruising.org travelweekly.co.uk/atas


AmaWaterways offers ‘Fly for Free’ on a further 300 sailings


AmaWaterways has extended its ‘Fly for Free’ offer to more than 500 cruises in 2023 and 2024. The deal, which already


applied to 200 cruises this year, now includes more than 300 sailings departing next year. Flights are included from


Heathrow and Gatwick, with regional supplements from £75. UK managing director Jamie


Loizou said: “We launched Fly for Free in response to our agents telling us simplicity is key. “Ensuring we can support


flights from across the UK with our regional supplements gives even more flexibility for their customers as well as enhancing our guests’ holidays by providing a hassle-free experience with us from start to finish. We are thrilled to extend this promotion on select 2023 cruises and more than 300 cruises in 2024.” amawaterways.co.uk


Azamara launches


loyalty programme Azamara has launched a trade loyalty programme, “demonstrating the line’s commitment to supporting agents in the UK”. To mark the launch, the line is doubling its booking incentive for all bookings made for 2023 sailings until April 30, offering agents a £20 reward on all applicable bookings regardless of cabin category. azamara.com


20 27 APRIL 2023 PICTURE: Shutterstock/Larisa Dmitrieva


Tauck trumpets new cruises’ ‘signature land experiences’


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Tauck is expanding in Europe with six new river cruise itineraries confirmed for 2024, the most it has ever added in a single year. Lunch at the peak of Germany’s highest mountain –


Zugspitze, standing at nearly 10,000 feet – is among the excursion options in next year’s collection. Other food-and-drink experiences include dinner


at a private palace in Vienna that hosted Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert and which served as a film location for the classic 1934 movie The Thin Man. The evening at Palais Pallavicini, built in 1784, will


include a reception, gala dinner and classical music by performers in period dress. The palace visit features on Tauck’s new 12-day Danube Kingdoms: Bavaria, Austria & Hungary itinerary, which costs from £5,590. Meanwhile, guests on the 10-day Danube, Main and


Rhine sailing – from £4,790 – will enjoy an evening at Schlosshotel Kronberg, temporary home to General Dwight D Eisenhower for seven years after the Second World War. The golf course he designed is still in use.


6Number of new river cruise itineraries unveiled for next year


Several trips in the new Tauck collection include pre


or post-cruise stays in cities featured by the company for the first time, including Montreux and Geneva in Switzerland and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany. Chief executive Dan Mahar said: “We’re absolutely


thrilled to be expanding our cruise offerings in such an unprecedented way with exciting new itineraries that will appeal to our loyal past guests and new travellers alike. “These signature land experiences are included


in our cruise prices. They feature exclusive Tauck-guided sightseeing and boast stays at wonderful properties such as Fairmount Montreux Palace, the Riessersee Hotel in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the InterContinental Geneve in Geneva.” The 2024 river cruises are featured in a newly


published brochure being distributed to agents. tauck.co.uk


travelweekly.co.uk Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess to


sail in Caribbean in winter 2024-25 Princess Cruises’ upcoming ship Sun Princess will make its Caribbean debut in October 2024 with a series of sailings from Florida. Following its maiden season next year of Mediterranean and Europe cruises, the 4,300-passenger vessel will relocate to Fort Lauderdale, from where it will operate five to 14-day Caribbean itineraries in winter 2024-25. princess.com


Palais Pallavicini


Schlosshotel Kronberg


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