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Coral Princess Ambassador marks 40 years since


Live Aid with ex-Bristol sailing Ambassador Cruise Line will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Live Aid with a six-night sailing departing from Bristol Royal Portbury on July 13. The Summer of ’85 Revisited cruise will feature a line-up of tribute performers and visit the Channel Islands and the Netherlands. Prices lead in at £499 and bookings before July 9 will receive 50% off the Expedition Drinks Package. ambassadorcruiseline.com


Princess schedules Pacific Ocean-focused world cruise in 2027


Princess Cruises has launched its 2027 World Cruise Grand Circle Pacific voyage. The 2,000-passenger Coral


Princess will sail the 129-night cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles on January 6, 2027, visiting 61 destinations across 20 countries and three continents. The voyage leads in at $29,719


and will feature a transit of the Panama Canal and visits to Hawaii, the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, southeast Asia, Japan, Alaska and Canada. The itinerary includes nine


late-night stays, an overnight in Hong Kong and late nights in Anchorage (Whittier), Cairns, Honolulu, Osaka, Singapore, Suva, Sydney and Tokyo. Two shorter segments – 114


nights and 110 nights – are also available to purchase. princess.com


Virgin Voyages signs celebrity headliners


Virgin Voyages will host Melanie C and Kathy Sledge as headliners for two of its Celebration Voyages this year. Singer Mel C of Spice Girls fame will join a five-night voyage from Lisbon on July 22, while Kathy Sledge of soul group Sister Sledge will perform on an 11-night Mediterranean sailing from Athens on May 18. virginvoyages.com


An Inuit cultural show


Crystal world cruise in 2028 to visit 84 destinations in 39 countries


Crystal has launched a 150-night world cruise in 2028. Crystal Symphony will sail the round trip from Fort Lauderdale on January 11. The voyage will call at 84 destinations across 39 countries on six continents. Prices lead in at £55,000 including business-class airfare credit and $1,500 onboard credit. crystalcruises.co.uk


Pond Inlet, Nunavut


PICTURES: HX Hurtigruten Expeditions


HX unveils Inuit-crafted range of excursions in Arctic Canada


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HX Hurtigruten Expeditions is launching a range of excursions in Arctic Canada co-created with Inuit elders, local residents and community-born staff. The series will be available from this summer on


the expedition line’s 26-day Northwest Passage sailings which travel westbound from Greenland to Alaska on Fridtjof Nansen, and eastbound from Alaska to Greenland on Roald Amundsen. The first co-designed excursions will debut in Gjøa


Haven, Pond Inlet and Cambridge Bay in the eastern Canadian Arctic, which can only be accessed during the short summer season. The excursions are described as “a first for the


global cruise industry” and offer passengers “a rare opportunity” to engage with daily life, culture and


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traditions in the Canadian Arctic through those that live there. All of the excursion revenue will go directly to individuals and businesses in Nunavut. Excursions range from £29 to £125 and include


guided hikes to landmarks with Inuit storytelling; participating in the lighting of a traditional qilliq, or oil lamp; and Arctic char fishing with local harvesters using traditional techniques. “This kind of collaboration is exactly what’s needed


in Arctic tourism,” said Mariah Erkloo, an HX product planner and Inuk who was born and raised in Pond Inlet and who helped develop the excursions. “It’s encouraging to see it begin in a way that centres


Inuit voices and priorities. From the community side, if this model continues to grow with care, it will strengthen the experience for both locals and visitors.” travelhx.com


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