Virgin Voyages’ Firstmates site set for November
Lucy Huxley
lucy.huxley@
travelweekly.co.uk
Virgin Voyages’ global sales and marketing portal for agents will go live in November.
Firstmates.com will be “the
place where travel partners can go to learn about the product, get marketing support and materials and make bookings”, according to vice-president of global sales and business development, Stacy Shaw. Shaw said the site was being
developed and would also include a training facility. Cruises will go on sale by the end of the year. Former P&O Cruises trade partnerships director Shane Riley started his new role as international sales director for
CMV offers world cruise in 2020 from £8,999 per person
Cruise & Maritime Voyages has put its Grand Round the World Cruise 2020, spanning 120 nights and 27 countries, on sale. Columbus will sail from Tilbury, London, on January 6, 2020, westbound via the Caribbean, South America, the Panama Canal, across the Pacific to New Zealand and Australia and back via Japan, China, India, Egypt and the Mediterranean. The lead-in price for an inside cabin for two passengers is £17,999. Single cabins are
Virgin Voyages last week. Riley is tasked with educating
the trade about Virgin Voyages and getting as many agents to sign up to the portal. He said: “I’m looking forward
to going out to travel partners and listening to what they want from us to make us a spectacular company to do business with. I want to hear what agents have to say. “We are in such a unique position
to build something with agents’ input into our whole journey.” Shaw said: “We need to create
WORLD VOYAGE: Columbus
a new category. We don’t think of ourselves as premium or luxury. We’re not going to be like any other cruise brand so we need something different, rather than [comparing] ourselves to others.” Virgin Voyages has been
inspired by land-based venues such as CitizenM hotels, The Standard in New York, Soho House and Ace Hotels. Shaw said the announcement
that Virgin Voyages’ first ship, due to enter service in 2020, would be “adult by design”, had
River Cruise Line has seven new tours in 2019 programme
priced from £15,499. The fares are valid until August 31. Early bookers will receive
onboard credits of up to £2,500 per cabin and a free CMV Additions Value package, worth £600. The package includes service charges and gratuities, a bottle of wine in the cabin and a priority cabin upgrade option.
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The River Cruise Line has released its largest-ever programme, featuring seven new itineraries. The 2019 programme offers itineraries on five new chartered
ships: Belvedere, Thurgau Rhone, Swiss Ruby, Dream and Johannes. Among the new itineraries are
an eight-day Heart of Holland and Keukenhof Gardens cruise, a 10-day Treasures along the Danube from the Black Sea sailing, an eight-day Blue Danube sailing and a redesigned The Danube to the Black Sea itinerary.
“overwhelmingly had the most positive reaction from travel partners”. “It’s not just that there are no under-18s on board, it’s the fact that the entire ship has been designed with adults in mind that is exciting everyone,” she said. Virgin Voyages has three cruise ships on order, due for delivery in
2020, 2021 and 2022.
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NEW: Heart of Holland cruise
“The fact the ship has been designed with adults in mind is exciting everyone”
TRADE VISITS: Shane Riley and Stacy Shaw want agents’ views on ships
The remaining three are the Enchanting Seine cruise, the Dalmatian Coastal cruise and The Baltic Isles, Berlin & Poland cruise. Prices for the Heart of Holland
and Keukenhof Gardens cruise, departing on May 12, start at £929. The Blue Danube cruise, round- trip from Vienna, calls at Bratislava
and Budapest and leads in at £1,095.
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