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ABOVE: GETTY IMAGES/APOMARES/SCENIC FRONT COVER: ESTHER QUELLE PHOTOGRAPHY
cruise contents 4 NEWS
10 THE BIG ISSUE 12 INTERVIEW 14 PORT REPORT 15 SELLING TIPS
editor’s welcome Celebrity, Crystal, Tui, Princess, Viva, Oceania Are short sailings enticing the new customers? Gregg Kaminsky, LGBTQ+ cruise host with Uniworld Top 5 sights in Nassau, Bahamas Ships within ships – exclusive areas with extra perks 18 GRAND VOYAGE
Hotel barge sailing on the Dutch waterways Small-ship cruise along the Croatian coast
29 SPOTLIGHT ON . . . WINTER SUN New ships and hot destinations for this winter
Best cruises for festive fun, wellbeing and more Dos and don’ts to maximise winter bookings
47 REVIEWS
Marella Cruises’ Marella Voyager MSC Cruises’ MSC Euribia Oceania Cruises’ Vista
The summer we’ve just had in the UK may have left some of us wishing for a do-over. Well, now’s the time to sell your clients their second chance at sunshine, with an array of stunning winter-sun product in the cruise sector. Putting together this issue had us dreaming of on-deck yoga while sailing through the Costa Rican rainforest and Christmas in the Cape Verde Islands. You can read our guide to selling winter sun this season and beyond on pages 29-45, including some handy dos and don’ts. For this edition, we’ve also been travelling the canals of the Netherlands on a barge with European Waterways (pages 18-20) and sailing the Croatian coast on a small ship with APT Travelmarvel (pages 22-24). We speak with Uniworld’s LGBTQ+ cruise host, Gregg Kaminsky, for some insight into what clients can expect on the line’s Out on the Rivers sailings (page 12), plus we take a sneak peek inside ‘ships within ships’ – VIP areas for suite customers with added perks, from 24-hour butlers to complimentary spa access and exclusive bars and restaurants (page 15). You never know, they might just make a nice way to upsell a winter-sun cruise. Enjoy!
Clare Vooght, editor, Travel Weekly Cruise Travel Weekly Cruise is published by Travel Weekly Group, Third Floor, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0AU. Tel: 020 7881 4857
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