CONTENTS
PICTURE: G ADVENTURES
cruise contents 4 NEWS
10 BIG ISSUE
15 PORT REPORT Top five sights in Belgrade
18 GRAND VOYAGE 25 INTERVIEW
26 SELLING TIPS How to sell the Loire
31 EXPEDITION CRUISING 55 REVIEWS
What’s new in the sector; Affordable expeditions; Eight of the best activities; Polar-class vessels; Interview with Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Hanseatic Inspiration, Norwegian Encore, MSC Grandiosa and Victoria Mekong
Sailing the Galápagos with Metropolitan Touring Princess Cruises captain Nick Nash editor’s welcome Latest updates from across the cruise sector How are lines focusing on sustainability?
Next month will see Clia UK & Ireland co-host the first Expedition & Adventure Forum, in partnership with Atas, in Manchester on March 5. The forum will draw on the success of Clia’s first expedition-focused event last year, and highlight how this booming sector has transformed almost beyond recognition.
In this issue we home in on the expedition sector in a Spotlight section (pages 31-51), including an exclusive interview with Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who tells us about his life-changing experiences reaching some of the most remote corners of the Earth.
We also embark on a cruise around the Galápagos (page 18-21), bring you reviews of new ocean and river ships including Hanseatic Inspiration, Norwegian Encore and MSC Grandiosa (pages 55-58), and look at what lines are doing to limit their environmental impact (pages 10-11). With a flurry of new ships on order, there’s never been a better time to be selling cruise in all its forms – and whether you’re completely new to it or an old hand, we hope the following pages will help inspire, inform and entice you to jump on board this lucrative sector.
Laura French, editor, Travel Weekly Cruise
Travel Weekly Cruise is published by Travel Weekly Group, Third Floor, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0AU. Tel: 020 7881 4897 Supplements editor Katie McGonagle Cruise editor Laura French Writers Jane Archer, Sue Bryant, Jeannine Williamson, Harry Kemble, Natalie Marsh, Joanna Booth Art director Flora Ioannou Senior designer Emma Winton Senior subeditor Stephanie Krahn
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