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Silversea On The Move
Silversea Cruises has announced plans to relocate its Americas office from Fort Lauderdale to Miami, Florida. The move is currently scheduled for late this year. The company, which maintains offices in London, Frankfurt and Sydney, with its global headquarters in Monte Carlo, will move all staff currently working in the Fort Lauderdale office to new office space in the Wells Fargo Center, a short distance from what is arguably the world's busiest cruise port and within a few short miles of Miami International Airport. “Miami is recognized in the cruise industry as being the...
Hurtigruten Triples Its Berths in Antarctica
GLP Worldwide Expedition Travel and Tours, the Canadian representative for Hurtigruten, is making it easier to book an Antarctica cruise as the MS Midnatsol will be utilized for the 2016/17 sailing season, tripling the line's capacity in this increasingly popular region. “With triple the berths this will make Antarctica more accessible and give more choice while meeting the demand for more experiential and nature based voyages especially to this part of the world,” said Alan Law, GLP Worldwide Expedition Travel and Tours' director of sales and marketing. The Midnatsol will join...
Viking Ocean Opens 2017 Sailing Season
Viking Ocean Cruises has launched four new itineraries and reports that 2017 departures for Viking Star – and sister ships Viking Sea and Viking Sky – are open for booking. The 2017 program includes sailings on Viking’s most popular itineraries in the Mediterranean, Western Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltic. “We are encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response Viking Star has generated among our guests and travel industry partners,” said Torstein Hagen, chairman of Viking Cruises. “We made a commitment to reinvent ocean cruising and we are well on our way. By 2017...
New Crystal Excursions Explore Toronto, Montreal
This fall, Crystal Cruises is offering travellers the chance to extend their cruise experience ashore with two lavish Extended Land Programs in Eastern Canada. Offered with two Crystal Symphony New England/Canada sailings from New York to Montreal, the post-cruise, shore-side adventures take guests further into two of Canada’s most culturally rich cities – Toronto and Montreal – including iconic sites like Niagara Falls, the Notre-Dame Basilica and exclusive mountaintop villages. “Toronto and Montreal each offer such distinctly elegant experiences, from the palpable history...
HAL Sweepstakes Celebrate ‘Explore 4’ Program
Holland America Line (HAL) has launched a sweepstakes for travel professionals to celebrate its “Explore 4” early-booking savings program. Agents who make an “Explore 4” booking will be entered to win an ocean-view stateroom for two on a seven-day Caribbean cruise, while their clients will be able to take advantage of four special offers on select January 2016 through April 2017 sailings, also including 2015 holiday cruise dates. Agents who make “Explore 4” bookings between July 20 and Oct. 30 will be automatically entered into the drawing for the cruise. Every booking...
Russian Ballet Stars to Take Centre Stage With Silversea
Silversea Cruises will welcome Daria Khokhlova and Artemy Belyakov, ballet solo performers of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia, for an exclusive engagement aboard Silver Spirit's Aug. 19 Mediterranean cruise, sailing roundtrip from Istanbul. The dance stars will appear on stage in the ship's Show Lounge for three performances during the nine-day voyage, which will visit destinations in Greece and Turkey. Daria Khokhlova joined the ballet company of the Bolshoi Theater in 2009. Her repertoire includes such roles as Marie in The Nutcracker, the Ballerina in Petrushka,...
Crystal Set For Major Expansion
Crystal Cruises is set to chart a new course with the announcement of the most significant brand expansion in the history of the line – over the next three years, it will introduce new ships effectively establishing three new classes of cruising, including river cruising, as well as its own Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. In an announcement on Crystal Serenity, Crystal president and CEO Edie Rodriguez shared her enthusiasm about the expansion saying, “We continue to think bigger, aiming to create unparalleled luxury experiences and adventures for our loyal and new guests, who –...
NCL Introduces New Specialty Dining Packages
Norwegian Cruise Line has introduced new “Specialty Dining Packages” that allow guests the freedom to savour an array of tastes and unique experiences at the line’s signature specialty restaurants and the flexibility to choose the number of nights they’d like to dine for one set price. Norwegian guests sailing fleetwide from Aug. 7 and beyond can enjoy a Specialty Dining Package ranging from three days to the length of their entire cruise, with pricing starting at US$59 per person for a three-day package when purchased online prior to sailing. Guests who purchase a Norwegian...