Cruise
Princess unveils Royal Princess’ epicurean delights
Princess Cruises has revealed more details about several of the main dining room and specialty restaurant options that will be available aboard Royal Princess when the cruise ship debuts in June 2013, including new special venues and experiences, plus fresh twists on some Princess favourites. Among the new options are several distinct dining spaces, including a special Chef's Table Lumiere surrounded by a curtain of light to take the Chef's Table experience to a new level, as well as wine cellar-inspired private dining spaces in the main dining rooms. The ship will offer a larger Horizon...
Oceania introduces customized web site for agents
Travel agents will now have the tools to create their own dedicated Oceania Cruises web site, at no charge, featuring all of the upper-premium line's itineraries, fares, availability and special offers. Designed to help increase visibility online, deepen customer relationships and grow sales, Oceania Cruises' new Co-Branded Agency Website Program provides agents and agencies with a more personal approach to interacting with their clients. The site can be customized with the agency's logo, contact and profile information, quote forms, and more. The site is maintained by Oceania Cruises,...
Port Everglades set to set another world record
Families taking their spring school vacations are expected to fill eight multi-day cruise ships at Port Everglades on Saturday (March 17) and possibly break the world record held by Port Everglades for the highest number of passengers sailing in and out of a seaport in a single day. Port Everglades last broke its own world record on March 20, 2010, also during a busy spring school vacation time, with 53,365 guests passing through the Port that day and came close to breaking the record again this past November during the busy Thanksgiving weekend. This year, on March 17, eight of the largest...
Celebrity bringing Solstice Class to Alaska
In the summer of 2013, Celebrity Cruises will bring a Solstice Class ship to Alaska for the first time. The 2,850-guest flagship Celebrity Solstice will join Celebrity Century and Celebrity Millennium in Alaska. Solstice will offer seven-night Tracy Arm Fjord sailings roundtrip from Seattle, with visits to the Alaskan towns of Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway, as well as Victoria, BC, and transiting the scenic Inside Passage. Preceding the Alaska season will be a nine-night "West Coast Wine Cruise"from Ensenada, Mexico, to Seattle in May, and rounding out the season will be a 10-night "America's...
HAL makes summer cruising more affordable
Holland America Line (HAL) is making an Alaska CruiseTour or European cruise a more affordable vacation option this summer with limited-time savings and special offers. Guests who book select 2012 Alaska CruiseTours or European itineraries by March 31 are eligible to receive up to a $500 air credit per stateroom or a shipboard credit of up to $200 per suite, as well as complimentary stateroom upgrades from an inside stateroom to an oceanview or from an oceanview stateroom to a verandah. Families looking to take a summer vacation can take advantage of an exclusive offer that lets kids between...
Viking River adding six more Longships to fleet
Viking River Cruises has commissioned six more Viking Longships for delivery in 2013. The six vessels will be joining Viking Freya, Viking Idun, Viking Njord, Viking Odin, which will be christened on March 21, and Viking Embla and Viking Aegir, which will be delivered later in 2012. Viking Longships features include: !!! Two Explorer Suites, which will be the largest river cruise suites in Europe at 40 square metres, each featuring a separate living room, bedroom and private wraparound veranda, offering 270-degree views. !!! Seven two-room Veranda Suites with a full-size veranda in the living...
Azamara cruise added as Agents’ Choice grand prize
A second sensational grand prize -- a luxury European cruise -- has been added to this year's Agents' Choice Awards readership survey conducted by Canadian Travel Press, Travel Courier and www.travelpress.com. One lucky agent participating in the annual readership survey, and guest, will sail with Azamara Club Cruises aboard the Azamara Journey or Azamara Quest. The amazing Azamara cruise is valid from May 1 to Nov. 15, 2012, with the possibility of calling in such dream destinations as Paris, Stockholm and Lisbon. (Note: airfare and taxes/fees are not included and some blackout dates and...
Royal Caribbean unveils new Alaskan adventures
For its 24th consecutive season, Royal Caribbean International will ply Alaskan waters in summer 2013 with the cruise line's recently revitalized ships to offer travellers a virtually new fleet in the region. Soon to be revitalized Rhapsody of the Seas will offer guests refreshed staterooms, expanded technological conveniences, and nearly quadrupled dining options on seven-night round-trip cruises from Seattle, Wash. Radiance of the Seas, revitalized in 2011, will alternate seven-night, north- and southbound itineraries from Vancouver and Seward, Alaska, respectively. Royal Caribbean's summer...