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S I T A h a s u n v e i l e d n e w technology which allows passen-gers to move through an airport and board a flight by passing a biometric check—with no need to present a boarding pass or passport again.The company’s new Smart Path, unveiled at the Passenger Terminal EXPO, sees passenger’s biomet-ric details captured through a fa-cial scan at the first touch point in the journey, which is then checked against the passenger’s travel docu-ments (such as a passport), and a ‘secure single token’ is created. “Then, at each step of the journey—from check-in, to aircraft boarding or border control—passengers gain access simply with a facial scan and without having to show their pass-port or boarding pass,” says SITA.The Smart Path is in reach of pas-sengers today, as it can be easily

integrated into existing airport in-frastructure and airline systems, as well as government systems and databases, says SITA. The company says it is working with a number of major airlines and airports to integrate biometrics and expects that by 2020 biometrics will be the norm at airports across the world.

. . . SmartGateMany Kiwi travellers are already familiar with biometric technol-ogy, including new next-generation SmartGate machines being installed at Auckland, Wellington and Christ-church airports. The machines see travellers scan their passports and have their face checked by a biometric scanner, eliminating the need for the kiosk and ticket which used to be part of the SmartGate process.

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The Irish in New Zealand have already commenced St Pat’s Day celebra-tions, this year with some special guests,the cast of the hit comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys. New Zealand will kick off the annual global greening, which

sees icons right around the globe adopt an emerald hue to celebrate all things Irish on St Pat’s day. The Walshes, senior and junior, have de-clined to comment on rumours they are auditioning for the Good Mourn-ing Mrs Brown stage show which kicks off its Kiwi season tonight. Tourism Ireland’s Darragh Walshe is pictured on left with Mrs Brown’s stars Jennifer Gibney and Brendan O’Carroll; and Rodney Walshe is pic-tured above with Brendan O’ Carroll and Rory Cowan.

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QF Manila On SaleQantas has flights to Manila starting at $1265 on sale to 19 Mar, for travel 01-17 Sep and 06 Oct-10 Dec.

Air NZ Goes ElectricAir New Zealand will save around 65,000L of fuel a year by transi-tioning more than 75 vehicles in its ground fleet to electric over the coming year. The carrier’s sales force will be travelling in 36 fully electric BMW i3 vehicles—which has an interior and body made in part from the same carbon fibre as a Dream-liner. NZ is also buying 12 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrids for longer range trips and 28 Renault Kangoo Maxi ZE 100% electric vans for use at airports. The move is part of the carrier’s commitment to sustain-ability and carbon reduction across the business.

Hotel Awards OpenEntries have opened for this year’s New Zealand Hotel Industry Awards, which have been increased from three awards to eight, plus an award for a hotel showing innovation to help neutralise its impact on the environment. “We are expecting a high number of entries in the awards, given the upbeat mood of many hotels around the country following a fantastic year of business,” says Howarth director Stephen Hamilton. See nzhotelconference.com

PR Free WiFi OnboardPhilippines Airlines is launching what it says it the Asia Pacific region’s best free Wi-Fi offer—as the carrier an-nounces it is offering all its passengers 30 mins free Wi-Fi per flight through to the end of the year. The offer is part of PAL’s 75th anniversary celebrations.

. . . Flights On SaleThe carrier is also offering discounts of up to 75% off international flights to celebrate its anniversary. Flights from Auckland to Manila/Cebu/Davao are from $1265 in economy and $2265 in business, for sales to 19 Mar and departures 01 Sep-10 Dec and 16 Jan-10 Feb.

QF Agent WinnersQantas has announced the first three agents to win in its weekly giveaway for 20,000 Qantas Frequent Flyer points, as a part of its five star Los Angeles sales incentive. The winners are, Maree Webb, from United Travel Tauranga (week one); Larna Reyn-olds, of House of Travel Riccarton (week two) and Jess Carman from House of Travel Masterton (week three).

. . . LAX In LuxuryQantas reminds agents that they have until 15 Apr so sell a return QF or AA ticket to the US to enter the sales incentive to win one of 10 places on a five-star Los Angeles famil. Every ticket sold and submitted to QF gives the agent one entry into the grand prize—plus they are entered into the weekly draw to win 20,000 QF Frequent Flyer points.

Aviation service issues such as flight problems, baggage, reser-vation and ticketing, refunds, customer service, disability and discrimination has seen the num-ber of airline consumer com-plaints rose 29.8% from 2014 to 2015.The US Department of Transpor-tation received 20,170 complaints last year, according to its Air Trav-el Consumer Report. In Dec 2015 alone, the department received 1565 complaints about airline service, up 46.9% from the total of 1065 filed in Dec 2014 and up 19.6% from the 1308 received in Nov 2015. The consumer report also includes data on on-time performance, can-cellations, tarmac delays, chroni-cally delayed flights and the causes of flight delays. For the full year of 2015, the reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 79.9%, up from 76.2% in 2014; while 1.5% of scheduled domestic flights were cancelled during 2015, an improve-ment on the 2.2% cancellation rate in 2014. Also interesting to note is that in 2015, there were 61 domestic flights with tarmac delays longer than three hours and 15 international flights with tarmac delays longer than four hours at US airports; while

the causes of flight delays included aviation system delays, late-arriving aircraft, maintenance and crew prob-lems, extreme weather and security reasons, just to name a few.The report also showed that during 2015, the carriers posted a mishan-dled baggage rate of 3.24 per 1000 passengers, down from 2014’s rate of 3.61; and that there were 35 animal deaths, injuries to 25 other animals and three lost animals, for a total of 63 incidents involving animals while travelling by air, up from 45 in 2014. Meanwhile, the department received 939 disability complaints, up 19.8% from the previous year; and 65 dis-crimination complaints, down 4.4% from the previous year.

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Ponant has signed a letter of intent to order four new ships, which will introduce new expedition cruises to destinations including the Oce-ania region.The small-scale expedition ships will be 128m long with 92 staterooms. They’ll be Ice Class ranked, equipped with the latest technologies, easy to manoeuvre and able to reach sites that larger vessels can’t access, says Ponant. The ships will be built by

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. . . Blue ExpeditionsPonant, which already offers White Expeditions in the polar regions, says the new ships will offer Blue and Green Expeditions.Blue Expeditions will focus on ‘ex-ploring Oceania, its lagoons and secret islands’, while Green Ex-peditions will take passengers to South America’s best preserved sites, ‘amongst other places’.“The result will be a host of unusual itineraries to get as close as it is possible to local cultures, rare and exceptional flora and fauna, dur-ing excursions on a unique fleet of Zodiacs with naturalists on board,” says Ponant.

Celebrity Galapagos BuyCelebrity Cruises will expand its Galapagos guest capacity by 65% with the acquisition of Galápagos Islands tour operator Ocean Adventures and its two ships, the 48-guest ship M/V Eclipse and the16-guest catamaran M/C Athala II. The ships will join the 100-guest Celebrity Xpedition, mean-ing guests can choose a ship with the ‘size and intimacy’ to suit them, says Celebrity. The expansion means the line can offer new destinations such as Puerto Villamil, Darwin Bay, Black Turtle Cove, Chinese Hat Islet, and Wall of Tears. The two vessels will undergo a drydock in Jan 2017, when they will be refreshed with Celebrity elements to become part of the fleet. Existing Ocean Adventures bookings remain unchanged.

P&O Introduces BocceThree P&O ships have added the sport of bocce to their list of onboard activities, thanks to a portable court developed by New Zealand company Packaworld. “We’re always looking to create new experiences for our guests, so the bocce courts are great as they’ve given us a way to take a new game to sea,” says P&O. “The response from our guests has been wonderful—they’re really excited to try a new activity.”

GO’s Tahiti SaleGO Holidays has a 10-night Tahitian Island fly & cruise package priced from $5359pp t/s with Paul Gauguin Cruises. The offer is valid to 31 Mar for select 2016 departures.

Drinks On CarnivalCarnival Cruise Line has enhanced its Cheers! beverage program to include a wider variety of non-alcoholic drinks and branded spirits and wines by the glass. Included beverages are all spirits, including cocktails, cognacs and whiskies, as well as beer and wine, with a USD50 or lower menu price per serving; frozen cocktails and sodas; specialty coffees and teas; energy drinks; water and coconut water, just to name a few. Cheers! can be purchased pre-departure for USD49.95pp per day plus gratuities; or once onboard, it costs USD54.95pp per day plus gratuities. CLICK HERE

Paul Gauguin: Book NowPaul Gauguin Cruises reminds agents it only has three sailings of its 14-night Marquesas, Tuamotus & Society Is-lands cruise for 2016, with space filling fast. Aboard the 332-guest m/s Paul Gaugin, clients will have the chance to go snorkelling, kayaking, paddleboarding and windsurfing, as well enjoying a variety of shore excur-sions and relacing onboard. With de-partures 16 Apr, 25 Jun and 19 Nov, the cruise is from USD5940 all-inclusive.

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Disneyland is launching its own Star Wars themed universe but it’s not the only place Star Wars fans can get their fix in California, says the state’s tourism office.At LEGOLAND, there’s a Star Wars area of the theme park’s Miniland with attractions like the scale model of the Death Star, a Jawa sandcrawler on Tatooine and an underwater Opee sea killer on Naboo.A ranch in Sonoma County is home to the world’s largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia and props. Visitors can tour the collection at Rancho Obi-Wan in Petaluma by ap-pointment only, the guided tour lasts two to four hours, and kids 12 and under get in free.Some of the desert scenes in the latest Star Wars movies were shot in Cali-

fornia, including the spaceport Mos Eisley. Clients should head to Dante’s View in Death Valley National Park, where they filmed the view as seen by Luke and Obi-Wan.Meanwhile Ewoks fans can wander in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park (on its Avenue of the Giants), Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Griz-zly Creek Redwoods State Park, where some scenes were filmed.While there are no tours of the origi-nal LucasFilm studios near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, clients can visit the Lucasfilms’ Letterman Digital Arts Center, home to Yoda fountain in a 17-acre park.Disneyland’s new Star Wars land is a way off yet, but visitors to the park can still build their own light saber at the Star Trader shop in Tomorrowland, and try to get picked as Padawans at the nearby Jedi Training academy.

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787-10 Gets UnderwayMajor assembly has begun on Boeing’s first 787-10 Dreamliner—and it’s two weeks ahead of sched-ule. Kawasaki Heavy Industries has started installing the circular frames into the mid-forward sec-tion of the fuselage on the 787-10, which is a straightforward stretch of the 787-9. Some 95% of the design and build of the 787-10 and 787-9 will be identical, reducing complex-ity, cost and risk across the entire production system, says Boeing. To date, the 787-10 has won 153 orders from nine customers, with deliver-ies set to begin in 2018.

STA Supports CanTeenSTA Travel has announced a new partnership which will see the brand raise funds and awareness for Can-Teen. Throughout the year, STA will raise money through a number of staff and consumer fundraising activities, including giving clients the opportu-nity to donate $2 with their booking in-store. Every donation made before 31 Mar will also go in the draw to win $1000 in STA Travel credit.STA boss John Constable says the chain is thrilled to be supporting Can-Teen. “We send more than two million young people on life-changing trips every year, but there are thousands that miss out due to illness,” he says. See statravel.co.nz/canteen.htm

St Regis LangkawiSt Regis Hotels & Resorts is set to open its debut property in Malaysia 06 Apr. The St Regis Langkawi Re-sort, fringed by a 600-meter private white sand beach with a natural salt, private swimming lagoon, features four overwater villas and 85 suites, including 20 private pool suites with cabanas. The resort also has a num-ber of dining experiences and ven-ues, the Iridium Spa and more.

Delta LAX-BJSDelta Air Lines plans to begin daily nonstop service between Los Angeles International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport on 16 Dec, pending regulatory approval.

What’s New At MandalayA new bar and restaurant, Libertine Social, is set to open at Mandalay Bay later this year. Serving up tra-ditional American bar food, with both small and large plates, along with an inventive cocktail list, the venue will be located on the casino level, next to Charlie Palmer’s Au-reole. There will also be a take-out window called ‘Libertine To Go’. See mandalaybay.com

MEL Cup Tickets, AccomGO Holidays has Emirates Mel-bourne Cup 2016 deals with three nights’ accommodation and Lawn Stand Seating from $959pp t/s, as well as an afternoon tea with Donna Logan from Logan Racing. Ticket up-grades and flights are available and the offer is for sales to 30 Sep and travel 30 Oct-02 Nov.

Khiri RebrandKhiri Group has rebranded as Yaana Ventures and welcomed new ven-tures such as Anurak Community Lodge in Thailand and Banteay Chh-mar tented camp in Cambodia. Khiri Travel remains unchanged.

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Industry DiaryDistinction Hotel, 0700-0930.Christchurch: Mon 04, Tait Conference Centre, 1730-2015. Wellington: Tue 05 April, Amora Hotel, 1730-2015. Hamilton: Wed 06, Ferrybank Reception Centre, 1730-2015. Auckland: Thu 07, Stamford Hotel, 1730-2030. Auckland North Shore: Fri 08, QBE Stadium, 0700-0930.

Avalon Waterways 2017 LaunchKerikeri: Wed 06, The Fish Bone, 1730. Lower Hutt/Wellington: Wed 06, La Bella Italia, 1745. Whangarei: Thu 07, Dickens Inn, 1730. New Plymouth: Thu 07, Waterfront Hotel, 1745. Hamilton: Mon 11, Hamilton Gardens cafe, 1745. Tauranga: Tue 12, Macau, 1745. Dunedin: Tue 12, Wains Hotel, 1730. Auckland, East: Wed 13, Fisher House, 1745. Timaru: Wed 13, Mocca Cafe, 1730. Napier: Wed 13, Crown Hotel, 1745. Auckland, West: Thu 14, The Falls, Henderson, 1745. Palmerston North: Thu 14, Distinction, 1745. Ashburton: Thu 14, Lushingtons, 1730. Auckland, North: Tue 19, Takapuna

Boating Club, 1745. Christchurch: Tue 19, Dux Central, 1745. Invercargill: Wed 20, Kelvin Hotel, 1730. Queenstown: Thu 21, Copthorne Hotel, 1745. Nelson: Wed 27, Monaco Resort, 1730. Blenheim: Thu 28, Watery Mouth Cafe, 1730.

Queensland on TourQueenstown: Wed 06-Fri 08, Skyline Queenstown.

Gold Coast Tourism Agents FunctionAuckland: Mon 11, Everybodys, 1730.Tauranga: Tue 12, Trinity Wharf, 1730. Hamilton: Wed 13, Gothenburg, 1730.

Samoa Tourism Exchange 2016Tue 12-Thu 14, details tba.

Vanuatu Tourism RoadshowChristchurch: Mon 18. Wellington: Tue 19. Auckland: Wed 20.Times and venues tba.

Asia Road Show: Cathay Pacific/Adventure World/ Exodus Breakfast updatesNew Plymouth: Tue 19. Palmerston North: Wed 20. Wellington: Thu 21.

MARCH 2016Air New Zealand Vietnam RoadshowHamilton: Tue 22, Viet Thai Village, 1800-2000. Auckland: Wed 23, Air New Zealand Customer, Innovation and Collaboration Centre, 1800-2000.

JAWS RoadshowPalmerston North: Wed 16, Distinction Hotel, 175 Cuba Street, 1700-2000. New Plymouth: Thu 17, Novotel Hotel, Cnr Of Hobson and Leach Streets, 1700-2000. Tauranga: Tue 22, Tauranga Yacht Club, 70 Keith Allen Drive, 1700-2000. Hamilton: Wed 23, Novotel Tainui, 7 Alma Street, 1700-2000.

The Safari Company information eveningsPalmerston North: Wed 16, Pavillion Motel & Conference Centre, 1800.

SPANTO roadshowDunedin: Wed 16, Scenic Hotel Southern Cross, 1730.

Innovative Travel WWI Western Front Information Evening Christchurch: Thu 17, RSA 74 Armagh Street, 1730. Auckland: Tue 22, RSA Birkenhead, 1730.

APRILTourism Fiji Bula Marau Family RoadshowPalmerston North: Mon 04,

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Wendy Wu Tours Update & ‘Jungle Book’ film eveningChristchurch: Wed 27, Hoyts Riccarton, 1745. Wellington: Thu 28, The Embassy Theatre, 1800. Auckland: Thu 28, Rialto Newmarket, 1800.

MAYSPANTO roadshowHamilton: Tue 03, Ferrybank Reception Centre, 1730.Palmerston North & New Plymouth: TBA

Viva Expeditions and Chimu Adventures Experience South AmericaAuckland: Thu 12, Takapuna Boat Club, 1730-2000.

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Representatives from across the trade were treated to a cultural in-sight and Hawaii Island update in Auckland yesterday—complete with a performance from the Island Breeze entertainers, who are based

1 Hawaii Tourism’s Megan Hornblow is pictured with Lindsey Morgan from Hawaiian Airlines at the Hawaii Island breakfast. 2 Getting friendly with the Hawaii locals from Island Breeze is Flight Centre’s Roann Roberts, on left, and Gabrielle Brown from House of Travel. 3 Hawaii Tourism’s Megan Hornblow and visiting Big Island Visitors Bureau executive director Ross Birch with the entertainers from Island Breeze. 4 Team Hawaii: Ross Birch from the Big Island Visitors Bureau with local Hawaii Tourism manager Darragh Walshe. 5 YOU Travel’s John Willson gets into the island spirit with the visiting Hawaiian performers from the Island Breeze group. 6 Budding Hula dancer Darragh Walshe, from Hawaii Tourism, with the boys from Island Breeze.

It’s Better On Hawaii Islandon Hawaii Island (aka the Big Island). Kiwi travel to Hawaii continues to climb and feedback from those at the breakfast reiterated the increased Kiwi traveller’s appetite for Hawaii Island—from its hallmark events

(such as the Ironman) to the fes-tivities around its national parks (particularly the geothermal activity at Volcanoes National park). See this week’s Aloha Friday page for more on Hawaii Island.

BUE Cafe For MugglesFor clients bound for Buenos Aires and in need of a magical coffee hit, a café inspired by Harry Potter is making headlines after being featured by Buzzfeed. The Felix Felicis & Co café features wizard references including cups with ‘Accio coffee’ printed on them and sorting hats in their lattes—however its owners were at pains to point out that the café is not officially Harry Potter themed, it’s just owned by Harry fans.

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NETHERLANDS

FRANCE

BELGIUM

HUNGARY

GERMANY

CZECH REP.

AUSTRIA

Würzburg

RegensburgPassau

Nuremberg

Rüdesheim

Melk

ViennaDürnstein

Linz

Cologne

Budapest

Bamberg

AmsterdamUtrecht

TravelmarvelRiver Ship

14

Paris3

Prague3

Velké Bílovice

Wertheim

Rhine River

Main River

Danube River

Main-Danube Canal

21 Day European Gems – Paris to Prague (EUTCPP21)

Nice

SWITZERLAND

NETHERLANDS

GERMANY

FRANCE

Amsterdam

Avignon

Lyon

ViviersGrignan

TournonBoucieu-le-Roi

CologneCochem Rüdesheim

SpeyerStrasbourgBlack ForestBreisach

Basel

MS Excellence Queen

7

MS Excellence Rhône

7

Rhine River

Rhine River

Rhône River

MoselleRiver

Arles Les Baux-de-Provence

Camargue National Reserve

Utrecht

15 Day Splendours of the Rhine & Rhône – Amsterdam to Arles (EUTCJ15)

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIACROATIA

NETHERLANDS

ITALY

HUNGARY

GERMANY

AUSTRIA

Amsterdam

Budapest

Zagreb

Venice

Verona

Florence

San Gimignano

CapriPompeii

Rome

Sorrento

Würzburg

Regensburg Passau

NurembergRüdesheim

MelkLinz

2 1

DürnsteinVienna

Bamberg

21

2

TravelmarvelRiver Ship

14

2

WertheimCologne

RhineRiver

Main River

Danube River

Main-Danube Canal

25 Days Italian Treasures & European Gems River Cruise (EUTCRI25)

SLOVAKIA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND

HUNGARY

GERMANY

CZECH REP.

AUSTRIA

Würzburg

RegensburgPassau

Nuremberg

Rüdesheim

Melk

ViennaDürnstein

Linz

Cologne

Budapest

Bamberg

Amsterdam

TravelmarvelRiver Ship

14

2

2

Kraków

Warsaw

Prague

Spreewald

Berlin2

Wertheim

3Rhine River

Main River

Danube River

Main-Danube Canal

24 Day Eastern Europe & European Gems River Cruise (EUTCRE24)

TournonBoucieu-le-Roi

SWITZERLAND

NETHERLANDS

GERMANY

FRANCE

BELGIUM

SPAIN

3

3

Grignan

Les Baux-de-Provence

Cochem

Strasbourg

Amsterdam

Avignon

Perpignan

Lyon

Arles

Viviers

Paris

Barcelona

BaselBreisach Black Forest

Speyer

RüdesheimCologne

Camargue National Reserve

MS Excellence Queen

7

MS Excellence Rhône

7

Rhine River

Rhine River

Rhône River

MoselleRiver

21 Day Splendours of the Rhine & Rhône – Barcelona to Paris (EUTCJRBP21)

Nice

SWITZERLAND

GERMANY

FRANCE

MONACO

BELGIUM

NETHERLANDSAmsterdam

Utrecht

NETHERLANDSAmsterdam

TournonBoucieu-le-Roi

Utrecht

Avignon

Lyon

Arles

ViviersGrignan

Les Baux-de-Provence

Camargue National Reserve

Cologne

Cochem Rüdesheim

Speyer

Black ForestBreisach

Basel

MS Excellence Queen

7

MS Excellence Rhône

7

3

3

Paris

Monte Carlo

Rhine River

Rhine River

Rhône River

MoselleRiver

Strasbourg

21 Day Splendours of the Rhine & Rhône – Paris to Nice (EUTCJPN21)

Edinburgh

Inverness

Ballachulish

Isle of Mull

Loch Ness

Fort William

Mallaig

Kyle of Lochalsh

Oban

WestHighland Line

JacobiteSteam Train

Kyle Line

Glasgow

SCOTLAND

3

3

2

9 Day Edinburgh, the Highlands & Islands (RJTSHS9)

NORWAY

SWEDEN

Arctic Circle

Östersund

Jokkmokk

Narvik

TrondheimGeiranger

Flåm

Bergen

Oslo

Stockholm

Myrdal

Fauske

1

12

1

2

12

22

OfotenRailway

InlandsbananRauma

Railway

FlåmRailway

BergenRailway

15 Day Arctic Circle Express (RJTACJ15)

NORWAY

Arctic Circle

Lofoten IslandsBøstad

Trondheim

Bodø

Svolvær

Honningsvåg

Kirkenes

Oslo2

2

NordlandRailway

TromsøTrollfjord

1

21

Hurtigruten Ship3

DovreRailway

12 Day Lofoten Islands & the Midnight Sun (RJTNLJ12)

SLOVAKIA

NETHERLANDS

HUNGARY

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

ITALY

GERMANY

AUSTRIA

SLOVENIACROATIA

Würzburg

RegensburgPassau

NurembergRüdesheim

Melk Vienna

DürnsteinLinz

Cologne

Budapest

Bamberg

Amsterdam

DubrovnikSplit

VenicePlitvice Lakes

Lake Bled

Zagreb

1

Ljubljana

MostarSarajevo

2

2

2

11

2

TravelmarvelRiver Ship

14

Wertheim

Rhine River

Main River

Danube River

Main-Danube Canal

26 Day Adriatic Highlights & European Gems River Cruise (EUTCRC26)

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