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Portuscale brochureDiscover the World has
released the inaugural Australian brochure for its newest client Portuscale Cruises, who will sail five local voyages early next year.
Operated by the recently rebuilt MV Funchal, Portuscale will offer cruises from Newcastle & Geelong ranging from 4-8 days in addition to two repositioning voyages from Barcelona & to Portsmouth.
The brochure is now available & for details, phone (02) 9959 3696.
Carnival Legend dealscarnival Cruise Lines has
launched a range of deals valid for Carnival Legend - the line’s newest ship to be based for a season departing from Sydney.
For pax looking to travel during Christmas and New Year, sailings of 11 and 9 nights to the South Pacific start at $1,829ppts and $2,099ppts respectively.
Sister-ship Carnival Spirit will also operate a New Year’s Eve cruise, leaving on an eight-night voyage on 30 Dec priced from $1,879ppts - bookings open now.
CruisePlanet set for surgeThe CruisePlanet website
acquired by the newly formed Australian Travel Group (TDCU 26 Jun) forms a significant plank of the group’s overall strategy, according to an Australian Stock Exchange update issued yesterday.
The company’s plans are “designed to further market penetration of the burgeoning $3 billion cruise industry with its 20% annual growth, of which Holiday Planet is already one of Australia’s biggest cruise based tourism providers,” the firm said.
ATG is being created via the reverse listing of WA mining firm Red Gum Resources, which is switching its focus to travel by buying OTA HolidayPlanet (incorporating CruisePlanet), wholesaler Asia Escape Holidays and retail agent Motive Travel.
CruisePlanet will focus on “high discretionary spend travellers and retirees,” targeting them with high-margin ‘non-transparent’ product including “Round World Cruise tours between 25 and 36 days” as well as South America tours and luxury cruising.
The group’s new online cruise booking engine, to launch later in the year, will cover “90% of the world’s top cruise companies,” and allow users to search, book, pay and ticket online.
Product will also feature African safaris, tours and luxury train travel, according to the update.
The strategy includes “online EDMs...to introduce the tour to consumers who can then transact via Call Centre.”
Holiday Planet founder Alan Dodson will become the group’s chairman and lead ATG’s overall sales and marketing strategy.
Cruise lines on showonly ten days remain until
the inaugural Travel Industry Exhibition at Sydney’s Royal Hall of Industries, which will see many cruise lines exhibiting to the trade - see the front page for details.
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True North celebrityFormer Australian Wallaby
rugby player and widely-known author & war historian Peter FitzSimons will join True North as a special guest speaker on an upcoming itinerary to PNG.
As part of the ‘New Adventures of Paradise’ itinerary, departing on 03 Dec, guests board True North and spend 10 days visiting islands and bays, with activities including village visits, snorkelling and scenic helicopter flights.
FitzSimons will deliver insights into the wartime hostilities of Papua New Guinea and the part it played in the Australian and US struggles with the Japanese.
The itinerary is priced from $15,695pp for the 2014 sailing - for more details, clicK here.
meanWhile, North Star Cruises has also released its full sailing schedule for 2016, with bookings now open and details on all departures now available at www.northstarcruises.com.au. P O R T H O L E
in The tourism industry, it is always gratifying when a guest thoroughly enjoys the tour they have booked and the operator knows they have provided lasting memories for the guest.
One particular traveller though may have enjoyed her whale watching tour off the coast of Cape Cod just a little too much, with a video of her experience now going viral.
The self-proclaimed animal lover is heard throughout the video gleefully exclaiming her delight at the natural events going on before her eyes.
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Ponant feeling foggyrenoWneD Australian
adventurer Mick Fogg will lend his expertise in developing new expedition itineraries for French cruise line Compagnie du Ponant.
Fogg has built a career spanning nearly 20 years developing new itineraries and photographing the world’s most remote locations.
Through his new role with Ponant, Fogg will help to design new cruise itineraries maximising the Ponant fleet’s worldwide presence, will personally lead a number of expeditions and offer landscape and wildlife photo tips.
Swan’s Asian BonanzaDiscounTs of up to 25% on
selected Orient itineraries are on sale through Swan Hellenic if booked through Discover the World before the end of Jul.
Eligible itineraries sail aboard Minerva from 04 Dec to 15 Mar and include the 16-day Colombo to Singapore, a 22-day Hong Kong round-trip on 03 Jan 2015 and a Colombo to Muscat departure on 15 Mar which also visits India.
Each voyage includes onboard lectures by guest speakers, shore excursions at each port, gratuities while onboard and more.
Fares start at $2,711ppts - to book, phone 1800 623 267.
Scenic Mekong pre-releasescenic Tours is offering 2015
river cruises at 2014 prices and free return flights to Asia (incl. taxes) as part of the launch of its pre-release Mekong brochure, released due to popular demand.
The earlybird offers, valid for bookings made by 30 Sep, apply to journeys through Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos which include a seven-night cruise on the custom-built Mekong Navigator.
Launched this year, this boutique 34-suite ship offers “five-star service and authentic local cuisine against the beautiful backdrop of the French colonial
style of Old Saigon”. Shore excursions explore fishing
villages, floating markets, and a cyclo tour of Phnom Penh.
The four itineraries available in the pre-release guide range in duration from eight to 27 days, with a five-day pre-tour extension from Hanoi to Sapa also on offer.
Departures are operated from both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
Scenic Tours general manager product Aleisha Fittler said: “The Mekong is an emerging destination where we have seen tremendous growth in the past few years.”
“We are inviting our guests to book now so they can enjoy all that this amazing region has to offer in 2015 at 2014 prices.”
The new Scenic Tours 2015 pre-release Mekong river cruise brochure is out now.
In further support of the new guide, Scenic Tours has released a special video showcasing part of its Mekong range - clicK here.
Arthur diverts shipsonly one cruise ship was forced
to amend its itinerary due to Tropical Storm Arthur off the east coast of the USA late last week.
Carnival Splendor amended its schedule to visit Bermuda instead of St John to avoid the hurricane during a four-day cruise.
Arthur briefly made landfall in Maine before dissipating.
No supps in IndochinaausTralian tour operator
Active Travel has eliminated solo traveller supplements on five river cruise departures on the Mekong and in Burma this year.
The offer applies to two sailings between Saigon and Siem Reap on the RV Mekong Pandaw on 02 and 09 Aug, and three sailings on the RV Orient Pandaw between Mandalay and Bagan, departing on 09 & 16 Aug and 16 Sep.
For more details on the sailings, see www.activetravel.com.au.
P&O building bricksaussie LEGO professional Ryan
McNaught has been engaged by P&O Cruises to help build school holiday LEGO activity programs for kids while onboard.
McNaught is the only certified LEGO professional in Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere and is based in Melbourne.
He has spent the past week on Pacific Jewel and today boards Pacific Pearl as part of his project.
While onboard, McNaught will conduct presentations for families about LEGO and showing off photos of his best creations.
P&O Cruises recently launched its LEGO programs onboard in the kids clubs, featuring staff-led special activities, larger Duplo sized pieces for Turtle Club-aged children and LEGO for older kids.
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Tuesday 08 July 2014
Store milestone for Cruiseabout
FliGhT Centre specialist cruise brand Cruiseabout last week reached a major milestone with the opening of its 50th store in Golden Grove, near Adelaide.
Led by store manager Katherine Masters and her team of cruising experts, the team aim to seize on the growing popularity of cruising from the state.
Masters said she expects the popular South Pacific region to be popular with Adelaide families booking through the new store, while honeymooners will more likely venture further afield.
“Week-long itineraries through the South Pacific are a great value option for families wanting an international island hopping holiday without the expense of
international flights,” she added.“We are also seeing interest
in cruises to the Caribbean and Hawaii for those travellers wanting a similar island vibe but are looking for something a little further afield, and these are particularly popular with our honeymooning clients.”
The first Cruiseabout store opened in the Sydney suburb of Turramurra in 1996, with the brand acquired by Flight Centre Travel Group in 2003.
Masters is pictured above centre with Jarrod Pask, general manager of Cruiseabout and Adam Crossman, Cruiseabout brand leader for South Australia and Western Australia region.
meanWhile, Cruiseabout has launched a new online booking tool in partnership with Flight Centre wholesaler Infinity Cruise.
The launch of the tool allows customers to book their cruise online while retaining the service & expertise available instore.
It is the next phase of the “blended access” model being rolled out across the entire Flight Centre Travel Group.
“We are excited about the new phase of the brand and continuing to expand to meet the needs of our customers through new store openings, digital development and cruise product innovation,” Jarrod Pask said.
Cruise Calendar
fremantleSea Princess 08 Jul
sydneyPacific Pearl 08 Jul
Travel Daily Cruise Update’s calendar details upcoming port calls of cruise ships at various destinations around australia.
darwinOceanic Discoverer 11 JulMV National Geo. Orion 11 Jul
Filipino cruise focusPhiliPPines is preparing to
spend US$500,000 on a wave of incentives and promotions to try and build its cruise industry both among large and small operators.
A wave of incentives designed at luring major lines to include the country as part of itineraries will be the focus of the funding.
These will include streamlining the immigration system and building shore tour offerings at ports where ships may visit.
The target for the cash injection is to increase cruise pax visitation eightfold over five years, Tourism Undersecretary for Development Danilo Corpuz said.
“Our plan is to increase the current 20,000 annual cruise passengers to 100,000 within five years,” Corpuz commented.
Sulu on the high seascunarD will host the premiere
of To Be Takei, a new biographical documentary starring legendary US actor George Takei, best known for his role in Star Trek.
An exclusive onboard screening will be held on Queen Mary 2 prior to its 28 Jul sailing from New York to Southampton.
The film takes a look at the beloved 77-year old actor and activist, the many roles he has played in his life, both onscreen and other avenues of public life.
Takei will participate in a fan Q&A session and twice serve as a guest speaker at Cunard’s Insights program during the sailing.
Deals of the CenturyceleBriTy Cruises has released
a range of new deals valid for boutique vessel Celebrity Century, which will sail ex Sydney during the upcoming 2014/15 season.
Operating exclusively to the South Pacific, deals include $899 for an eight-night food-lovers sailing to Melbourne, Adelaide and Port Lincoln, with two departures on 22 Oct and 11 Nov.
Also on offer is a 14-night combined Whitsundays and New Caledonia departure (CU 20 Feb) priced from $1,499ppts.
Splendida to relocatemsc Cruises has announced
it will deploy MSC Splendida to Northern Europe for the 2015 summer season, bringing the MSC Yacht Club cabin class to the region for the first time.
Splendida will join sister-ships Orchestra & Sinfonia on 14-night Grand Northern Europe voyages.
ACL new riverboatamerican Cruise Lines has
taken delivery of its second new riverboat, which will soon begin operating on the Mississippi River.
Currently un-named, the vessel can accommodate up to 150 passengers and will begin operating in the second quarter of next year.
The ship has been floated for the first time and is now being fitted with its upper decks and final works in the Chesapeake Shipbuilding yard.
“This is a significant milestone in the construction process,” ACL vice-president Tim Beebe said.
Further expansion is expected for American Cruise Lines in coming years, with a second boat for the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific north-west and two more to be delivered by 2017.
