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Thursday 13 June 2013

Another great CW issueTodaystrade issue ofCWfeatures four

pages of all the latest cruise informaon.

NEW 3, 4 & 7 day cruise itineraries coming in September

For more info contact sales@blc.com.fj or www.bluelagooncruises.com

Time on Tauck:1 night complimentaryaccommodation

Private wine tasting at Beujolaisand Chateaneuf-du-Pape

Tasting experience at Lyonshistoric food market

Wine and cheese tasting at anaward winning cooking school

Provenal dinner overlookingAvignons Pont du Gard

WHO YOU CRUISE WITH MATTERS

Join Ita Buttrose cruising the FrenchWaterways in May 2014 and see why

the way you sip wine matters!

EUROPEAN JEWELSBUDAPEST TO AMSTERDAM | 15 DAYS

BOUTIQUE RIVER CRUISING

ALL -INCLUSIVE

Frequent visits from SeabournTWO Seabourn vessels will visit Australian

waters during the upcoming summer season,

with Seabourn Odysseyset to spend three

months operang in Australia & NZ as part of

its third season in local waters.

Marking its biggest local season ever,

Odysseywill make 22 calls at 11 local ports

ranging from Darwin and Cairns in the north to

Geelong and Burnie on the countrys lower p.

Seabourn Sojourn will itself visit 11 Aussieports as part of a 116-day world cruise, vising

Eden, Burnie, Bunbury, Geraldton and more.

Agents protected from Euro oodsTravel agents will not be hit

nancially as a result of river

cruise cancellaons in Europe

caused by recent oods.DESPITE a number of river cruise departures

not proceeding due to widespread ooding

n Europe, ve of the largest river cruise

operators selling in Australia have declared

agents will sll receive commissions from

aected bookings through insurance claims.

Avalon Waterways, Uniworld, APT, Scenic

Tours, Travelmarvel and Tauck have all advised

Cruise Weeklythat a number of cruises in

operaon were aected by the Europe oods -

described as the worst in 100 years.

Chrisan Schweitzer, markeng manager

for Avalon Waterways, said alternate cruise

ineraries had been oered to pax aected

by the oods, with coach tours, hotel stays

and sight-seeing tours made available where

possible to minimise holiday disrupons.Two Travelmarvel and seven APT departures

operated by three vessels in late May and early

Jun were either disrupted or cancelled, with all

three returning to service from 20 Jun.

Alternate accommodaon was arranged for

one aected Tauck voyage, while ve voyages

were cancelled between 30 May and 14 Jun.

Uniworld reservaons sta have been in

frequent contact with agents and passengers

to reaccommodate where possible, with one

cancellaon and two ship changes taking place

on a pair of voyages between Vienna and

Belgrade, and all else operang as normal.No cancellaons were experienced by Scenic

Tours, with only three ship-swaps, with the

company saying the consistency on its vessels

meant guests were unaected by the changes.

Agents with aected pax are advised to look

for updates via individual company websites.

Buttrose to host Tauck voyageAUSTRALIAN of the Year for 2013 andTauck Ambassador Ita Burose will personally

host and take part in an upcoming French

Waterways river cruise from Paris to Lyon in

her role with the company.

The voyage will operate in May next year

aboard the MS Swiss Emeraldand will see

the well-known journalist and author host a

cocktail party for guests on the ten-day sailing

as well as interact with guests during acvies.

One free night prior to or following the cruise

can be enjoyed for Earlybird bookings made by

31 Aug - see www.traveltheworld.com.au.

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