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Cruise  W E E K L Y  

Thursday 16 Jul 2015

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PARTICIPATING in an exclusive

tudy tour ‘by invitaon only’,

MTA - Mobile Travel Agents

managing directors Karen & Roy

Merricks were recently privy to

he inner workings of Viking Star .

Travelling onboard the inaugural

Viking Ocean Cruises voyage

between Oslo and Stockholm, theMerricks represented one of only

our invited Australian agencies.

The brand new vessel - fresh

rom being christened in Bergen

n May - called in Copenhagen,

Berlin, St Petersburg, Tallinn and

Helsinki during the voyage.

“It is just as important for us

as any of our Australia-wide

Members to be updated with

the latest developments taking

place across the industry

and parcularly the cruise

industry which is a fast growingcomponent of our overall

business,” Karen Merricks said.

Karen and Roy are pictured 

above anking Viking Star  Captain

Gulleik Svalastog.

Cruising to the showTRAVEL agents are encouraged

o get down to Sydney’s Luna

Park today or tomorrow to

explore the 2015 Travel Industry

Exhibion, which opened today.A wide variety of exhibitors from

he cruise sector are aending

ncluding service providers, tour

rms and cruising wholesalers.

Among these is Aranui Cruises,

Collee, G Adventures, Le Boat/

Sunsail/The Moorings, McLachlan

Tours, MS Volga Dream, Cruise

Factory and of course Cruise

Weekly  ourselves - come & say hi.

Coast ready for cruiseLOCAL volunteers have been

engaged to welcome and assist

passengers arriving on each of

the four cruise ships arriving on

the Sunshine Coast, Acng Mayor

Chris Thompson has said.

P&O Cruises will be the rst to

drop anchor at Mooloolaba this

Sat 18 Jul, with pax tendered to

shore and right to the doorstep of

the Underwater World aracon.

Specially designed signature

suroards have been set upnearby, with locals on hand to

take photos and encourage them

to be uploaded to social media to

share their Sunshine Coast visit.

Mooloolaba Passports from the

local Chamber of Commerce and

featuring informaon about the

region and special oers will be

handed out to pax on arrival.

Princess drinks dealPRINCESS Cruises has released

a drinks package for its six ships

based in Australia year-round or

vising on a seasonal basis.

Valid for round-trip ineraries of

eight nights or longer deparng

from Australia, the package is

priced at $59 per person per day

and includes drinks normally

priced at up to $14 onboard.

Specialty coees, beers, wines,

so drinks, boled water and

selected cocktails are eligible for

inclusion in the package.

The deal can only be purchased

onboard, not in advance and only

for the full duraon of the cruise.

Princess has trialled and then

subsequently introduced similar

deals in other markets, which has

been well received by passengers.

A spokesperson for the line said

it has found its core Australian

demographic to be mature guests

who priorise value for money

and a “hassle free onboard

experience” during their cruise.

Rivercruising.com for saleINTERNET domain name

rivercruising.com is on sale for

a whopping $250,000 as part of

a porolio of website addresses

being promoted by Tony Wilson,

the former owner of the defunct

Global Travel Corporaon which

collapsed about seven years ago.

Wilson this week circulated

an email promong 242

“domain names for sale or

rent,” - and cruising featuresprominently, with names such as

RiverCruisingAsia.com for $4,950,

RiverCruisingUSA.com for $3,650,

NewZealandCruising.com for

$3,950 and CruisingTheRhine.com,

also for $3,950.

Domain names operated by

Wilson’s former company, which

was placed into administraon

with debts of more than $3m in

Oct 2008 are also on oer incl

globaltravelcorporaon.com for

an equally hey $19,950.

Former businesses operang

under Global Travel Corporaon’s

umbrella included Drive Travel,

Motorhomes Worldwide and

Canal Boat Holidays.

A plethora of websites in line

with these brands are also on sale.

Globalcars.com is oered for

$19,950; MotorhomesDirect.comis priced at $4,950, while

CruisingCanals.com is going for a

bargain at just $1,250.

Perhaps opportuniscally,

Wilson is also asking $9,950 for

TravelCorporaon.com.

One of the highest prices ever

paid for a domain name was $11

million for Hotels.com, while

Brish website cruise.co.uk

paid about US$1.1 million in

2008 for just an extra ‘s’ when it

purchased cruises.co.uk - and thesame group also paid US$81,000

in 2012 for cruises.co.

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Statendam overboardIT HASN’T been a good season

in Alaska for Holland AmericaLine, with reports from the US

saying a guest has disappeared

overboard on the MS Statendam.

The 64-year-old passenger

was unable to be located when

the ship docked in Seale aer

cruising from Victoria to conclude

a scheduled 14-night sailing.

Ocials noed the US Coast

Guard, which launched a search.

HAL said it had reviewed video

footage onboard, determining the

pax disappeared between 10pmaer leaving Victoria, and 5am.

The Coast Guard has suspended

the search for the passenger.

Papal shore excursionCRUISE travellers vising Rome

with Royal Caribbean can now

indulge in a visit to the Pope’s

private summer residence as one

of its new shore excursions.

The oung also includes stops

at the Sisne Chapel, the VacanMuseum and St Peter’s Basilica

before arriving at the estate,

which dates back to 1626.

Never before has the private

residence been opened to visitors,

let alone cruise passengers.

Running for 10-hours, the full

day tour is priced at US$165 per

adult and $129 for children.

New Azamara hiringFULL ship charters of Azamara

Club Cruises’ current two-ship

eet will now be under the

control of Kevin Regan, hired by

the line as its new global director

of charters and incenves.

Among Regan’s dues will be to

improve business relaonships

with private, corporate & industrycharter buyers and coordinate

the guest experience for charter

voyages around the world.

Costa Rica webinarLINDBLAD Expedions will next

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Norwegian goes à-la-carteNORWEGIAN Cruise Line has

announced the introducon of

à-la-carte dining at its onboard

specialty restaurants, with

“enhanced menus and per-item

pricing” to debut rst on its new

Norwegian Escape.

The cruise company - soon

to establish its own oce in

Australia headed up by former

Silversea execuve Steve Odell

(CW  02 Jul) - said the new opon

meant cruisers would “have

the opportunity to create their

desired dining experience, just

as they would at any land-based

restaurant”.

Norwegian Escape, which is due

to launch this coming Oct, will

oer 11 complimentary dining

opons along with specialty

eateries which include La Cucina,

Le Bistro, Cagney’s Steakhouse

and the new Bayamo by award-

winning chef Jose Garces.

As an example, main course

opons at Cagney’s Steakhouse

will range from $18-$30.

Teppanyaki and Moderno

Churrascaria will remain at a

cover charge of $29.95 and

$19.95 respecvely.

Passengers will be able to

purchase a Norwegian Specialty

Dining Package which allows

them to enjoy La Cucina, Le Bistro

and Cagney’s included in their

cruise fares, while for Bayamo by

Jose Garces, an addional fee of

$15 per passenger will apply.

The program will roll out

progressively to other ships

in the eet, with Ocean Blue

on Norwegian Breakaway  and

Norwegian Getaway  to start

oering à-la-carte opons from

03 Oct, while the new à-la-carte

dining opons will be rolled out

to the enre Norwegian CruiseLines eet from 01 Jan 2016.

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LOCALS in the small Japanesevillage of Hiezu are both angryat and celebrating the arrival ofa horde of 4,000 Chinese visitorsfrom Royal Caribbean’s Quantumof the Seas last week.

The village - which sports atotal population of 3,455 andnormally only caters for tour

groups of around 200 - morethan doubled in size for the day.

While the huge tourist inuxwas great for the economy, itseems the visitors ticked othe locals by proceeding to buyeverything in sight, includingbasic necessities.

Shop owners got more thanthey bargained for, putting upsigns in Chinese to welcome thevisitors but were left surprisedwhen rows of shelves in everystore were wiped clean.

Locals found themselves withlittle left available, with itemsincluding eye drops, cosmetics,rice cookers and vacuum asksall leaving with the tourists.

It’s certainly an indication ofthe power of Chinese cruisepassengers, although retailerswill need to better prepare.

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A GROUP of Personal Travel

Managers from home-based

agent network TravelManagers

were among dozens of agents

invited to Vienna to enjoy the

recent debut of Scenic Jasper .

The newest vessel in the Scenic

eet of river ‘Space Ships’ took

to the waters in a gliering

ceremony earlier this year, with

Aussie author Kathy Lee serving

as the ship’s Godmother.

Following the ceremonies, the

group hopped onboard to try

out the brand new facilies on a

week-long journey to Budapest.

The PTMs were unanimous in

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Each said they were now more

condent recommending both

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Pictured above from le in

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TravelManagers conngent,

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Laurent back in actionREPAIRS have been completed

on Haimark Line’s Saint Laurent  

cruise ship following its skirmish

with a lock wall (CW  25 Jun).

The ship immediately went back

to service, deparng on a 14 Jul

cruise from Chicago to Montreal.

Upgrades from MSCGUESTS booking a last-minute

MSC Cruises Mediterranean

departure up to Nov 2015 can

enjoy free upgrades in experience

or cabin category if booked by 04

Sep, the line has announced.

More than 80 sailings in the

Med are eligible for the deals

under the short-term promoon.

Pax booking the ‘Bella’ onboard

experience will receive the

Fantasca’ grade, which allows a

wider selecon of cabin, priority

dining mes, connental brekkie

n cabin and 24hr room service.

A further oer will see those in

Aurea Balcony Cabins bumped up

o an Aurea Balcony Suite.

Pax can also enjoy both benets

by paying for an Aurea Suite,

which will see an upgrade to an

MSC Yacht Club Deluxe Cabin,

valid only on selected MSC ships.

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