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Cunard and Viking to restart in the UK
Wednesday | Mar 17 2021CUNARD Line and Viking will offer United Kingdom-based sailings from May for British guests, with the Government of the UK having recently confirmed cruising within the country can restart in around two months.
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Dreaming of more pax
Wednesday | Mar 17 2021DREAM Cruises yesterday welcomed Singapore’s 100,000th passenger at the city’s Marina Bay Cruise Centre.
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Meet Vista right
Wednesday | Mar 17 2021OCEANIA Cruises has announced the name of the first of its two 1,200-guest Allura class ships will be Vista.
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Viking Sun arrives in China
Tuesday | Mar 16 2021VIKING’S new joint venture with China Merchants Shekou (CW 30 Nov 2020) has taken a major step forward this week, with arrival of Viking Sun in Shenzhen.
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Viking Bics a winner
Tuesday | Mar 16 2021BICTON Travel’s Phil Smethurst (pictured) is the Feb winner in Viking’s agent incentive.
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Celeb says lettuce party
Tuesday | Mar 16 2021CELEBRITY Cruises Strategic Sales Manager Jessica Jones recently hosted some of the cruise line’s trade partners at the Canberra Good Food Week launch party last week.
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CLIA seeks “tangible progress” for restart
Monday | Mar 15 2021THE approval of a pathway to the careful resumption of domestic cruising would be a key way of helping Australia’s hard-hit tourism sector, according to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).
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Package is “ridiculous”
Monday | Mar 15 2021MURRAY River Paddlesteamers Director Craig Burgess (pictured) has called the Australian Government’s tourism support package “ridiculous”, expressing his disappointment at the disproportionate distribution of locations being supported.
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Dreams of an Aus season?
Friday | Mar 12 2021HAVING overnight announced its plans to restart operations for its Crystal Cruises brand in the Bahamas in Jul, Genting Hong Kong is eyeing the Australia/NZ region as one of its next markets for a return for Dream Cruises.
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Carnival celebrates 49 years
Friday | Mar 12 2021CARNIVAL Cruise Line is today marking its 49th birthday, commemorating the 1972 departure of Mardi Gras from PortMiami on its inaugural cruise.