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A (Cruise Line) champion will be crowned
Wednesday | Nov 9 2022A new Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) award next year will honour the sector’s most trusted cruise line representative.
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A&K building Crystal team
Wednesday | Nov 9 2022A&K Travel Group, the company which acquired the two former Crystal Cruises oceangoing vessels as well as its website & brand assets, has announced a swathe of executive appointments, with Chief Executive Officer Cristina Levis saying “we have been hard at work sourcing some of the industry’s finest talent to bring the iconic brand back to life”.
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P&O back in New Cal
Wednesday | Nov 9 2022P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Encounter has become the first cruise ship to return to Lifou Island in New Caldeonia, as the line resumes its traditional seven-night South Pacific itinerary.
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Celebrity goes Beyond
Tuesday | Nov 8 2022CELEBRITY Cruises’ Celebrity Beyond has officially been named by her godmother, American artistic gymnast Simone Biles, ahead of the ship’s inaugural sailing from the United States.
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Hats off to Carnival’s first Qld ship
Tuesday | Nov 8 2022EXCITED guests departed on the first Australian sailing aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Luminosa on Sun, the first of the brand’s ships to homeport in Brisbane.
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Walk for Wellness winners
Tuesday | Nov 8 2022THE grand prize winner for this year’s Norwegian Cruise Line Walk for Wellness is Kerry Balestrin from Cruise Holidays in Queensland.
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Aus popular for Oceania
Monday | Nov 7 2022OCEANIA Cruises’ 2024-2025 Tropics & Exotics Collection, which opened for sale on Thu (CW 31 Oct), has already generated a lot of interest, local Vice President Jason Worth has told Cruise Weekly, as the line looks to raise brand awareness in Australia.
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Cruise back in Pt Lincoln
Monday | Nov 7 2022P&O Cruises Australia has made a “shipshape” return to Port Lincoln, marking the city’s first call in more than two-and-a-half years.
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Cruise plan for the Murray outlined
Friday | Nov 4 2022MURRAY Regional Tourism’s vision is to establish cruising as “the most compelling and iconic” visitor experience in the destination, as outlined in the organisation’s new Murray Region Cruising Strategy.
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NCL to pay commission on NCFs
Thursday | Nov 3 2022NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) will pay travel advisor partners commission on non-commissionable fares (NCFs), becoming the “first major contemporary brand” to compensate agents on this kind of cost.
