Headlines
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HLO lifts cruise offering
Tuesday | May 23 2017HELLOWORLD executive director Cinzia Burnes has detailed the integration of the recently acquired SevenOceans/Cruise Factory businesses (CW 16 Feb 2017) into the group’s existing Cruise Team wholesaling operations.
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APT’s Russia river return
Thursday | May 18 2017APT will return to river cruising in Russia, with the luxury cruise and tour operator scheduling two sailings for Aug 2018.
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Fred Olsen river charter
Thursday | May 18 2017FRED Olsen Cruise Lines will foray into river cruise holidays in 2018, this week launching a dedicated river cruise program.
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Select focuses on Cruise
Tuesday | May 16 2017TRAVEL agency members of Express Travel Group’s (ETG) Select brand are showing strong growth in their cruise sales, with the company now engaging even more closely with The Travel Corporation’s Creative Cruising as a key wholesale partner.
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New cruising highs: CLIA
Tuesday | May 16 2017THE Australian cruise market has continued its sharp incline, recording a growth of 222,378 passengers in 2016 on the prior year, the biggest on record.
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Auckland ready to tap into Sydney’s port shortfall
Thursday | May 11 2017NEW Zealand’s primary cruise hub stands ready to prosper from Sydney’s cruise infrastructure dilemma which has already seen the likes of Royal Caribbean scale back future cruise operations to the NSW capital city (CW 27 Apr) and Carnival Australia admit it is “increasingly basing ships in other cities such as Melbourne and Brisbane” (CW 04 May).
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Auckland mulls solution
Thursday | May 11 2017AUCKLAND Council is mulling a number of permanent mooring options at Queens Wharf in order to better handle mega cruise ships such as Ovation of the Seas.
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Fiji seeks port upgrades
Tuesday | May 9 2017THE Fijian Government is looking to increase the capacity of the country’s two major cruise ports, hoping to cater to larger and more frequent ship visits.
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More P&O ships in Brisbane
Tuesday | May 9 2017P&O Cruises will ramp up its Brisbane deployment, revealing in its 2018/19 brochure it will base a record three ships in the city for the first time in 2018.
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Evergreen’s rebranding
Thursday | May 4 2017EVERGREEN Tours has a new look and a new name – Evergreen Cruises & Tours – under a rebrand announced this week.
