News
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Kimberley info events
Thursday | Feb 16 2017AGENTS and trade partners are invited to a series of information evenings with Aurora Expeditions next month.
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Europa 2 vego menus
Thursday | Feb 16 2017THE vegetarian and vegan options on board Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ Europa 2 have been expanded due to high demand.
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Majesty delayed dep
Thursday | Feb 16 2017ROYAL Caribbean International’s Majesty of the Seas delayed its 14 Feb departure by a day after a US Coast Guard inspection came across some technical concerns.
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Avalon promo videos
Thursday | Feb 16 2017AVALON ambassador Deborah Hutton stars in 10 new videos promoting Avalon Waterways’ selling points.
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AIDA christening
Thursday | Feb 16 2017AIDA Cruises’ twelfth member of the fleet, AIDAperla will be christened on 30 Jun in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Menzler moves up
Thursday | Feb 16 2017AFTER seven years in the role, Rod Menzler has been promoted from gm land and cruise contracting to head of tourism and global partnerships at Flight Centre Travel Group.
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CLIA charity support
Thursday | Feb 16 2017CRUISE Lines International
Association Australasia raised
more than $5,000 at last
weekend’s annual Cruise Industry
Awards, with guests generously
supporting a raffle to help fund
Mercy Ships.
Mercy Ships is CLIA’s global
charity of choice, operating
floating hospitals that cruise
around the world providing free,
world-class health care services
to the developing world.
The organisation also provides
training for health professionals,
with Alan Burrell, managing
director of Mercy Ships Australia
thanking CLIA for its support.
“The work that Mercy Ships
is doing is unique and our
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TUI sells Le Boat
Thursday | Feb 16 2017EUROPEAN travel giant Tui AG overnight announced the sale of its Travelopia division to private equity firm KKR, with the deal encompassing a host of brands including Le Boat, Sunsail, The Moorings, Zegrahm and Quark Expeditions.
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Carnival Cuba thumbs up
Thursday | Feb 16 2017CARNIVAL Cruise Line (CCL) has joined the Cuba line-up, revealing this week that it has received approval to begin sailing to the island nation in Jun.
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HLO expands cruise division
Thursday | Feb 16 2017HELLOWORLD has confirmed the $1 million-odd acquisition of Cruise Marketing Group and Cruise Factory Pty Ltd (CW breaking news yesterday), with HLO executive director Cinzia Burnes saying the deal reflects the “growth and unprecedented demand within the cruise sector in Australia”.