| Silversea extends agent pay

SILVERSEA Cruises has extended its commitment to Australian travel advisors, with a continuation of its bonus commission offer, which sees a cash bonus of $270 paid to travel agencies within 45 days of confirmed new bookings.

The initiative applies to Silver Muse and Silver Shadow sailings in Australia departing between 17 Dec 2021 and 04 Apr 2022, for bookings made between 20 May and 20 Jun.

Itineraries include Sydney-Auckland cruises and vice versa, with New Zealand also included in the extension.

“Our travel partners are extremely important to Silversea, and we are pleased to offer this benefit to express our appreciation for their hard work and valued partnership,” said Director of Sales Australia & New Zealand Steve Richards.

“The bonus commission offers travel partners the opportunity to earn extra income, and know they will be giving their luxury clients an exceptional travel experience,” he said.

Richards noted the range of additional benefits available to Silversea’s travel partners, such as an “industry-leading commission structure,” partnership recognition, expert sales support and digital marketing tools.

MEANWHILE, Silversea has also confirmed its ongoing restart plans, detailing new Alaska and Iceland sailings which kick off as early as next month.

The cruise line recently announced voyages in the Galapagos Islands and Greece for this month (CW 12 Apr), and following the passage of the U.S. Alaska Tourism Restoration Act (CW 18 May), Silver Muse will resume round-trip sailings to Alaska from Seattle starting 29 Jul.

A varied series of 10- and 11-day itineraries will take guests to the Sawyer Glacier, as well as the Mendenhall Glacier, which travellers can visit via helicopter and tour with special glacier boots.

Muse will also call on Ketchikan, Juneau, Wrangell, Sitka and Skagway, from where guests can board a vintage train for an exclusive adventure through the White Pass and Yukon Route, learning about Alaska’s gold rush.

Silversea has also launched new all-Icelandic itineraries, which will see Silver Shadow circumnavigate the country, returning to Northern Europe with three 10-day voyages from Reykjavik, beginning 30 Jul.

The revised collection will include calls in Grundarfjordur, Isafjordur, Siglufjordur, Akureyri, Husavik, Seydisfjordur, and Heimaey.

All guests and crews will be fully vaccinated against coronavirus before embarking as part of Silversea’s multi-layered set of protocols.