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17TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1998 JUNE 2014 ISSUE 89 PRICE $8.25 (INCL GST) Annual River Cruise Report Page 27 Christening of MSC’s New Megaships Avalon Illumination Page 7 Preview of Aegean Odyssey Report Page 41 Featuring a comprehensive coverage of Global Cruising for Cruise Passengers, the Trade and the Industry www.cruisingnews.com THE GREATEST SHOW IS 46.67° S x 167.92° E | Milford Sound EARTH Few places put on a greater show than New Zealand. Witness Hector’s dolphins, found only in local waters. See the one you love, fall in love with New Zealand’s oldest wine region. Or uncover Fiordland National Park’s majesty with expert onboard commentary. Enjoy the show. NEW ZEALAND | 13 nights NEW ZEALAND | 14 nights NEW ZEALAND | 13 nights Round trip from Sydney Round trip from Brisbane Round trip from Melbourne Sun Princess® Sea Princess® Dawn Princess® 2014 departures: 30 Oct, 12 Nov, 2014 departures: 29 Sep, 13 Oct, 27 2014 departures: 20 Oct, 2 Nov, 15 29 Dec Oct, 10 Nov, 5 Dec, 30 Dec Nov, 28 Nov, 16 Dec, 29 Dec 2015 departures: 11 Jan, 7 Feb, 6 2015 departures: 13 Jan, 27 Jan, 4 2015 departures: 11 Jan, 29 Jan, 11 Mar, 19 Mar Mar, 18 Mar, 1 Apr Feb, 24 Feb, 9 Mar Interior Oceanview Balcony Interior Oceanview Balcony Interior Oceanview Balcony fares from* fares from* fares from* fares from* fares from* fares from* fares from* fares from* fares from* Launch Fares $2,089 $2,689 $3,189 Launch Fares $2,099 $2,699 $3,199 Launch Fares $2,079 $2,679 $3,179 Sale Fares $1,699 $2,299 $2,739 Sale Fares $1,699 $2,299 $2,479 Sale Fares $1,699 $2,299 $2,479 *+Fares are per person twin share, based on 7 Feb 15 only. *+Fares are per person twin share, based on 10 Nov 14 only. *+Fares are per person twin share, based on 29 Jan 15 only. BOOK NOW! Visit your Travel Agent | 1300 385 631 | www.princess.com *Fares are cruise only per person, in AUD, in complete twin accommodation, based on lead interior, oceanview, balcony and mini-suite staterooms available at time of printing, inclusive of all discounts, taxes and government fees (which are subject to change). Offer ends 31 July 2014 unless sold out prior. Princess Cruises has set aside a reasonable number of staterooms which are available at these discounted fares. Once these staterooms are sold, fares may revert to a higher fare, but may also be further discounted. Offers subject to availability. Valid for new bookings and not combinable with any other offer. +Fares based on specified dates. Higher fares may apply to other departure dates listed. ~Comparison launch fares are based on fares launched into the market from March 2013. Whilst information is correct at time of publication, offer may be withdrawn or varied at any time without notice. To be read in conjunction with the Booking and Passage Conditions available at princess.com/legal/passage_contract/index.jsp which passengers will be bound by. A 1.5% surcharge will apply to all payments made by credit or debit cards for direct bookings made via our call centre and website. Travel agents may charge additional fees - check with your travel agent. Carnival plc trading as Princess Cruises. ABN 23 107 998 443. 2TA 5580 17TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1998 JUNE 2014 ISSUE 89 PRICE $8.25 (INCL GST) Annual River Cruise Report Page 27 The question being asked is what next for the Australasian market? Over the years the choice for consumers has blossomed. Remember when there was only one ship permanently Christening of MSC’s New Megaships Avalon Illumination Page 7 based in Australia? In recent weeks we have the news of another Princess ship, Golden Princess, coming for the summer season and being based in Melbourne. Then Royal Caribbean confirmed the arrival of Explorer of the Seas to replace Rhapsody of the Seas and soon after that the news Legend of the Seas will be based in Brisbane for the cruise Preview of Aegean Odyssey Report season and Azamara Quest will be deployed to Australasia. Page 41 Featuring a comprehensive coverage of Global Cruising for Cruise Passengers, the Trade and the Industry www.cruisingnews.com Shortly after Carnival Australia announced two ships would be added to their P&O fleet. And now Portuscale Cruises has announced that they will cruise between Front Cover – Avalon Illumination in the Rhine Valley and at the Christening Captain Anton van den Boom, Geelong and Newcastle. Earlier we had heard of the second Carnival ship, Carnival Globus Australasia MD Stewart Williams with godmother Legend coming to join Carnival Spirit, a longer season for Diamond Princess, Astor Deborah Hutton and Avalon Waterways MD Patrick Clark and Aegean Odyssey at Bodrum, Turkey. to return to Perth and Compagnie du Ponant bringing a vessel. As well Silversea and Seabourn will be represented in Australasian waters. As we go to press the annual CLIA Industry Data is due for release. No doubt the Silver Discover’s Maiden Voyage .... 8 report will show the number of people cruising continues to increase and the target of Le Boreal Visits London .................. 10 one million by 2020 should be achievable, especially with the new ships coming. Hamburg’s Anniversary ................. 12 Ports around Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific will all benefit. Special Carnival Beer .................... 16 It will be interesting now to see if Governments take notice of what is happening and RCI’S New Dining ........................... 20 start looking at the infrastructure required. Celebrating QM2 .......................... 24 We await to see if there is more to come. This issue This Port Arthur’s New Jetty. .51 CLIA Cruise Week .......................... 52 BREAKING NEWS – More ships to be added Confetti was flying moments after America Line fleet, are mid-range in Carnival Australia CEO Ann Sherry size, similar to the three existing P&O announced to her staff that two ships ships in Australia – the Pacific Dawn, are being added to the P&O Cruises Pacific Jewel and Pacific Pearl. The fleet in November 2015. The additional ships will be completely refurbished tonnage will give P&O Cruises a five- to offer a new level of comfort and ship fleet making it the largest fleet style and will include onboard features of ships home-ported in this market tailored for Australian and New year round. Emphasising Carnival Zealand passengers. More than 800,000 Welcome Back Insignia Australia’s ‘House of Brands’, there Australians cruised last year. Over a five 16 will be 12 Carnival-brand ships either year period between 2007 and 2012, home-ported year round or seasonally Australian cruise passenger numbers representing ten per cent of Carnival increased 130 per cent. Corporation’s worldwide fleet of 101 Holland America Line is building its cruise ships. Announcements will follow latest and largest ship, to be delivered on home-porting arrangements and in February 2016. The new Pinnacle itineraries for the ships joining the P&O Class ship will be 99,500 tons and carry Cruises fleet. 2,660 passengers. This new ship will replace the capacity of the two vessels moving to P&O Cruises in Australia. “Australians know a good thing when they discover it, and that speaks to why QE Halong Bay 18 taking a cruise has become the most popular vacation experience in the Australian tourism industry,” said Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation. “This is a very exciting development for “By any measure, Australia is one of the the Carnival Group, P&O Cruises and top performing cruise markets in the for our shipside and shoreside teams world.” who have worked so passionately and effectively to build the business and the cruise category,” said Ann Sherry, CEO of Carnival Australia which operates P&O Cruises. The two ships being added to P&O Visiting Gallipoli 43 Cruises, currently sailing as ms Ryndam and ms Statendam in the Holland Plus the latest news and Proudly Published in Australia by John Treacy & Associates. information on Global Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. Passenger Cruising Every effort is made to ensure the information published is correct. www.cruisingnews.com 3 QM2 in Sydney. Photo by Jonathan Crabbe Newcastle NSW Port Stephens TO HUNTER VALLEY Stockton Sand Dunes Newcastle Beaches Inner City Cruise Berth Newcastle City Centre 4 June 2014 Golden Princess to Debut in Melbourne Princess Cruises has announced it will 2015-16 summer, while the 77,000-tonne base a record five ships in Australia Sun Princess will remain in Australia next next year, with the 2,600-guest Golden winter, joining sister ships Dawn and Sea Princess debuting down under as Princess in providing cruises year round. the biggest ship ever to homeport in Launching the program, Princess Melbourne. Golden Princess’ maiden Cruises Vice President Australia & New offering a record 11 roundtrip itineraries summer deployment, which will Zealand Stuart Allison said “Golden from the city over the 2015-16 summer. increase Princess Cruises’ capacity in Princess would be making her maiden Meanwhile Fremantle will enjoy its first the Victorian capital by more than 20 visit to Australia when she arrives in ever summer of premium cruises, with per cent, is a highlight of the cruise Sydney in October 2015 before moving Sun Princess sailing on a program of 11 line’s new Golden Anniversary 2015-16 to Melbourne to become the biggest cruises to and from Western Australia program. The program also features cruise ship ever to be based outside between October 2015 and March Princess Cruises’ first summer season of Sydney.