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Cruise Weekly today Cruise Weekly today features P&O announces maiden Adventure five pages of all the latest cruise P&O Cruises Australia has industry news plus a front cover released its full 2020 cruise wrap for Oceania Cruises. program including the maiden itineraries for its Grand Class ship ,which joins the Oceania 2020 out fleet in Oct 2020. The 2020 program offers a OCEANIA Cruises has total of 132 cruises departing opened its 2020 Europe & Sydney, Brisbane, and The Americas programs for Auckland, with Adventure slated reservations, with an exclusive to make eight cruises to New launch offer featuring the Zealand, , OLife Choice options plus 50% and the South Pacific islands. off deposits on every sailing. She will kick off with an 18-night See the cover page for info. cruise from on 12 Oct 2020, calling in at Penang, CW cruise survey Langkawi, Darwin, Cairns, Airlie The activities available under select longer cruises and as Beach and Brisbane, before finally the “Voyages” offering include part of the ‘Voyages’ concept CRUISE Weekly readers can arriving in Sydney. presentations by prominent we have enhanced the onboard be in the running to win movie Prices for the trip start from Australian speakers covering experience for guests,” said P&O tickets and a Google Home $2,399 quad share. topics such as current affairs, the Cruises President Sture Myrmell. device by taking part in our P&O has also launched its arts and culinary trends. Pacific Adventure will homeport 2018 cruise industry survey. new “Voyages” cruise concept, The sessions then conclude with in Sydney and the 2020 P&O The brief confidential providing exclusive onboard a sparkling Masquerade Ball. Cruise program will go on sale on questionnaire is online now - experiences for sailings of 13 “This season we have an 23 Oct. take part by CLICKING HERE. nights and longer. exciting opportunity to offer Pictured: Render of Adventure.

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Oceania 2020 released This cruise was in-Seine OCEANIA Cruises has today opened bookings for its 2020 “Europe & The Americas” collection, featuring visits to more than 400 ports across the region. Itineraries on the brand’s six vessels showcase the Mediterranean, the Baltics, British Isles & Norway, Iceland, Alaska and the Canadian Maritimes, and more than 50 voyages feature overnight stays. Highlights include 10 voyages to Turkey with calls in Istanbul, Ephesus and Antalya; cruises to the Holy Land aboard Sirena, THE inaugural Australian U Parisian streets (pictured). Riviera and Nautica with visits By Uniworld famil recently The group included to Jerusalem, Haifa and Ashdod; saw a band of agents from WA Linda Hussey, Uniworld; and seven voyages to the wine to London, as well as seven-day experience a river cruise along Maxine Jordan, Travel Focus countries of Western Europe, all Bermuda cruises from Manhattan the Seine aboard The B. International; Sarah Butler, of which feature an overnight plus four signature “fall foliage” The group was able to Travel Directors; Jess McDonald, stay in the Bordeaux region. voyages north from New York. experience all of the creature Helloworld Travel Mandurah; In Alaska, Regatta will offer The 2020 program will be the comforts on board the ship, as Margaret McGowan, Mends several longer departures, with first full season of itineraries well as testing out some U Time Street Travel and Cruising; & three 10-day, three 11-day, two on the fully-refreshed Oceania tours like riding bikes around Jess Newman, Motive Travel. 12-day and two 14-day cruises in fleet, with Regatta, Insignia, addition to four week-long trips, Nautica and Sirena to undergo including open-jaw itineraries a US$100m transformation plus between Vancouver and Seward. enhancements to Marina and Two new Insignia cruises include Riviera under the OceaniaNEXT Iceland, en route from New York initiative - oceaniacruises.com.

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Viking adds Rhine VIKING Cruises has FACE-2-FACE: introduced two new departures for its previously Bronwyn sold out 15-day Rhine & Viking with Joel Katz Shores & Fjords river and Knight MD, CLIA Australasia ocean cruise itinerary. The economic The cruises depart 01 Sep Business Development impact of cruise 2020 and take guests from Executive NSW/ACT, MSC Cruises. LAST week saw the release of either Bergen to Basel, or the latest report on the economic Basel to Bergen. there’s too much annual leave contribution of cruise to the Book by 30 Nov & save up to 1. What motivates you in saved up. Australian Economy. $2,000 per couple, more HERE. your career? 6. What was your best fam? The new independent assessment The experience of achieving Cruising (of course), with a revealed that cruise tourism the goals I have set, and the small group of myself and five continues to deliver enormous value ongoing positive effects that agents to the Mediterranean to the Australian economy to the brings. visiting Greece, Turkey tune of nearly $5 billion annually. The report revealed that 1,236 ship 2. Most common assumption and Italy, so much fun and visits led to 3.5 million passenger and PORTHOLE people make about your job? thankfully the days before crew visit days which contributes That I spend half my life on a camera phones! billions of dollars and supports more ship and the other half drinking 7. My next cruise will be… than 17,000 full time jobs. tea and chatting with people. Hmmmm, so many amazing Each year more Australians are 3. What is the key to building choices with MSC Cruises, I choosing a cruise holiday and we’re THERE’S no need to give up the great relationships with agents? would love to do a Baltic cruise also seeing more cruise passengers opting to sail in local waters which ghost on a spooky adventure Investing the time and effort and visit St Petersburg or closer this Halloween. means they’re spending more time to understanding them and to home, one of our Arabian ashore visiting regional ports. European Waterways is their business, clients and Peninsula departures ex Dubai. inviting its guests to visit the This all translates into significant community (so drinking tea 8. Favourite cruise economic benefits for businesses scene of many past crimes on and chatting with travel agents destination? and communities far beyond our board a range of its luxury river ships and ports. hotel barges. really). Alaska closely followed by the 4. Advice for up-and-comers? Mediterranean. Australia is one of the world’s From a castle said to be most appealing cruise destinations Just get out there and take haunted by the ghost of Henry 9. Celebrity you’d like to and more Australians cruise than II’s mistress, to the spooky every opportunity to learn cruise with? anywhere else in the world. setting of television shows Ghost about your business, your James Corden. Oh golly, can For Australia to cash in on this Hunter and TV’s Most Haunted, clients and yourself. you imagine how much fun you appeal, we need to make room guests will be suitably startled 5. Biggest challenge facing would have. for more ships, and this report is while taking in some of history’s the industry? 10. Favourite thing to do in designed to support stakeholders bloodiest stories. Influencing people to take port? in their efforts to deliver cruise For those who prefer a time out and take a holiday. Explore the cafes where the infrastructure projects at ports and destinations around the country. different kind of spirit, a nerve- Life can’t be all about work – locals go. The findings provide compelling calming Irish whiskey tasting evidence of the value of the might be more suitable. cruise industry and how crucial Tickety-BOO! its continued growth is to the Crystal highlights Jewish Heritage cruise Australian economy. CRYSTAL Cruises is encouraging agents to explore its unique Jewish Heritage theme cruise, which departs 30 Apr 2019 from Vienna. The 10-day itinerary visits “legendary spiritual landmarks” along the Danube River, including the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, & Regensburg, the home of Oscar Schindler; more HERE.

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