Home-based travel agents can register for the Celebrity Cruises Xcelerator Programme for the chance to win incredible prizes – including £250 social media spend and a £1,000 client event package
Celebrity Apex has been hugely popular with travel agents since it arrived in Southampton in 2024 but the trade now want the premium line to build on that success
Celebrity president Laura Hodges Bethge said each Celebrity River Cruises ship will feature Sunset Bar at the aft, a smaller Martini Bar and Café al Bacio
Speaking on Celebrity Xcel, Royal Caribbean Group president Jason Liberty revealed travel agents and guests had indicated occasionally there was 'not a lot to do' on previous Edge series ships
UK and Irish travel agents will be among the first to experience Celebrity Xcel – the line's fifth Edge series ship – next month when it operates two preview cruises from Fort Lauderdale, US
Taking place between November 2025 and April 2026, the Xcelerator Programme aims to support home-based agents in running stronger businesses, connecting with like-minded peers and gaining the practical tools and confidence to grow their sales.
Celebrity has also revealed the names of its first river ships, Celebrity Compass and Celebrity Seeker, which will debut on the Rhine and the Danube in 2027
Celebrity Xcel will offer seven-night Caribbean itineraries, calling into The Bahamas, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Puerto Plata, St Thomas, and St Maarten, from Fort Lauderdale
Moves this week include Corendon Airlines appointing a new chief commercial officer and Celebrity Cruises promoting Christopher Barker to UK and Ireland field sales manager
Reporting into Stirrup in her new UK and Ireland sales director role, McNeish hopes to continue building on ’the amazing relationships’ the premium ocean line has with trade partners
If Celebrity Cruises stands by the values that have made the brand such a success, it now has an opportunity to transform attitudes towards inclusivity in the river sector, writes Inclu Travel co-founder and chief executive Richard Thompson for TTG
The premium ocean line has restructured its senior management team to ensure its better positioned to ’meet its strategic goals and respond to the evolving needs of the business’
Just days after its latest ship, Celebrity Xcel, was floated out from the French shipyard where it is being built, Celebrity Cruises announced a new Edge-class ship will join the fleet in 2028. Sara Macefield reports from Saint Nazaire in France
Celebrity Cruises’ planned entry into the river market will attract a swathe of new customers to the brand and rock the boats of the sector’s established operators, agents have told TTG
Royal Caribbean president and chief executive Jason Liberty confirmed Celebrity River Cruises will appeal to ultra-luxury customers when it launches its first two 180-passenger ships in 2027
The Royal Caribbean Group brand has launched Celebrity Ascent, Celebrity Beyond, Celebrity Apex, and Celebrity Edge so far and will unveil Celebrity Xcel later this year
Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises and Virgin Atlantic have joined forces to give agents the chance to win £100,000 in marketing and commercial support for their business, as well as a spot on a cruise
TTG approached travel’s ocean and river lines late last year to find out how agents could get onboard the new vessels launching in 2025. Here’s what they had to say
Andrew Bolton moves from the premium cruise line – part of Royal Caribbean Group – where he spent more than 20 years in a range of roles including acting head of sales
