Cruise

'Detail, quality and tradition': Cunard launches first ship for 14 years, Queen Anne

TTG headed to Southampton this week as Cunard raised the curtain on its first new ship for more than a decade. TTG Luxury editor and publisher April Hutchinson and TTG cruise editor Harry Kemble report

Hurtigruten hires cruise expert to strengthen and grow trade ties

David Chidley, who has previously worked for Royal Caribbean, Uniworld and Fred Olsen, has joined Hurtigruten’s UK sales team as an account manager

Carnival Cruise Line to offer 350 agent ship visit spaces this year

Line to host ‘more travel agents than ever before’ during its 2024 ship visit programme in Dover, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Greenock (Glasgow) and Belfast

Virgin Voyages reveals Brilliant Lady's debut sailings following delayed launch

The 2,770-passenger vessel will operate from a mix of US ports, including New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Seattle throughout 2025 and 2026

Cunard: ‘With Queen Anne, we have a great window to launch a UK-based ship’

Cunard’s Tom Mahoney tells Harry Kemble about the line’s plans to promote its latest vessel – its first new ship for 14 years – to the trade ahead of its maiden voyage from Southampton

Travel's gender pay gap ‘almost solely’ down to disparities for highest-paid roles

C&M Travel Recruitment research reveals pay parity for men and women at most industry levels except the very top, where men still take most roles

Marella Cruises unveils first ‘trade-wide’ incentive to woo third-party agents

Top-selling agents can win a place on a sailing on Marella Explorer 2 next year through the incentive

Simon Leeming named new cruise lead at Unforgettable Travel Company

In his new role, Simon Leeming will focus on offering year-round trips to around 5,000 existing cruise customers as well as new clients

'A lot of thought has gone into restructuring our sales team,' says Globus UK sales chief

Sales director Phil Shipman identified the need to segment the sales team to help support the company’s key trade accounts

Ambassador launches recruitment drive to bolster trade sales team

The no-fly cruise line plans to recruit a deputy head of trade, a new business development and a new business development executive in the coming weeks

Premier Travel signals cruise push with new BDM appointment

Premier Travel has said it plans to have a bigger presence in the cruise market with the appointment of a dedicated business development manager

NCL grows sales team with view to upping ex-UK deployment

The line’s regional vice-president Gary Anslow tells TTG the appointments ‘signalled’ how important agents are to the business

Virgin Voyages launches digital selling guide for agents with TTG

Virgin Voyages has launched a digital selling guide in partnership with TTG, ensuring agents have all the contacts, marketing assets, training and information needed to sell the adults-only line with confidence.

Queen Anne: everything agents need to know about Cunard's first new ship for 14 years

As she sets off on her maiden voyage, this 21st-century liner will signal a new direction for Cunard, while also honouring the company’s heritage.

Royal makes 'powerful' new-to-cruise statement ahead of Utopia launch

Royal Caribbean International’s Utopia of the Seas will operate short cruises to Perfect Day from July which are aimed at the younger cruise market

Royal Caribbean upgrades profit forecast again following record wave period

The cruise giant expects to achieve all of its financial goals in 2024, having previously stated that it would achieve two of the three goals this year

Yasmin McKechnie and Josh Smith join Princess Cruises trade sales team

Speaking to TTG in March, Princess’s UK sales chief Hayley Moore said the line wanted to put more ‘boots on the ground’ in the spring

Expedition Cruise Network to host ‘first of its kind’ conference

ECN’s two-day conference event in central London will see agents and expedition lines come together to discuss the sector’s issues in October

Amsterdam to cut river cruise calls to keep city ‘liveable’

City plans to halve the number of river cruises to reduce congestion and emissions, deputy mayor Hester van Buren said

Short watch: Oceania Cruises In The Spotlight

In this five-minute In The Spotlight video you can get up-to-speed on the latest news from Oceania Cruises.

Windstar to run its largest-ever agent ship visit programme this summer

The programme will run from 3 June to 30 August and will enable agents to experience the line’s Star Class yachts, Star Legend and Star Pride

Princess chief defends 'gutsy' decision-making behind ship launch delays

’We won’t put a ship out before it’s ready,’ vowed Princess Cruises president John Padgett at the naming of Sun Princess

Heathrow facing week of strikes during and after early May bank holiday weekend

Second group of Unite union members threaten disruption at Heathrow in May in a dispute over outsourcing

AE Expeditions' sales chief expects UK market growth as fleet expands

David Tanguay, head of global sales, confirmed the UK and Irish market is among AE Expeditions’ top five markets and expects it to rise further