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Celebrity Infinity, Celebrity Cruises, cruise
Celebrity adds new lounge, suites and restaurant space to ship
The revamped Celebrity Infinity will offer European departures from Greek port Piraeus until November
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HX sales chief plans to boost agents' 'niche within a niche' cruise bookings
HX’s Nathaniel Sherborne talks about his plans for the cruise line, his expanded remit and the blueprint to boost agent sales in the growing expedition cruise sector
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HX Hurtigruten Expeditions to offer all-inclusive cruises as standard this year
The expedition cruise line will introduce its all-inclusive offering across entire fleet from November 2024
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Celestyal adds more 2025 departures to meet extra demand
The Greek Islands specialist has added five departures plus shorter variations to its 2025 programme
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P&O Cruises reveals how agents can bag their place at the Bafta Television Awards
The cruise line is giving away 25 pairs of tickets to Shine Rewards Club members through a social media competition
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Disney Fantasy to sail ex-Southampton during summer 2025
Disney Cruise Line confirms UK deployment for next year
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Five reasons agents should get excited about selling river cruise this year
TTG cruise editor Harry Kemble headed to the Clia RiverView conference in Amsterdam this week for a river cruise temperature check, and to see what the sector has in store for the trade
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Dnata B2B brand signs deal with emerging river line Viva Cruises
More than 400 UK travel agents experienced Viva Cruises ship Viva One at the Clia RiverView Conference this week
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Uniworld boss tips UK to become line's top international source market
Uniworld president Ellen Bettridge said the UK has ’a good chance’ of taking the position from Australia which currently sits behind the US
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Celebrity Cruises selling tips from the line's travel agent champions
Last year Celebrity Cruises teamed up with TTG to appoint five Celebrity Cruises travel agent champions. They’ve since been onboard the line’s ships and are brimming with knowledge and tips to share – in these four videos we asked them to do just that.
Rockstar? Insider? Know your Virgin Voyages cabins and suites
Rockstar? Insider? Know your Virgin Voyages cabins and suites
With cabins and suites to serve all types of Sailors on board Virgin Voyages’ ships, it pays to know your sociable Insider from your RockStar Quarters
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River cruise still has a discounting problem, line's UK boss insists
Last year river cruise bosses raised concerns about pricing due to fears that cruise customers would not rebook when fare levels rose
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Why Hays Travel is confidently pinning its hopes on 'a year of two peaks'
The year of two peaks was the central theme of Hays Travel Independence Group’s UK conference in Leeds, where messages of dialling back on discounting and dialling up on cruise were delivered to the member audience
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What's coming down the river over the next couple of years?
Harry Kemble plots a course through the new ships and itineraries arriving in the river cruise sector during 2024 and 2025
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The Travel Industry Awards 2024 by TTG: everything you need to know
Travel’s most sought-after awards are back! Find out what’s new and how to enter
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Ambassador Cruise Line names agent Carly Bowkett as new BDM
Bowkett will be responsible for driving trade relationships in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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APT sales chief encourages agents to grow with river line and operator
APT’s Brad Bennetts noted how selected Danube and Douro departures would be exclusively sold through the UK and Irish market
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MSC Cruises to put 2026 ex-UK programme on sale this week
MSC Virtuosa will be based in the UK for summer 2026, sailing a range of two- to 14-night itineraries
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Star Clippers to homeport in Grenada during 2025/26 winter season
Line will station one of its vessels in the Caribbean during winter 2025/26
Special categories
TTG Luxury award winner's cruise sector diversity project moves to next level
Founder of The Compass Project Edwina Lonsdale is preparing to add a Southampton school into the project
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Celebrity regional sales manager Peter Ryan to join Azamara
Ryan brings more than 25 years’ industry to his new role with Azamara, most recently as regional sales manager at Celebrity Cruises
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A-Rosa names Michelle Daniels new UK and Ireland sales director
Daniels will join the trade-only river cruise specialist in April, reporting into managing director Lucia Rowe
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Budget 2024: everything agents need to know
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt raises premium Air Passenger Duty rate but cuts National Insurance contributions
Rocking the Boat will feature the Anything For Love show
Agent's hunch inspires £1 million sell-out cruise venture
Not Just Travel agent Vikki Coffey has told how she teamed up with a theatrical impresario to charter cabins on an MSC cruise ship