Cruise

Watch: Come behind the scenes on the TTG Luxury Journey with Silversea

A group of luxury agents joined Silversea on the first TTG Luxury Journey at sea, sailing from Athens to Istanbul onboard Silver Moon

Bookings for existing Cunard ships ‘keeping up with Queen Anne sales’

Upcoming ship Queen Anne is ‘driving’ bookings, but sales levels for Cunard’s other vessels are ‘keeping up’, UK sales director Tom Mahoney has told TTG

Start-up agency launches loyalty programme into new market

Start-up agency Panache Cruises launches loyalty programme in new market

Princess Cruises reveals homeport for incoming Sphere-class ships

Star Princess will join Sun Princess in the Caribbean during the upcoming 2025/26 Americas season

Four Seasons Explorer relocates to Palau

The luxury catamaran is now anchored in the remote western Pacific nation of Palau, offering clients a range of experiences on land and at sea

Clia launches new-to-cruise portal for agents ahead of peaks

Managing director Andy Harmer said the usual December downtime was ideal moment for inexperienced agents to learn more about cruise

Market Place Travel opens second branch with ‘beat any quote’ pledge

The two-branch TTG Top 50 agency said it will try to beat any holiday quote customers have seen elsewhere

Expedition cruising presents vast untapped opportunities for agents and operators, says ECN

The majority of the Expedition Cruise Network’s agent members saw their expedition cruise business grow or stay the same over the past year, prompting hopes of growth over the coming years. Ilaria Grasso Macola casts her eye over the ECN’s 2023/24 insights report

Virgin Voyages: 'What a year we’ve had together!’

SJ Walker, director of sales at Virgin Voyages, talks about the epic year the line has had, and looks forward to 2024

Classic Collection's Emma Rodgers to join A-Rosa as northern RSM

Rodgers will join the European river cruise specialist from a like role at Classic, and brings account management experience from spells with KLM and Riviera, as well as retail and homeworking form

Disney event to offer agents pre-peaks updates and sales tips

Agents will need to access Disney’s Magic Expo training platform to attend on Thursday (14 December)

TTC Tour Brands ditches branded freebies in sustainability push

The Travel Corporation axes branded giveaways for its touring subsidiaries on environmental grounds, pledging a total ban

Agent's cruise incentive car win 'means the world to my family'

Clubworld Travel’s Dawn McCaffrey scooped the grand prize in Royal Caribbean’s biggest-ever trade competition

Carnival Corporation brands on course to halve food waste by 2030

The cruise giant has achieved a 38% reduction against its 2019 baseline by investing heavily in technology and awareness campaigns

Princess targeting 'evolution not revolution' of its winning formula with Sun Princess

TTG joined a second shipyard tour of the first ship in Princess’s new Sphere-class this week to see how the built is coming along ahead of Sun Princess’s scheduled launch in February

Windstar pledges millions to update all three of its Wind class yachts

The multi-million dollar initiative will take place over the next three years, the company has confirmed

Agents promised first look at Princess Cruises' debut Sphere-class ship

Sun Princess will debut in February next year, and vice-president UK and Europe Eithne Williamson has said agents will be among the first to see it, hinting at additional trade sales support next year too

With Celebrity Ascent, has Celebrity firmly placed itself in the premium market?

Celebrity Cruises president Laura Hodges Bethge believes the latest Edge-series ship can deliver the ’best premium vacation ever’

Celebrity to target new-to-cruise agents with 'accessible' wave campaign

New-to-cruise agents will receive a £25 bonus payment from Celebrity Cruises every time they make three bookings during the wave season

Black Friday: What is it really worth to travel agents?

Consumer watchdog Which? says more ’genuine’ holiday discounts are helping drive consumer demand, but are agents feeling the positive effects of the annual bonanza?

Holiday price hikes to slow next summer, Tui predicts

Tui has given a confident outlook for 2024, with no let-up in demand – and with package price inflation lower than in 2023

Former Emerald brand lead Darren Birch joins APT and Travelmarvel

Darren Birch will oversee APT and Travelmarvel’s marketing and CRM strategies, upping the two brands’ focus on the trade

Oceania bolsters UK trade team with three appointments

Oceania said the new appointments came with bookings “stronger than ever”

Princess Cruises appoints new UK sales director following Nick Hughes's exit

Hayley Moore to step up to new role after she provided maternity cover for Princess across marketing and communications since January