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'We're committed to inspiring the trade': Cunard to host more than 160 agents during Clia Cruise Week

The luxury cruise line said the experience will help agents 'immerse themselves in the Cunard proposition and build confidence' when selling its products

New industry data hints at sales uplift, but also consumer concerns and hesitancy

Desire to travel in 2025 remains strong among those yet to book, despite concerns about cost of living and holiday budgets

‘Agents are indispensable to our industry – our economic impact report shows that’

According to Carnival UK’s first independent Economic Impact Report, the company is projected to contribute more than £2.5 billion to the overall UK economy over the next five years

Cunard ups ex-UK capacity after identifying new-to-cruise 'opportunity'

President Katie McAlister said the 3,000-passenger ship, which launched in Liverpool last year, serves as a ’test bed’ for the line

Cunard sales director Tom Mahoney takes up new role at P&O Cruises

Iain Baillie joined the four-ship line in early June with Tom Mahoney moving in the other direction and taking up a director of strategic planning role at P&O Cruises

How I landed a £40k Cunard booking after stepping off Queen Mary 2

GoCruise & Travel franchisee Zoe Coope said agents should ’go the extra mile’ when making big bookings, as these types of holidays are ’a big event in someone’s life’

Iain Baillie, Celebrity Cruises, Corendon Airlines: all the latest travel trade people moves

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

Iconic Cunard ship completes three-week refit ahead of Miami debut

The line has added some features from Queen Anne to its refurbished Queen Elizabeth as it prepares for its first season based in Miami

Top agent plans epic 70-day no-fly trip from Belfast to China

The journey took 70 days and included nine legs.

Carnival cruise brands cancel future Jetline Holidays bookings

In a joint statement, the Carnival brands cited an alleged ’breach of contract’ for its decision to pull the bookings

Cunard reveals first wave of 2025 educational opportunities for agents

The luxury line expects more than 250 agents to benefit from one of the ship visits or fam trips on offer and plans to announce more ship visits in autumn this year

Cunard to tease new entertainment at TTG Luxury Travel Awards 2025

Guests at the ceremony will be treated to an exciting musical performance from the luxury cruise line.

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth to undergo 'significant' refit next year

The 2,000-passenger ship, which launched in 2010, will enter dry dock from 25 February to 13 March 2025 at Seatrium’s Admiralty Yard in Singapore

TTG Luxury Travel Awards 2025 finalists revealed

Winners will be announced in February as the event makes its highly-anticipated return to Raffles London at The OWO

Cunard to roll out best Queen Anne features across the fleet

Queen Elizabeth will be the first Cunard ship in the fleet to be retrofitted with new features that debuted on Queen Anne in 2025

Veteran homeworker bags £125,000 cruise booking after parking retirement

Neil Smith, who has been in travel for more than 30 years, more than 25 of which have been with Vertical Travel Group, secured the booking after deciding not to retire when travel rebounded following the pandemic

Carnival Corp in 'position of strength' as new-to-cruise levels jump

The cruise giant says it possesses ’meaningful pricing power’ due to strong demand for 2025 sailings and no fleet capacity growth next year

Cunard to offer 120 additional agent ship visit places this year

The visits will take place across the line’s ships later this year

Cunard names David Jones as new UK sales boss following Struthers departure

Jones becomes Cunard’s new vice-president global marketing and UK/EMEA sales

Why Cunard picked a city to be Queen Anne's godparent

It is thought to be the first time a cruise line has decided to honour a ship in this way

Cunard reveals ‘icons’ to represent Queen Anne's ‘godparent’ at naming

The line’s 2,996-passenger Queen Anne ship began carrying passengers exactly a month ago

The signs pointing towards another record Alaska season

With cruise lines reporting record-breaking sales for Alaska, make sure you’re equipped to sell this epic wilderness, beloved of adventurers.

'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

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