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HAL will deploy Westerdam to Japan in the new year
HAL adds new 28-day Arctic Circle cruise to 2024 Alaska season
The new sailing will take place onboard the line’s Westerdam
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Cruise industry confident for 2023 despite ongoing cost of living pressures
The cruise sector is sailing into 2023 confident it can overcome the challenges posed by the cost of living crisis and its continued emergence from the pandemic
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Aurora Expeditions rebrands UK division to 'embody company ethos'
The brand has unveiled a new name, brand logo, trademark and website for its UK division
SH Minerva departed Ushuaia on 30 December
Swan Hellenic to expand fleet in 2023 with new 192-guest vessel
Diana will join the line’s other expedition vessels – Minerva and Vega – next year
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Passenger killed after 'rogue wave' strikes Viking Polaris
One passenger was killed and four more were injured in the incident
Cruise agents have welcomed the lifting of the UK government's cruise ban (Credit: iStock)
Creativity key to successful wave period amid cost of living crisis
Despite the colder weather and soaring prices, agents tell TTG they are confident the 2023 wave booking season will be a key turning point in the sector’s fortunes
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Watch: Seabourn Venture arrives in Antarctica for naming ceremony
Seabourn’s first purpose-built expedition ship marked its inaugural voyage to the Great White Continent with its official naming ceremony on Sunday (20 November)
Andy Harmer, Clia UK manging director, said: "There's a sailing out there for everyone, and now is the time to capitalise"
'Opportunity to sell cruise has never been greater', says Clia's Harmer
He shared the message during The Advantage Travel Partnership’s Back on the Water 2022 cruise conference on Saturday (8 October)
Seabourn Venture set sail on 27 July
Seabourn to offer agents up to £1,000 bonus commission
The offer applies to bookings made on the line’s two expedition vessels; Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit
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Silversea to make 24 maiden calls during Endeavour's 2023/24 season
The vessel – which the line acquired from Crystal Cruises in July 2022 – will sail to 116 destinations
A&K to offer first North Pole expedition cruise next year
Ponant drops pre-departure Covid-19 testing
A test will only be mandatory if it is required by local authorities
Ponant has put on sale 26 sailings to the Far North and Arctic in summer 2024 (crest: Studio PONANT-Olivier Blaud)
Ponant to up trade activity further after doubling agent partners
French exploration line saw its best month ever for trade sales in the UK and Ireland in June
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Ponant to offer first-ever Nordic, Belize and New Zealand itineraries
Line confirms range of new sailings during its first-ever Seminar at Sea onboard Le Champlain this week
Hurtigruten is looking to make it easier for the trade to sell its itineraries
Hurtigruten partners with Traveltek to expand trade distribution
The line will sell Coastal Express and Expedition sailings through the travel technology provider’s iSell platform
SH Minerva departed Ushuaia on 30 December
Swan Hellenic unveils 2023 expedition cruise season
Diana, the line’s third and largest vessel, will sail the Mediterranean from 2023
Swan Hellenic's Vega will be christened in April 2022
Swan Hellenic Vega embarks on inaugural Arctic season
The line’s second Ice-class cultural expedition cruise ship sailed from Tromso on its first cultural expedition cruise of the Arctic
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Heritage Expeditions adds three new Asia sailings
Undiscovered Philippines and Indonesia, departing 27 June 2023, visits the "whale shark capital of the world"
Swan Hellenic's Vega will be christened in April 2022
Swan Hellenic acquires Vega from Helsinki Shipyard
It comes after the shipyard invited tenders for the vessel after Russian-owned leasing company GTLK Europe defaulted on payment
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Ex-Tradewind BDE Katie Harber joins Aurora Expeditions
The former Tradewind Voyages business development executive will join the existing UK team of Jos Dewing and James Turner
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Hurtigruten unveils two new coastal expeditions for 2023
The new Svalbard Express and North Cape Express itineraries will be added to the line’s existing Coastal Express product
The ship will build on the X-Bow design of Aurora's first polar ship the Greg Mortimer
Aurora Expeditions launches 23/24 Antarctica season
The line also announced a new selection of 2023 Arctic and British Isles voyages aboard Sylvia Earle
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Clia reveals two new trade initiatives during 2022 conference
The association’s website will be expanded with a ’love cruise’ section and a sustainability hub
Aurora Expeditions' new ship has been christened Greg Mortimer
Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer makes British Isles debut
Guests sailed from Dublin and will stop at Donegal’s Inishowen Peninsula and Tory Island, Sligo, Connemara, Dingle Peninsula and The Skelligs
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Hurtigruten appoints James Howlett as UK trade lead
Howlett’s appointment comes as Natalie Holder leaves the business to ’pursue a new opportunity’