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HX's Nathaniel Sherborne
HX promotes Nathaniel Sherborne as top team shake-up continues
Sherborne moves into senior sales and commercial post overseeing broader range of markets
Hurtigruten to pay remote Norwegian villages up to £9,000 per visit in ‘meaningful tourism’ push
The cruise line will directly contribute 250 Norwegian kroner (around £18) per guest to three Norwegian villages each time it visits
HX's sales chief shares vision to retain claim to being 'UK's top expedition cruise line'
Line’s vice-president and managing director, Europe and global sales enablement tells Harry Kemble how the expedition line’s protracted separation from Hurtigruten Group has finally left it in charge of its own destiny
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Discover everything you need to know about Hurtigruten’s various voyages, with a chance to win a £100 Lifestyle voucher
InteleTravel, Crystal Cruises and Tui: all the latest travel trade people moves
Moves this week include InteleTravel recruiting Advantage Travel Partnership’s Kelly Cookes, while Carnival Cruise Line’s former international sales director Luke Smith has joined an ultra-luxury cruise line
Tui, Riviera Travel, MSC Cruises: all the latest travel trade people moves
Moves this week include Attraction World Group chief financial officer Joe Hyland taking the top job, while MSC Cruises hires former Balkan Holidays RSM Natasha Smith
Iain Powell, Beverley Philpotts, John Wilson: all the latest travel trade people moves
Moves this week include Riviera appointing former Ireland’s Travel Trade Network (ITTN) BDM Carrie Day as its new Ireland country manager while Hurtigruten has promoted Iain Powell to chief commercial officer
Hurtigruten hands UK chief Iain Powell second promotion 15 months after joining line
Line said the chief commercial officer role will ’therefore be key to creating even greater value for guests and partners around the world’
Hurtigruten reveals how it plans to 'change the way' cruise ships sail
The Norwegian cruise line is carrying out tests with the help of the Sintef Ocean research institute in Trondheim to develop a zero-emissions ship before 2030
HX Expeditions debuts new livery to further distance the brand from Hurtigruten 
New indigo blue and sand makeover follows completion of full brand separation from Hurtigruten
Sally Dixon onboard MS Fram with HX Expeditions
‘How I booked £150,000 after a Greenland cruise with HX Hurtigruten Expeditions’
Spear Travels’ associate Sally Dixon explains how her expedition cruise sales soared after she joined an epic adventure to Greenland with HX Hurtigruten Expeditions, and shares her key selling tips for the line
Hurtigruten and HX finalise separation following buyouts
The lines have been acquired by investment consortia, both led by asset management firm Arini Capital Management. The buyouts are expected to be completed in January 2025.
There won't be a better time to sell the northern lights (well at least for another 10 years)
The northern lights have been particularly dazzling of late, but how long is the current solar cycle predicted to last? Our writer finds out from the experts.
‘Forget the fjords, this is the real deal for a Norwegian cruise’
Help your clients to explore Norway’s forgotten wilderness with Hurtigruten’s revived Svalbard Line cruise, sailing to the Top of the World.
Hurtigruten targets 1,000 agents for new rewards platform by Christmas
Iain Powell, the line’s vice-president of sales and marketing, says B2B revenue has risen by 107% so far this year and believes this trade programme – hurtigrutenrewards.co.uk – will help grow distribution further
What makes the cruise industry's bond with Alaska so strong?
After the world’s cruise lines once again came together in support of the Alaskan port city of Juneau following severe flooding, TTG’s Harry Kemble explores the enduring relationship between this unique destination and the cruise sector
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Cruise industry veteran Danny Giles resigns as Ponant BDM
The French cruise line thanked Giles for his ’dedication and professionalism’ after more than two-and-a-half-years in his role
Antarctica was one of the first destinations Wildfoot sold when it launched 34 years ago
What does the expedition cruise sector have in store over the next two years?
From the Arctic to Antarctica, and every expedition destination in between, Harry Kemble identifies the opportunities for agents wanting to sell more adventurous cruises in 2024, 2025 and 2026 – as well as some of the potential barriers they need to be aware of
Hurtigruten ‘to fuel ships with dead fish’ amid biogas and LNG revolution
Hurtigruten Expeditions rapped for sustainability claim in fly-cruise ad
The Advertising Standards Authority said the ad’s reference to ’sustainable expeditions’ constituted an ’absolute claim’ referring to the full life cycle of an HX holiday, including travel to and from the destination
Sandals chief to take over at HX in management reshuffle
HX, formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions, has appointed a former Sandals Resorts boss as its new chief executive
Hurtigruten makes ‘strategic move’ to boost brand awareness
Prini Patel has previously worked for escorted touring specialist Jules Verne, Silversea Cruises and Travelpack during her 20-year travel career
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Hurtigruten’s Iain Powell targets wider trade distribution in new role
In his first interview since joining Hurtigruten as the line’s new sales boss, Iain Powell tells TTG’s Harry Kemble why getting agents onboard and educating them about the brands’s product offering will be key to its future success
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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
Hurtigruten welcomes world's first ‘chief aurora chaser’ to Northern Lights cruise
The renowned astronomer will bring a wealth of cosmic knowledge to 12-night sailings in the Arctic