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MSC's UK boss on 'the new world' facing cruise after coronavirus
MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys to operate under same UK&I sales and trade structure
Antonio Paradiso, MSC Cruises managing director UK and Ireland, to assume responsibility for group’s upmarket Explora Journeys brand, which is due to debut in July
Carnival Cruise Line reveals summer ship visit programme for agents
Carnival Cruise Line reveals summer ship visit programme for agents
Agents across the UK will be able to get onboard newly-revamped Carnival Pride this summer
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Tui to come in from the cold and court independent agents again
Commercial director Richard Sofer tells TTG how Tui plans to start selling more holidays through independent agents and ’redress the balance’ of recent years
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World Travel Holdings team to tackle Yorkshire Three Peaks
Staff at the cruise agency are raising money for a local hospice and the World Wildlife Fund
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Becky Hill performs as Marella Voyager named in Malaga
The vessel sets sail on its maiden customer voyage from Palma on Saturday
MSC Cruises takes delivery of second LNG-powered ship, Euribia
MSC Cruises takes delivery of second LNG-powered ship, Euribia
Euribia said Euribia was the ‘final evolution’ of its Meraviglia-class ships, and would shortly sail what it claims will be the first-ever net-zero greenhouse gas emissions voyage
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NCL to base Prima in UK during 10-ship European deployment
The line has revealed an “enhanced” Europe deployment with “longer, more diverse and unique itineraries” for 2023
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Paul Ludlow named Carnival UK president in expanded new role
P&O Cruises chief Ludlow will assume all commercial and operational responsibility for P&O Cruises and Cunard globally in his new role with the brands’ parent Carnival
Travel's gender pay gap fell further during the pandemic (Credit: Kobu Agency / Unsplash)
Carnival UK launches fresh recruitment drive for female coders
The brand joins other travel companies including Tui, Booking.com, Skyscanner, The Travel Corporation and Travel Perk
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Cunard hosts first agent ship visit of the season onboard Queen Mary 2
The line welcomed 15 agents from across the industry onboard the vessel while it was docked in Southampton last week
Regent's Paul Beale wants "as many agents onboard as possible" this summer
Regent Seven Seas Cruises unveils a summer of ship visits and fams
The line will host ship visits and fams onboard Seven Seas Splendor, and the trade will be among the first to step onboard Seven Seas Grandeur
The importance for travel brands to utilise TikTok has grown rapidly (Image credit: Solen Feyissa/Unsplash)
TikTok inspiring Brits to book ‘spontaneous mystery trips’, data finds
A recent viral TikTok filter saw users’ next holiday location randomly chosen via the filter’s destination generator
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Explora Journeys reveals details of largest suite on Explora I
As the most spacious suite onboard Explora Journeys’ first ship Explora I, the Owner’s Residence will offer 280-square-metres of space
P&O Cruises unveils four new fleet-wide drinks packages
P&O Cruises unveils four new fleet-wide drinks packages
The new onboard offerings will be rolled out across the line’s sailings of five nights or more
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Carnival Dream crew rescue 17 people stranded at sea near Belize
It’s the third time this year a Carnival vessel has come to the aid of stranded seafarers
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
Riviera hails agents' role in securing raft of new-to-brand clients
Speaking during an event in London on Wednesday (17 May), the company’s
More specialists join ECN as trade members surpass 300
The group also announced an ‘extensive webinar series’ on expedition cruising will run during the rest of 2023
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Royal Caribbean to return to China next year
Spectrum of the Seas will sail from China while Anthem of the Seas will be repositioned out of Singapore from 2024
A&K to offer first North Pole expedition cruise next year
Ponant reports 'best-ever' quarterly results in 35-year history
The expedition cruise line said it was back to "robust" levels of bookings despite operating in a "very unsettled market"
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Expedition Cruise Network to host first trade webinar this week
The first instalment will take place on Thursday (18 May) at 4pm
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AE Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer hosts first UK trade event
Jos Dewing, managing director EMEA of AE Expeditions, welcomed onboard tour operators and travel agents to inspect the ship first-hand
Panache Cruises makes senior hires as it fixes sights on becoming £100m business
Panache Cruises looks to grow team by 30% with fresh recruitment drive
James Cole, founder and managing director of Panache Cruises, said the business will be quadrupling the size of its office premises over the coming months to accommodate its growing team
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Princess Cruises reveals name of second Sphere-class ship
The new vessel will sail an inaugural Mediterranean season in 2025
Clia to offer ‘largest-ever’ trade engagement programme in 2023
The association also revealed the location of next year’s RiverView river cruise conference, with dates TBC