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Uniworld to make 'huge investment' in trade partners with major fam trip plans
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises has unveiled plans to host a minimum of 500 UK travel agents throughout 2026
'Some cruise lines are too reliant on promotions at this time of year'
Azamara's former UK and Ireland managing director Richard Twynam shares his views on cruise's 'promo dependency' problem ahead of wave season officially kicking off
Six key cruise talking points every agent needs to be aware of heading into 2026
What made cruise tick over the past 12 months? And what should agents be bearing in mind going into 2026? Six key talking points caught TTG's eye at this week's Clia Forum
Dame Irene Hays raises 'possibility' of Hays Travel acquiring another OTA next year
In late July 2025, Hays Travel bought Victoria Travel Group to spearhead its expansion into the online cruise selling market
Hays Travel boss bemused by cruise lines' agent-by-agent commission stance
Hays Travel has more than 720 homeworkers, but Dame Irene Hays wants every Hays agent to be paid the same level of commission for cruise bookings
Discounting could create ‘vicious cycle’ for river cruise industry, line's UK boss warns
River cruise could end up looking like a "bargain basement deal" if discounting gets out of control
'Agents have got behind it': Seabourn's UK chief hints at more partnerships following Uniworld tie-up success
The 15-day Venice and Mediterranean Sea package is completely sold out having only gone on sale in August
Join TTG for an exclusive video tour of Riviera Travel's new ship Radiance
Riviera Radiance is the first Radiance-class ship to launch for the Riviera brand and will operate nine different Danube sailings during its maiden season
Riviera Travel weighs up long-haul agent fam trip ahead of Mekong ship launch
Riviera Travel chief executive Phil Hullah tells TTG flying travel agents out to Vietnam to join the Riviera Alba naming celebrations would be 'totally doable'
Riviera Travel to launch two river ships in 2027 and 2028 despite 'challenging' environment
The two new ships will be largely similar to Riviera Radiance which launched earlier this year on the Danube river
AmaWaterways upgrades agent portal with 24/7 'instant booking' capability
The luxury river cruise line says the changes will give agents more flexibility in their bookings
Trafalgar puts 2027 river cruise season on sale through the trade
Firm says early release will give agents more time to convert interest and take advantage of incentives
Celebrity Cruises to transfer 'marquee' Edge series experiences to new river vessels
Celebrity president Laura Hodges Bethge said each Celebrity River Cruises ship will feature Sunset Bar at the aft, a smaller Martini Bar and Café al Bacio
JTA Travel Group hires former SeaDream Yacht Club's UK sales chief Mark Schmitt to 'strengthen its cruise position'
Mark Schmitt joins JTA Travel Group with a travel industry career spanning more than 20 years including roles at AmaWaterways, Fred Olsen Travel, Tradewind Voyages
National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions expands river fleet ahead of first winter sailings
Evolve will join 120-passenger ship Connect in the co-branded fleet during the 2027/28 season
Viking's UK sales chief makes play for 'land tour customers' as line names 100th ship
Speaking to TTG, Viking head of sales Neil Barclay hailed the contribution travel agents had made to the Scandinavian's 'continued success'
AmaWaterways doubles down in Colombia with second ship launch
Cruise operator is offering two itineraries on the lesser-known Magdalena river
Uniworld to launch three new ships on European rivers during 'landmark' 2027
Aqua Expeditions’ 15-suite Aqua Blu ship, meanwhile, will operate a 14-day sailing from Bali to Singapore on behalf of Uniworld
Riviera Travel hopes to attract agent partners with new 'always on' AI assistant launching next month
Travel agents using Riva AI can learn about Riviera Travel itineraries, get destination insights, source social media content, build emails for clients and find other sales tools
An agent's personal fam: 'It felt like I was on a movie set'
Gill Williams from The Travel Village had a rare opportunity to travel on Uniworld's Peruvian Rivers and Rainforest Discovery itinerary
'New-to-cruise – let's go!': agents told market ripe for new business, plus nine other Advantage cruise conference highlights
Is now the time for agents to grow their cruise customer databases? Why a cruise holiday can give customers peace of mind financially? And why if staff are loyal to agencies and cruise lines then customers will keep coming back for more?
'We're always trying to think outside the box': Advantage to trial new one-to-one meetings concept for cruise members
Advantage is hopeful its Cruise One-to-Ones trial will help members – either new-to-cruise agents or 'seasoned retailers' – to build their knowledge
River sector 'must find its voice' as lines clamour to meet demand, says APT's UK boss
APT Luxury River Cruises and Tours, UK and Europe, managing director Paul Melinis highlighted the 'demand' the company is currently seeing for its river cruise products
Tui River Cruises unveils debut programme for first new-build ship Tui Luzia
Tui Luzia will part of a five-ship fleet deployed across the Danube, Belgian and Dutch Waterways, Rhine and Moselle rivers throughout the summer 2027