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Costa Cruises is introducing the “Costa Voyages Special Edition” sailings aboard the Costa Smeralda, offering two exclusive itineraries that explore Africa, according to a press release.The first cruise departs from Genoa on November 15, 2024, and arrives in Dubai on December 21, 2024. The reverse journey will depart from Dubai on March 1, 2025, and return to Genoa on April 7, 2025. Over the 36-day voyage, the Costa Smeralda will visit destinations across Western Africa, including Namibia (Walvis Bay), South Africa (Cape Town and Port Elizabeth), the Canary Islands (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Mauritius, and Oman (Muscat). The “Costa[...]

Cruise lines in China are moving quickly to adjust shore excursion options, they said at the recent 2024 Shanghai International Cruise Summit, moving away from typical shopping-based exucrsions and to more traditional offerings.Fan Liu, CEO of the Package Tour Business Department at Trip.com Group (the English name of China’s major online travel platform, Ctrip), talked about the evolving shore excursion model based on their data.The most important factors for cruise passengers, according to Net Promoter Scores (NPS), include food and beverage (F&B), facilities and service, overall travel experience, price and the ease of booking, he said.Liu emphasized that[...]

Port Canaveral has welcome another new ship with Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Treasure. The Disney Treasure becomes the third Disney Cruise Line ship to be based in Port Canaveral, joining Disney Wish and Disney Fantasy. “Disney Cruise Line has been a longtime partner of Port Canaveral, and we’re thrilled to welcome this newest addition to... Source link

The Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers (GSGP)  hired Cathleen Domanico to serve as the organization’s full-time tourism director, according to a press release.Starting November 1, she will coordinate GSGP’s two regional tourism marketing initiatives: Cruise the Great Lakes and Great Lakes USA.Domanico brings more than 30 years of experience in senior leadership roles in sales and marketing within regional, national and global organizations. Her career includes client/creativemanagement in marketing agencies, an adjunct professorship, numerous board appointments, as a marketing leader in global travel and tourism, and in museum experiential marketing. Domanico has experience in[...]

Oceania Cruises has announced the next series of its 2026 Collection of Voyages, opening for bookings on November 13, 2024, according to a press release.The collection features over 60 new itineraries, with 17 Grand Voyages across the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. These journeys will be offered on Oceania’s smaller ships, including the Nautica, Regatta and Sirena.“We are thrilled to offer this expansive collection of sailings for 2026, giving our curious guests the luxury of choice – from a seven-day roundtrip cruise from Miami sailing the Caribbean aboard Nautica, to a 69-day epic adventure spanning[...]

Celestyal has announced a simplified fare offering named “Celestyal One,” replacing the line’s current “Experience” and “Experience Plus” packages, according to a press release.“Celestyal One” will include the cruise fare, complimentary essential WiFi for all guests, filtered coffee, tea, water and juice throughout the day (6am-10pm), unlimited free soft drinks in the main restaurants with meals, as well as port fees and taxes, and crew gratuities.Celestyal is also simplifying its beverage offering with the removal of all beverage packages.The company said that these will be replaced by a prepaid food and beverage wallet called “CelestyalPay,” which will be[...]