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Tuesday 15 Dec 2015

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Singles cruise successSOLO travellers cruising on

board Carnival Spirit  for the

naugural singlescruising.com.au

rip have just returned from their

nine night South Pacic voyage.

About 90 passengers enjoyed

hosted acvies and events as

part of the singles group. Cruise Holidays md Les Farrar

hailed the rst sailing out of

ydney as a great success.

“There are many people out

here who don’t want to be on a

ruise by themselves and don’t

normally have anyone to travel

with,” Farrar said.

 “By joining our group they were

ble to mingle with like minded

people and form new friendships

mmediately.

“We have already set the nextinglescruising sailing date for

2016 and expect to start running

more regular departures from

hen on,” Farrar added.

QM2 Lisbon delayCUNARD’S Queen Mary 2 was

briey delayed this week as she

ruised out of Lisbon, Portugal

due to a small re which broke

out in its gas turbine exhaust.

According to Cruise Law News one of the vessel’s cruise pods

also malfunconed, with the ship

now back on schedule for a 15

Dec trans-Atlanc departure from

Southampton to New York.

Eight coins forSilversea’s Silver Muse

CONSTRUCTION has started on

Silversea Cruises’ Silver Muse with

a milestone keel-laying ceremony

in Genoa, Italy.The ceremony is a marime

tradion with welding a coin into

the keel of the ship said to bring

good luck during the build and to

the captain and crew during her

later life.

Silversea has taken this one step

further by welding eight coins

into the keel of Silver Muse, with

coins coming from each connent

the line sails to as well as a

specially designed Silver Muse

commemorave coin.That means there’s a South

African Rand, a US 50c piece, a

Brazilian real, a Euro, a Singapore

dollar, a special Antarcc

Trust and of course a good old

Australian dollar too.

Silversea ceo Enzo Visone said

the keel laying was a signicant

milestone for the line, with Silver

Muse to sail throughout Europe,

Canada, North and South America

as well as the Caribbean, taking in

more than 130 desnaons in 34countries.

 The ship has 298 suites which

can accommodate 596 guests.

Passenger overboardA FEMALE passenger has gone

missing o the Saga Sapphire

while the ship was crossing the

Atlanc Ocean last weekend.

Saga has issued a statement

onrming that aer searching

he ship the 70-year-old Brish

woman could not be found.

The company is working in

onjuncon with marime

authories and the Saga Sapphire

ruise has turned round to

onduct a search.The ship is currently on a 35 day

voyage from Southampton to the

Caribbean.

Abu Dhabi cruise launch

MSC Cruises has become the

rst line to operate voyages from

Abu Dhabi’s brand new cruise

terminal, which ocially debuted

on the weekend with a departure

by MSC Musica.

Located in the emirates’ Zayed

Port, the 8,000 square metre

terminal houses all key passengerfacilies, retail outlets and a café.

The architectural design of the

new development is based on the

UAE’s heritage and identy, with

a view of the Louvre Museum on

Saadiyat Island.

The terminal took a year to build

and is being hailed a landmark

achievement for the growth of

cruise tourism in the area.

MSC Musica will serve the

region for the 2015/2016 cruise

season which runs from now unl03 April 2016.

 MEANWHILE the opening has

also seen Ehad Airways become

the rst Middle Eastern airline

oering on-site airline check-in at

a cruise terminal.

Ehad and MSC are also oering

special y-cruise packages, while

EY’s desnaon management

business, Hala Abu Dhabi, is also

providing a porolio of eight

unique guided shore excursions

for MSC guests.Ehad chief commercial ocer

Peter Baumgartner said the new

terminal represented “our shared

vision alongside our local partners

to posion Abu Dhabi as a world-

class transport hub.”

 “Cruising is an excing and

fast growing sector of the travel

industry and we look forward

to helping develop this segment

further with the expansion of

our services from the brand new

cruise terminal in Abu Dhabi,”

Baumgartner said. Many of the ground services

will be handled by EY including

return coach transfers between

the airport & cruise terminal.

Pictured above from le at the

launch are Sultan Al Dhaheri,

Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture

Authority’s acng execuve

director tourism; Ehad’s Hareb

Al Muhairy, Khaled Almehairbi

and Peter Baumgartner; MSC

Cruises ceo Gianni Onorato,

Captain Mohamed Al Shamisi,Abu Dhabi Ports ceo; and Noura

Al Dhaheri, Abu Dhabi Ports

cruise terminal manager.

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Don’t they look magnifcent...

THIS group of Aussie travel

gents recently enjoyed the

delights of central Europe as they

ampled part of APT’s popular

Magnicent Europe inerary

board the MS AmaVenita.

Highlights included a visit to

he 14th century Namedy Castle

where they experienced one of

APT’s exclusive Royal Invitaons,

which included a lavish dinner in

he Hall of Mirrors complete with

white-gloved waing sta.Pictured above, back row from

e: Bree Donnelly, APT; Richelle

Reeves, Suncity Travel Caloundra;

Natalie Cherry, Noosa Cruise

& Travel; Sophie Anderson,

Desnaon HQ Mentone; Claire

Freeman, APT; Alf Marrocco,

APT; Emma Bryson, Flight Centre

Dural; and Linda Becke, Flight

Centre Penrith Mega Store.

Front row: Tenneil Lawson,

APT; Sarah Browning, Clayeld

Travel Professionals; MariaKelson, helloworld Warrnambool;

nd Kelly Tucker, Flight Centre

Kalamunda.

Antarctica is so hot right nowCUSTOMER

demand for

Antarcc cruises is

stronger than ever,

with passenger

numbers for Chimu

Adventures to the

icy connent more

than doubling since

2008.

Chimu

Adventures boss

Greg Carter (pictured) said the

trend had been climbing sharplyover the past 18 months.

“We’ve really seen a big change

in consumer behaviour over the

past couple of years. Antarcca is

denitely back on the bucket list

for many travellers,” he said.

“The GFC had a major impact

on demand however that’s really

turned around now as people

have decided there’s no point

delaying their travel any longer.”

Looking at the company’s strong

forward bookings Carter said itwould seem customers are more

condent about the future than

in previous years.

There are sll limited cabins le

on Chimu’s Antarcc program for

next year, but Carter is predicng

they will ll up fast.

Among the most popular

departures isChimu’s Classic

Antarcca 11 day

round trip from

Ushuaia, Argenna,

the world’s

southernmost city.

As well as

standard cruises

Chimu will operate

a number of special

guest departures

for 2017, including an Antarcc

trip with Samuel Johnson,the popular Australian actor

behind the breast cancer charity

Love Your Sister , plus another

adventure with much-loved

media personalies and serious

Antarcc fans Andrew Denton

and Jennifer Byrne.

This will be the couple’s 11th

trip to the frozen connent.

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Cruise & Coast 2016/17

GRAND Pacic Tours partneringwith Celebrity Cruises has a newbrochure with tours combininga cruise aboard Celebrity Solstice and a luxury coach tour, withdepartures Nov 2016 – Feb 2017.

Cruise destinations includethe majestic ords of Milford,Doubtful and Dusky Sounds,Dunedin, Akaroa, Wellington,Tauranga, the Bay of Islands andAuckland.

The land tours aim to givetravellers the complete NZexperience and see key icons notincluded on the cruise.

Victoria renovationYANGTZE River operator

Victoria Cruises has announcedupgrades for its six-year-old

Victoria Jenna, to ensure the

vessel remains at the forefront of

the Chinese cruise sector.

The vessel will rejoin the eet in

Apr 2016 sailing the Three Gorges

Highlight inerary.

Victoria Cruises’ 2016 program

includes six weekly departures

both upstream from Yichang (four

nights) and downstream from

Chongqing (three nights) on the

Three Gorges Highlight trip.There’s also the six or eight

night Grand Yangtze Discovery

voyage which sails the full

navigable length of the river on

the ve star Victoria Sophia.

Island Escape add-onsISLAND Escape Cruises has

launched package deals for

its new Tahian Aair cruises,

adding arrival transfers, one

night’s accommodaon and

domesc ight connecons.

The addional items are

included in the gross Island

Escape cruise fares, but if agents

wish to package themselves there

will be a credit of NZ$750 per

person applicable.

New Star presidentGENTING Hong Kong has

announced the appointment of

Ang Moo Lim as president of Star

Cruises, taking over from the

line’s acng president, Genng

HK ceo Tan Sri Lim Kok.

It’s an expansion of his exisng

role which also sees him as the

rm’s execuve vice president

of sales, markeng and hotelsas well as being country head

of Indochina, Taiwan, Malaysia,

Indonesia and Singapore.

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YORKEYS KNOBPacific Dawn 15 Dec

ALBANYAstor 17 Dec

SYDNEYRadiance of the Seas 15 DecExplorer of the Seas 16 DecPacific Eden 16 DecNoordam 17 DecPacific Pearl 17 Dec

Voyager of the Seas 18 DecCarnival Spirit 19 DecCarnival Legend 20 DecDiamond Princess 21 DecDawn Princess 21 Dec

Cruise

Calendar

This week’s port calls of cruise

ships at various destinationsaround Australia and NewZealand.

BRISBANEPacific Jewel 16 DecPacific Aria 17 DecSea Princess 18 Dec Pacific Dawn 19 Dec

Legend of the Seas 20 DecDARWINSuperstar Virgo 17 Dec

CAIRNSPacific Aria 20 Dec

MELBOURNEPacific Jewel 17 DecGolden Princess 21 Dec

AUCKLANDVoyager of the Seas 15 DecCelebrity Solstice 16 Dec

WITSUNDAYSPacific Aria 19 DecPacific Eden 20 Dec

FREMANTLEAstor 19 DecSun Princess 20 Dec 

WELLINGTONGolden Princess 15 DecCelebrity Solstice 20 Dec

PORT DOUGLASPacific Dawn 16 Dec

ABOVE: This lucky group of

Cruiseco agents and sta recently

enjoyed a day on board Voyager

of the Seas for a Royal Caribbean

master class training session.

As well as exploring all of the

ship’s dierent oerings theywere treated to a FlowRider

demonstraon from Royal

Caribbean’s sports sta as well

as a visit from Madagascar’s King

Cruiseco likes to move it on Voyager 

Greener cruisingNORWEGIAN cruise line,

Hurgruten has made a

commitment to oering more

environmentally friendly trips

on ships powered by baery

technology and algae fuel.

Speaking in the wake of the

recent Paris Climate Change

Conference, Hurgruten’s chief

execuve ocer Daniel Skjeldam

said it was me cruise and

marime industries as a whole

accepted greater environmental

responsibility.

The cruise company has

partnered with the Bellona

Foundaon, a Norwegian

environmental NGO, to explore

the vision of oering zero

emission cruises.

Bellona president Frederic

Hauge said he was pleased to

be working toward a greener

soluon for the cruise company.

“We consider Hurgruten’s

reach-out to be a very credible

and inspiring expression of

their willingness to contribute

to achieving the objecve of

emission-free global shipping and

sea travel,” Hauge said.

A study is underway to learn

how the current eet can reduce

greenhouse gas emissions & how

hybrid ships can be developed.

P O R T H O L E

CRYSTAL Cruises’ latest video,released overnight, comesarmed with a warning: “Thisvideo may cause uncontrolleddesire for adventure.”

Now that’s a risk we’re willing

to take.The video ashes through

Crystal Esprit ’s amazing newcollection of water toys whichwill come out to play on theluxury yacht’s maiden voyage inthe Seychelles next week.

Water skis, a wake board, twotypes of ocean kayaks, Skidoo

 jet skis, 10 person zodiacs, acontained in-ocean pool plusshing and snorkel equipmentwill all be available forcomplimentary use by the lucky

passengers on a rst come, rstserved basis.

If this wasn’t enough, an on-board U Boat Submarine will beavailable for sub aquatic questsat $599 per person.

If you don’t minda bit of underwateradventure envy headto cruiseweekly.com.au/videos to check out the video.

Julian, star of  Voyager of the

Seas’  Dreamworks parades.

Hosted by Mark Rheinbay and

Tony Soden, the group is pictured

on the staircase of Voyager of the

Seas’ The Sapphire Dining Room.

NCLH into top indexNORWEGIAN Cruise Line

Holdings is set to become part

of the NASDAQ-100 Index aer a

reweighng of stocks on the New

York-based exchange.

The index comprises the 100largest non-nancial stocks on

the NASDAQ based on market

capitalisaon, with NCLH

president and ceo Frank Del Rio

saying the rm was “honoured to

 join this elite group of the world’s

most successful and dynamic

companies”.

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