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SEVEN SEAS GRANDEUR™
A Heritage of Perfection
RESERVATIONS OPEN TOMORROW
RSSC.COM/SEVEN-SEAS-GRANDEUR
©2021 Regent Seven Seas Cruises NCL Australia Pty Ltd ABN 8060 7578 781
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Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Grandeur opening
Reservations open
Prima entertainment Cruise Weekly today
Cruise Weekly today features
tomorrow for Regent Seven Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) Musical will take up residence at three pages of all the latest
Seas Cruises’ (RSSC) newest has debuted Norwegian Prima’s the theatre as Prima’s Broadway- cruise industry news plus a
ship, Seven Seas Grandeur. entertainment and onboard style headline act. cover page from Regent Seven
With a reimagined Compass experiences, including freefall From the production team that Seas Cruises.
Rose restaurant - RSSC’s drop dry slides, the largest brought Jersey Boys to Norwegian
signature eatery - Grandeur racetrack at sea, and the world’s Bliss, the 75-minute immersive
will become the sixth member first venue which transforms
between a three-story theatre
production will see the theatre
transform into a full disco - a
APT Europe 2023
of the cruise line’s fleet when The APT Travel Group has
she is delivered in the fourth and a Las Vegas-style nightclub. first at sea - allowing guests to
The auditorium, designed to become a part of the show, and confirmed the early release of
quarter of 2023. APT and Travelmarvel’s Europe
A sister ship to Seven Seas seamlessly convert from a stage dance to Summer’s medleys.
to a dance floor, will feature a Prima will also debut The Drop, 2023 river cruises.
Explorer and Seven Seas The holidays on offer include
Splendor, Grandeur will host customisable seating layout and the world’s first freefall dry slide,
a moving LED screen that lowers where cruisers will experience the most popular itineraries
just 750 guests, providing one on Europe’s waterways, such
of the industry’s highest staff- from the ceiling. a 10-storey plunge, believed to
Tony Award-nominated musical reach the highest g-force at sea. as cruises from Amsterdam
to-guest ratios - cover page. to Budapest along the Rhine,
Summer: The Donna Summer NCL will up the ante on its go-
karts, offering the largest and first Main & Danube rivers,
ever three-level racetrack with popular city stay packages in
the Prima Speedway, which will destinations such as Paris &
navigate around and through the Prague, Douro River cruises,
funnel of the ship, and feature a and Russia cruises from
longer straight than before. Moscow to St Petersburg.
Also making its first appearance Now on sale and available
on Prima as part of the ship’s for travel advisors to book, all
Aqua Park and Main Pool area, new reservations made by the
will be NCL’s first Tidal Wave end of the year will include
waterslide, featuring gushing APT Travel Group’s Flexible
surf which guests can ride in a International Booking Cover,
lifesaver. which will allow guests to
NCL’s popular indoor virtual postpone their international
Bake along with us in September, This week’s recipe: holiday and transfer their
with different recipes each week. gaming complex, The Galaxy
Pavilion, has levelled up to offer deposit to another date or
CHOC CHIP
Send us a picture of your baked COOKIES guests 14 attractions to choose trip, up to 65 days prior to
goods, along with any extra tips from, including four new hyper- their departure date.
or secret ingredients or variations, immersive simulator experiences The early launch of 2023
and the best one will win a $50 only available on Prima, two dates is due to demand from
gift voucher. Email bakeoff@ different escape rooms, and the advisors and customers, and
traveldaily.com.au only Topgolf Swing Suite available the restricted availability
at sea. for next year, due to guests
CLICK HERE to see renders of moving their holiday plans
Prima. from 2020 and 2021.
HURRY, OFFER ENDS
30 SEPTEMBER
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Wednesday 22nd September 2021
TIME to apply!
Silversea Cruises’ scholarship
Venezia program
Costa Cruises has updated
New Alaska cruise bill
application for the next Travel
its programs for 2022-23, with
Industry Mentor Experience
new Costa Venezia cruises to
(TIME) intake closes at the end of
Turkey now on offer.
next week.
From May, the ship will offer
Open to qualified applicants
three different itineraries,
from any background across the
all with embarkation and
travel, tourism, hospitality and
disembarkation in Istanbul, to
aviation industries, candidates
discover Turkey and Greece.
can CLICK HERE to register for the
In the northern winter,
27 Oct intake.
Venezia will visit Turkey, Egypt,
“Our travel partners are
Israel and Cyprus.
extremely important to Silversea,
The ship’s new program
playing a key role for us and our
is designed to provide for A bill proposed by Alaskan roughly CAD$143 million a year
guests, both now and in the
longer stopovers in-port, Senator Lisa Murkowski aimed to the city of Victoria’s economy,
future,” said Silversea Director of
which will allow guests to at allowing cruise ships bound and create hundreds of jobs,
Sales Steve Richards.
fully enjoy some of the most for the state to bypass Canadian meaning the newly elected
“It is vital for Silversea to
beautiful experiences of each ports would have a “devastating” Government of Canada needed to
continue to invest in the future
destination, visiting cities effect on British Columbia, take the issue seriously.
of our industry...we’d love to
rich in history, ancient ruins, Greater Victoria Harbour “I’m both surprised and
see a deserving tourism and
UNESCO World Heritage sites (pictured) Authority Chief disappointed...it would be
travel individual be awarded this
and wonderful beaches. Executive Officer Ian Robertson devastating,” Robertson told The
important scholarship”.
said. Canadian Press.
Under the proposed legislation, “It’s a file that requires all hands
large foreign cruise ships carrying on deck...there needs to be
AUSTRALIANS WILL BE ALLOWED more than 1,000 passengers advocacy at the highest level.”
would be able to bypass Canadian Cruise ships were banned from
TO TRAVEL WHEN WE REACH ports indefinitely, having been Canada during the early stages
80% OF THE POPULATION temporarily granted the privilege of the pandemic over concerns
during the COVID-19 pandemic. about spreading coronavirus, but
VACCINATED, SO LETS “[The Passenger Vessel Services the ban is set to be lifted by Nov.
Act] had the unintended Minister of Transportation of
#givetravelashot consequence of putting Alaskan
businesses at the mercy of
British Columbia Rob Fleming said
in a statement he is working with
#letsgetto80 the Canadian government,”
Murkowski said during an address
industry leaders and his federal
counterparts to raise awareness
to Alaska’s Southeast Conference of the issue.
Annual Meeting. He said Premier of British
GET INVOLVED! “It nearly wiped out southeast
Alaskan economies as we saw
Columbia John Horgan had raised
the issue with recently returned
1 Get vaccinated business after business ready to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
welcome visitors, but unable to and Canadian ambassador to the
Use the social because Canadians would not United States Kirsten Hillman.
2 media hashtags respond to our requests to allow “The cruise ship industry is vital
Access our toolkit of foreign stops at their ports to to BC tourism, and to thousands
3 meet the requirement of PVSA... of people whose livelihoods rely
assets
we cannot let that happen again.” on the regular arrival of ships,”
Robertson said cruises bring in he said.
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Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Dream and Glory fit well
PORTHOLE
with Joel Katz
MD, CLIA Australasia
A group of Canberrans have Campaigning for cruise
taken an early morning dip to
In recent weeks we’ve been
pull a shivering kangaroo from hearing positive feedback
Lake Burley Griffin. from travel advisors and other
The kangaroo was stuck in the supporters who have joined our
shallows near Commonwealth lobbying efforts in support of a
Avenue Bridge, looking rather cruise resumption.
sad and sorry for itself. They include supporters who
The group made a call to have been successful in meeting
wildlife experts for assistance, with their local Members of
but eventually decided to just Parliament as part of our Ready,
deal with it themselves. Set, Sail campaign, giving them
The rescuers tried to calm the an opportunity to highlight the
kangaroo, which stayed with its personal impact of the current
heroes for a while after it was HALF of Carnival’s American The cruise line is now operating cruise suspension and reinforce
extracted from the lake. fleet is back in service, following 11 ships from seven ports in our calls for action.
the return of Carnival Dream and the United States, including It’s clear a growing number
It is not the first time a roo has
Carnival Glory last weekend. Miami, Galveston, Seattle, Port of MPs agree a detailed plan
become stuck in the lake. for cruising is needed urgently
Canaveral, Long Beach, Baltimore
and our industry’s new health
and now New Orleans, from protocols provide an opportunity
where Carnival has become the for a careful, phased resumption
Did you first to resume cruising on Sat.
Glory (pictured) set sail
from the Port of New Orleans,
in Australia as vaccination rates
rise.
Several have offered to raise the
know? operating a seven-day voyage
to the Bahamas, while Dream
became the third Carnival ship
issue with senior parliamentary
colleagues and others have
provided valuable feedback
Travel & Cruise Weekly’s fortnightly that will help us in our advocacy
to operate year-round from efforts.
consumer magazine called Keep
Galveston when she departed on All this helps support the
Dreaming is specially designed for
a six-day Caribbean cruise. ongoing work that CLIA and our
agents to send their clients -
Additional vessels, including cruise line members are doing,
giving you a reason to reach out
Carnival’s newest ship Mardi targeting key ministers and
to your database.
Gras, will resume service government agencies as we lobby
throughout the northern fall and for a path forward.
Click here Our Ready, Set, Sail campaign
for a toolkit into early next year.
has now generated close to
Click here to to help you “Having half of our US fleet
50,000 emails from travel advisors
view Keep share it with back in operations provides and other supporters.
Dreaming clients positive economic impact in
magazine our homeports and port of call
destinations, along with giving
our guests their much-needed
vacations and helping our crew
support their families,” said
Carnival President Christine Duffy.
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