Cruise Weekly For Thu 28 Aug 2014 - Quantum Sales Leap, Cunard Maidens, Carnival Legend, HAL and More

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W E E K L Y
Thursday 28 August 2014
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Todays issue of CW
Cruise Weekly today features
two pages of all the latest
cruise news around the world.
Cruise Week 2014
The Final Word
JUST a few days remain to the
start of Cruise Week and based
on feedback received in our
ofce, cruising will certainly be a
dominant conversation around the
traps next week!
For the fnal word on Cruise
Week, remember we have two
primary objectives to make this a
successful week.
ONE - to spread the word about
cruising to an audience that is yet
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value a cruise holiday delivers.
To achieve this, the theme of
Cruise Week is aimed at New to
Cruise and as such all editorial
content that has been distributed
is focused on this messaging.
The Cruise Week deals ofered
by Cruise Lines are not necessarily
designed to have an impact on this
audience.
TWO the deals. These are
primarily aimed at the already
committed cruiser. For this
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of anticipation (without eroding
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Quantum sees sales leap
BOOKINGS for Royal
Caribbeans Quantum of the Seas
have exceeded expectatons,
outperforming early sales of Oasis
of the Seas when it launched amid
much fanfare fve years ago.
RCCL chairman and ceo Richard
Fain, at a tour of the almost-built
ship at Meyer Werf shipyard in
Germany, told media and agents
that the company was getng a
terrifc rate of return on its latest
investment.
Bookings for Quantum today
are beter than Oasis bookings
were at the same stage of pre-
delivery in terms of both volume
and price, he said.
But just as people didnt fully
appreciate how special Oasis and
Allure were back then, I think
well see that same phenomenon
with Quantum and Anthem of
the Seas some things you really
have to see to understand how
good they are.
Fain said early indicators
showed consumers were willing
to pay more for the overall
experience on a ship that ofers
onboard actvites at no extra cost.
The RipCord skydiving simulator,
North Star viewing gondola,
dodgem cars, rollerskatng and
robotc entertainment in the
Two70 theatre are among many
new complimentary features
on Quantum of the Seas, which
launches in New York in Nov.
Also raising revenue is the
enhancement of all inside cabins
with virtual balconies that project
real-tme video of the view from
outside the ship.
We expect this feature will
make people raise their perceived
value of an inside cabin and they
will be prepared to pay more for
it, Fain said.
Although he would not
speculate on the deployment of a
Quantum Class ship to Australia,
Fain told Cruise Weekly Australia
is our second fastest growing
market and it contnues to be a
very important market for us.
Singles Aus website
TRAVEL Leaders has registered
www.singlescruising.com.au,
launching the Australian website
for its latest local brand launch.
The brand and website will
be managed by Cruise Holidays
Australia (CW Tue), with the frst
SinglesCruise departure to take
place aboard a nine-night voyage
on Carnival Spirit on 09 Nov 2015.
Travel agents booking single pax
on any SinglesCruising.com.au
voyage will earn 10% commission.
Phone 1300 305 920 for details.
Legend performance
TEENAGE up-and-coming music
star Cody Simpson will deliver a
special performance to mark the
antcipated arrival of Carnival
Legend into Sydney on 22 Sep,
Carnival Cruise Lines has revealed.
Simpson will perform alongside
the Australian Girls Choir in front
of the ships funnel to welcome
the lines second ship to Sydney.
Cunard maiden calls
KANGAROO Island, Adelaide
and Newcastle will each welcome
one of Cunards three Queens
as part of the feets 2016 world
voyage program, released today.
Cabins for the season will go on
sale 10 Sep 2014 and will begin
on 10 Jan, 2016 when all three
vessels set sail from Southampton
on the same day.
The three ships will then return
to their UK homeport also on
the same day, arriving on 10 May
afer their respectve journeys.
As part of the season, Queen
Victoria will visit Kangaroo Island
during an eight-night roundtrip
cruise from Sydney, which will
also visit Hobart and Melbourne.
Balcony fares for the 29 Feb trip
ex Sydney start from $3,129ppts.
Adelaide and Newcastle will be
visited by Queen Elizabeth during
its east-to-west global voyage,
with the visits slated for 16 Feb
and 22 Feb respectvely.
Queen Mary 2 will make maiden
calls while navigatng the globe,
visitng 11 ports for the frst tme
including Papeete and Moorea in
Tahit and Halong Bay, Vietnam.
All three ships will visit Sydney
and Brisbane, with Australian pax
able to join the ships as they take
diferent routes to Hong Kong.
In total, the season will see the
ships visit 92 ports in 49 countries.
cruise
W E E K L Y
Thursday 28 August 2014
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BELOVED Australian songstress
Olivia Newton-John will
perform an in-port concert for
passengers aboard a chartered
cruise departing from Sydney on
13 Feb next year.
The voyage, entitled Cruise
Odyssey, has been put together
by US frm Olivia Travel, a frm
based in San Francisco who
specialise in chartering cruise
ships for the lesbian community.
Olivia Newton-Johns concert
will take place prior to the
departure of Carnival Legend,
which has been chartered for the
special voyage.
We are living through a
historic moment where the
walls of prejudice are fnally
coming down. I am thrilled to
join Olivias incredible family and
am excited to welcome them to
Sydney with a fantastic in-port
concert, Newton-John said.
The voyage will head to Hobart
before crossing the Tasman to
visit Fjordland National Park,
Dunedin, Akaroa, Wellington,
Tauranga and fnally, Auckland.
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business events news
Buy a cruise for Dad
TODAY is the last day to take
advantage of Princess Cruises
Fathers Day sale, with discounts
of up to 40% on selected cruises
purchased by the end of the day.
Nearly 40 diferent sailings
are applicable under the sale to
destnatons including domestc,
New Zealand, PNG, Fiji, the South
Pacifc, Tahit and Polynesia.
As a special bonus gif for Dads,
an onboard credit of $100 per
cabin and a botle of wine is also
included in the deal.
Pinnacle moves into build phase
CONSTRUCTION has ofcially
begun on Holland America Lines
new Pinnacle-class vessel, afer
the keel-laying ceremony took
place at the Fincanteri Marghera
shipyard in Italy earlier this week.
Long-held maritme traditons
widely regarded as bringing good
luck to a new ship were followed,
including the placing of a specially
minted coin within the keel.
Building then begun with
the lifing and lowering of a
680-tonne block into the dock.
Holland America Lines new
ship, un-named at present, is on
track for delivery in Feb 2016,
with the 99,500 GRT ship to ofer
capacity for 2,650 guests.
Ceremonies were atended
by a number of senior Holland
America Line executves including
senior vice president Keith Taylor.
HAL president and ceo Stein
Kruse said the start of the
building phase heightened the
antcipaton for delivery as the
ship slowly begins to take shape.
As the largest ship ever built for
Holland America Line, the vessel
features many innovatons and
new features, and were excited
to see it all come together over
the next year and a half.
Keith Taylor is pictured above
lef following the ceremony with
Fincanteri Marghera shipyard
director Antonio Quintano.
contact us now!
Ph: (02) 9493 9993
Tailor-made group touring,
Shore excursions,
Dance groups,
Special interest itineraries
and many more..
Share cabin savings
COMPANION Cruising is
ofering savings of over $3,400pp
on its BRAVO - Cruise of
Performing Arts 2015 for guests
willing to share a cabin with up to
three others of the same gender.
The cruise will feature a line-up
of Australian and intl performing
artsts, sailing 24 Oct on Radiance
of the Seas - phone 0468 964 996.
Quantum tech videos
ROYAL Caribbean Internatonal
has released a suite of videos
ofering further details on the raf
of innovatve technologies to be
available on Quantum of the Seas.
Features such as fast internet
connectvity, wristbands instead
of keycards, online check-in,
robot bartenders and many more
innovatons were revealed this
week as debutng on the new ship.
To view a video covering the
progress of Quantum of the Seas
constructon so far -
CLICK HERE or the logo.
MEANWHILE, Royal Caribbean is
set to roll out similar high-speed
internet connectons to more
ships in its global feet.
Powered by satellite network
provider O3b Networks, pax on
Allure of the Seas will be next to
beneft from faster connectons,
expected to be live this spring.
FURTHER, in preparaton for a
signifcant increase in available
capacity in China, Royal Caribbean
has set up a staf training centre
in the Tianjin Maritme College.
The centre in the northern port
city will hold training rooms for
Western and Chinese cooking
training and guest room mockups.
Full Creative service
CREATIVE Cruising says its
recent alignment with Creatve
Holidays will allow it to ofer a
full-service booking soluton to
meet ever-growing demand.
Managing director James
Gaskell said with client itnerary
requests becoming more complex,
the wholesalers key objectve
is to make it easier and more
efcient for agents to book cruise,
air and land all with one call.
New Dalmatian cruise
BEYOND Travel has introduced
a new eight-day itnerary cruising
around the Dalmatan islands
aboard the small ship MV Corona.
The vessel has been purpose
built for the 2015 Europe season
and features 20 cabins, dining
room, outdoor lounge & sun deck.
The round-trip departure from
Dubrovnik will visit Mljet, Hvar,
Split & Korcula and is priced from
$1,840ppts - phone 1300 363 554.

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