18 September 2011 0 Comments
This is the Association of Cruise Experts (ACE) fourth National Cruise Week and this year runs from Sunday 18th to Sunday 25th September 2011.
With all the cruise lines fighting for customers attention, there are some great deals to be had, including free onboard spending money, free cabin upgrades and early booking discounts.
Find out more about the event and these amazing booking benefits, by calling Ideal Cruising today.
25 July 2011 0 Comments
Celebrity Cruises have launched the 4th ship in their innovative Solstice Class, the 2886 passenger Celebrity Silhouette, in a grand ceremony in Hamburg, Germany. This premium fleet of cruise ships includes Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Solstice & Celebrity Eclipse.
Celebrity Silhouette will debut with a series of Holy Land cruises out of Rome this Summer & Autumn before repositioning to the Caribbean for the Winter for Southern and Eastern Caribbean cruises.
Celebrity Silhouette shares the design and layout of her sister ships in the Solstice class, but there are a number of new additions including new staterooms (85% wi...
20 May 2011 0 Comments
Built in 2001, but renovated and improved in 2011, Adonia, has everything you could expect from a modern ship.
P&O's Adonia arrived into her homeport Southampton earlier today. She is docked at the Mayflower Cruise Terminal where tomorrow, Saturday 21st May 2011, she will be named in a spectacular ceremony. Her Godmother was chosen to be the world famous Welsh singer Dame Shirley Bassey DBE. Dame Shirley will be accompanied by the actor Hugh Bonneville, who has recently played in “Doctor Who” and the ITV’s drama “Downton Abbey”.
Adonia carries only 710 people, but offers a wide r...
12 May 2011 0 Comments
Regent Seven Seas Cruises ingeminate the most important message to agents during the ACE UK Cruise Convention in Southampton
Graham Sadler, Regent Seven Seas Cruises Managing Director for Europe, has restated the main key points during the discussion about luxury cruises. The session gave agents new viewpoints about different sectors of the cruise industry, including with selling tips and advice on how to match the right product to customer's needs.
Sadler, representing the luxury cruise companies, said “Agents are being coached into classifying customers into specific groups a...
5 May 2011 0 Comments
The youngest ship in the fleet of the Europe’s number one cruising company is dry-docked in Trieste until middle May.
This turns out to be a fantastic opportunity for people, living in Trieste to enjoy the ship. All residents are invited to the grand event on 2nd July in Plaza Unità d’Italia.
During her stay, the ship will be coated and cleaned, being ready for her first open-sea tests in later May. The tests will include checking the engines, ship’s systems and machinery.
The 114,500-ton ship, with capacity of 3,800 passengers, will be the biggest vessel in the Italian company’s fleet, symbol of “made in Italy” label. Costa Favolosa&rsq...
18 April 2011 0 Comments
On 15th April the Cunard cruises announced that during the Queen Mary 2's seventh transatlantic season, launching on 26th April 2011, the passengers will have the chance to experience a new dimension in entertainment. Onboard there will be 3D films in association with RealD, as well as dynamic RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) "street theatre" performances.
Starting on Transatlantic Crossings in early May, Queen Mary 2 will show 3D films sponsored by RealD, the world’s most widely used digital 3D projection technology, presented in the ship’s stadium-style seating theatre, Illu...
