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Client
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P&O
READY, STEADY, COOK! TIME TO CHILL OUT OUT OF THE WAY
The battle of the celebrity chefs has Spa treatments are de rigeur on Smaller ships are able to reach
taken to the high seas, with big names cruises, with the latest trends and ports inaccessible to large vessels, and
lending their name to restaurants, and treatments, from thalassotherapy to new destinations are opening up as the
many cookery courses offered. wellness programmes and gyms. popularity of cruising extends globally.
P&O’s Ventura has 10 restaurants, SeaDream Yacht Club runs its own Costa Cruises repositioned Costa
including Marco Pierre White’s creation, Thai Spas. It has eight therapists on Allegra in Hong Kong for China last
The White Room – the man himself can each of its two mega-yachts, claiming year, and a second ship, Costa Classica,
be found in the galley on several cruises. the highest ratio of therapist to moves to Asia for 2008. RMS St Helena
Crystal Symphony has Wolfgang Puck’s passenger at sea. SeaDream I starts operates to St Helena from Cape Town.
Chinois restaurant; Crystal Serenity has its Med season with a seven-day Hebridean Spirit with South American
dishes by Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa. cruise from Seville on May 9. Experience offers a reception at the
Costa Cruises features menus by Michelin- Costa Concordia and Costa Serena British Ambassador’s residence in Old
starred restaurateur Ettore Bocchia; feature the Samsara Spa; Celebrity Havana; Spitsbergen, Antarctica and
Celebrity Cruises boasts the first “Ice Cruises’ Celebrity Solstice has a new Greenland are options with Hurtigruten;
Bar” at sea; Star Cruises offers Japanese AquaSpa relaxation room; and P&O Fred Olsen ships visit ports such as the
cooking classes on the SuperStar Virgo. Cruises’ Arcadia has one of the largest Manaus, 1,000 miles along the Amazon;
Regent also has cookery workshops. spas at sea with the Oasis Spa. Viking River Cruises features Russia.
Selling tips
TONY ROBINSON
Director
Cruising Coast 2 Coast
Singles
The biggest objection
to booking I get
is that people perceive
that they have to
MONEY NO OBJECT CUT-PRICE SPECIAL
pay a supplement
for the cabin if they
From private chartered yachts to Mini-cruises offer passengers the are going on their
the Owner’s Suites with personal whirl- taste of life onboard, and if you monitor own. For example, a
pools and balconies on luxury liners, the advance booking discounts you can cabin may cost £700
sky’s the limit if your client has the cash. book some bargains. each for two people,
Seabourn Odyssey, an all-suite “ultra- EasyCruise Life has an Aegean Islands but £1200 for one.
luxury” ship, debuts in Venice in June & Turkey seven–night cruise including My tip is to explain
2009. Guests can arrange a private the party islands of Mykonos and Paros that couples share
charter for a special occasion, plan their and the more authentic Syros and the total cost between
own itineraries and arrive by private Samos plus Turkey’s number one resort, them, so it’s not a
plane, or stay in a Grand Suite, with Bodrum. Other great deals are available supplement but the
two bathrooms, a dining area for six from the likes of Fred Olsen, which has normal price of the
and three verandahs. mini-cruises from the UK; weekend cabin. Furthermore,
Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Penthouse cruises from P&O Cruises; and if you keep someone
Suites have separate living rooms, dining Caribbean itineraries on Thomson talking they are more
areas and guest bathrooms; while those Destiny. Page & Moy offers budget likely to book with
in the Owner’s Suite on Silver Shadow cruises of Spain and Portugal, as well you.
enjoy their own personal butler. as early booking discounts.
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