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In brief
Tui acquires all
■ Crystal offers $500 credit incentive
Crystal Cruises is offering up to $500 per person
onboard credit on three cruises in November. The
onboard credit can be spent on spa treatments,
of Island Cruises
shore excursions or alcoholic beverages. The
luxury cruise line is offering $250 on an 11-night
Lee Hayhurst.
will continue to operate winter cruises in Brazil
cruise from Lisbon and $500 on both a 22-night TUI Travel has agreed to buy Royal Caribbean’s as planned. Island Star’s Caribbean itineraries
transatlantic voyage and a 24-night Panama 50% share in the two companies’ Island Cruises will remain unchanged until April 6, 2009.
Canal round trip from Miami. joint venture. Tui hopes to offers jobs to as many of Island
Staff were informed of the decision on Cruises’ 29 Brighton-based staff as possible.
■ Deilmann extends medical cruises Monday after the future of the two-ship line was As part of the deal Royal Caribbean has
Peter Deilmann River & Ocean Cruises is extending decided at the weekend, ending months of spec- bought the remaining shares of Manchester-
its programme of dialysis cruises for 2009-10. ulation since the merger of Tui and First Choice. based retailer Cruise 1st, which will continue to
The line will operate 12 cruises ranging from Island Cruises’ Brighton office will close and trade under its current name.
seven to 12 nights on ocean liner Deutschland and its operations moved to Tui’s head offices in Tui’s merger with First Choice meant a decision
river vessel Mozart on which there will be a full- Luton under Thomson Cruises. on the future of Island Cruises was inevitable as
time specialist as well as the ships’ medical team. Tui has not decided on the future of the Island Island was a rival to Tui’s Thomson Cruises.
Fares start from £1,585 per person, cruise only. brand but one of its two ships, Island Star, will Island Cruises managing director Patrick Ryan
return to Celebrity Cruises, the Royal Caribbean will pursue a career outside of the company, Tui
■ Cruise Baltic gains lines’ approval brand from which it was on long-term charter. announced. The Island operations will be led by
Destination alliance Cruise Baltic has been given Island Escape will be retained by Tui, which Tui director of cruising David Selby.
a vote of confidence by its 44 cruise industry
partners. The study covered six areas which
Cruise Baltic covers, including meetings, MSC FANTASIA: MSC
marketing, press and knowledge sharing. It found Cruises hosted six UK
77% of partners who participated were either roadshows last month to
satisfied and or very satisfied in all six areas. showcase the 10th ship
to join its fleet, MSC
■ Louis pulls out of Norwegian Dream deal Fantasia, which is to
Louis Cruises has pulled out of a £111 million be named in Naples in
deal to buy NCL’s Norwegian Dream from NCL December. Agents heard
parent company Star Cruises, blaming “technical about the ship’s MSC
issues”. The proposed deal was part of a larger Yacht Club, which offers
agreement that saw Louis buy Norwegian 99 butler-serviced
Majesty in July for £82 million. Star said it was suites. Pictured flanking
taking legal advice over the failed sale. guests from online
agency
Iglu.com are
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Giulio Libutti
Hurtigruten reports record September sales
NORWAY specialist Hurtigruten has reported featuring TV star Joanna Lumley on a cruise for our products and
its best-ever month of sales in the UK, taking to witness the northern lights. Hurtigruten agents need to ensure
£3 million worth of bookings in September. operates a Northern Lights itinerary. that they are capitalising
The line, whose operations are centred in Kathryn Beadle, head of commercial, said: on this and doing all
Norway but which also offers cruises in the “September was a month like no other for us in they can to promote our
Arctic and Antarctic, recently published a new- our history. cruises.
look 2009-10 brochure. “It’s hard to put this phenomenal demand “It’s encouraging to see that all is not doom
Bookings were boosted by a BBC programme down to just one factor. There is clearly demand and gloom and there is positive news out there.”
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