Enrichment Sets Sail
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Susan Young
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From cooking to politics, ocean lines have lined up new experiences for 2012. Travel Agent offers a sampling of the new activities on offer, as well as expert tips and advice on how to sell them to your cruise clients. View
February 3, 2012 | News
A team of sports commentators and analysts will sail on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas this Saturday, February 4. more >>
February 3, 2012 | News | By Jena Tesse Fox
New plans would allow the city to become a turnaround port, where ships begin or end their journey and are serviced between cruises. more >>
February 2, 2012 | News | By C. Elliott Mest
SeaDream Yacht Club is offering a seven-day voyage on the Upper-Amazon River in 2013. The voyage sails from Iquitos, Peru roundtrip, March 16 - 23,... more >>
February 2, 2012 | News | By C. Elliott Mest
Chefs include YouTube culinary sensation and “The Next Food Network Star” personality Serena Palumba, “Top Chef: Just Desserts” participant... more >>
February 2, 2012 | News | By C. Elliott Mest
Royal Caribbean selected Resolve to be their exclusive provider of all simulator-based training courses, and formalized arrangements to jointly... more >>
February 2, 2012 | News | By C. Elliott Mest
The program features news correspondents Bernard Kalb and Morton Dean, famed hostage negotiator Terry Waite and others. more >>
February 1, 2012 | Deal
The sale includes a variety of cruises to the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, Russia, Northern Europe and Alaska. more >>
January 26, 2012 | Deal
The company is offering travel agents a FAM cruise at 50 percent off on select dates in spring and fall in the Bordeaux region of France. more >>
January 24, 2012 | Deal
Guests save up to $3,230 per stateroom as well as receive a $500 air credit and complimentary "Open Beverage and Spirits" package valued at $630... more >>
January 20, 2012 | Deal
The program rewards travel agents who book four cabins on select Galápagos voyages on the National Geographic Endeavour and the National Geographic... more >>
January 13, 2012 | Deal
As part of the limited time offer, guests in Penthouse and higher suites receive free upgrades to Business Class on transatlantic flights. Guests in... more >>
January 3, 2012 | Deal
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises is offering Travel Agents the opportunity to earn a bonus commission of $25 per person or $50 per stateroom on all... more >>
November 5, 2010 | Blog | By Kirk Cassels
Halloween and the midterm elections may have passed, but there's plenty to freak out about in the travel industry this week. more >>
October 29, 2010 | Blog | By Kirk Cassels
Before we start nibbling on some treats, or cleaning up after some tricks, we're taking a look at some nuggets of information agents and readers... more >>
October 22, 2010 | Blog | By Staff
After reading up on Travel Agent's exclusive roundtable with cruise industry executives, agent Karen Dawson of Southlake Travel contacted us to... more >>
October 22, 2010 | Blog | By Kirk Cassels
It's quality, not quantity, this week, as readers and agents share their take on four topics of interest. more >>
October 15, 2010 | Blog | By Kirk Cassels
Playoff baseball and harvest season are underway, and Halloween is right around the corner, but agents and readers have other things on their mind... more >>
October 5, 2010 | Blog | By Kirk Cassels
Las Vegas may be one of the only cities in the world that is a destination unto itself. It's practically one of those places every traveler... more >>
January 31, 2012 | Article | By Susan Young
New Year signals balmy Caribbean voyages and sales opportunities. more >>
January 19, 2012 | Article | By Susan Young
From cooking to politics, ocean lines have lined up new experiences for 2012. Travel Agent offers a sampling of the new activities on offer, as well... more >>
January 13, 2012 | Article | By Joe Pike
Classic Vacations and Pleasant Holidays announced last month their plans to begin packaging several hotels in this culinary hot spot. Travel Agent... more >>
January 12, 2012 | Article | By Joe Pike
The merger between two major Latin American airlines, LAN and TAM, was approved last month. The new airline, LATAM, will still service key Latin... more >>
December 8, 2011 | Article | By Susan Young
In small but growing numbers, some clients now buy back-to-back cruises on one of the Oasis-class ships or, alternatively, a cruise on Oasis of the... more >>
December 7, 2011 | Article | By Travel Agent Central Contributor
The Travel Agent team is on the road much of the year, and for our final issue of 2011, we decided to give you our best picks so you can add them to... more >>
Marco Polo Returns
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Susan Young
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The classic vessel is sailing in Northern Europe and has new U.S. sales support. Travel Agent takes an inside look at the famous ship and the company that owns it. View
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Cruises Articles
- Carnival Dream Miniature Golf Course
Cruise ship photo of the Carnival Dream Miniature Golf Course
- Romantic Getaways
February is the month of romance, and "getting away" with the most special person in your life is a great way to celebrate. The About.com Guide to Honeymoons and Romantic Travel has compiled this great list of romantic getaway tips to assist in your romantic getaway planning. Cruise lovers know that cruising is one of the most romantic ways to travel. You can while away the days in your [...]
- Cruises: Lines to give away thousands of free flights
Two cruise lines are offering holidaymakers customers free flights, as they re-start their marketing campaigns following the Costa Concordia disaster last month. Royal Caribbean Cruises is offering 10,000 flights if holidays are booked by the end of February. Meanwhile, the Celebrity Cruises line is giving away a smaller number of free flights available for European cruises, and less regional airp [...]
- Oil spreading from Italy shipwreck
A thin film of oil spread from the Costa Concordia cruise ship as waves battered its wreckage.
- Cruise line launching Andrew Lloyd Webber show
The show will take place on the 1,250-passenger Riviera, which debuts in May.
Cruises Alerts
- Worldwide: Guests Advised to Purchase Trip Insurance
January is one of the busier months for cruise enthusiasts, but this season travel agents have been fielding more questions regarding safety and liability in light of the recent Costa Concordia tragedy. Statistically speaking, cruising is one of the safest forms of travel, but cruise lines take no chances in terms of liability. Under most [...]
- United Airlines Offers Bonus Award Miles When Booking Cruise Travel
CUSTOMERS USING MILEAGE PLUS(R) VISA(R) CARD CAN EARN DOUBLE BONUS AWARD MILES CHICAGO, April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) is giving customers many reasons to book cruises through the airline's new United Cruises service. Depending on the length of their stay, customers can earn up to 10,000 miles simply by booking a cruise online at cruises.united.com or by call [...]
- United Airlines Offers Bonus Award Miles When Booking Cruise Travel
CUSTOMERS USING MILEAGE PLUS(R) VISA(R) CARD CAN EARN DOUBLE BONUS AWARD MILES CHICAGO, April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) is giving customers many reasons to book cruises through the airline's new United Cruises service. Depending on the length of their stay, customers can earn up to 10,000 miles simply by booking a cruise online at cruises.united.com or by call [...]
- Greece
1. RECENT UPDATES Section 2 has been update (information on the demonstrations of November 17 has been removed). BACK TO TOP 2. WARNINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS There is no Official Warning for this country. Greece Exercise normal security precautions Exercise high degree of caution Avoid non-essential travel Avoid all travel General strikes a [...]
- Mexico: Mazatlan Dropped from Cruise Line Itineraries
The cruise ship Disney Wonder and Holland America Lines have dropped Mazatlan from their itineraries, citing concerns about passenger safety for their decisions. Carnival is also considering dropping the port from its cruises. Mazatlan has escaped most of the drug-gang violence that has plagued Sinaloa state and other parts of Mexico, and officials say the [...]
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