| Sabre Goes on YouTube, Enhances Cruise Bookings
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor Sabre Travel Network has boosted the capabilities of its cruise shopping and booking tool, Sabre Cruises, and in a nod to even trendier technology, is now using YouTube to show people that its Virtually There product is so easy even Grandma can do it.More>> |
| Royal Caribbean Genesis Ships to Homeport in Fort Lauderdale
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor Royal Caribbean will homeport its two 5,400-passenger Genesis-class ships at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale after they are delivered in 2009 and 2010.More>> |
| Expedia and CruiseShipCenters' New Co-Brand Targets Home-Based Agents
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor The online travel company Expedia and CruiseShipCenters, a North American retail franchisor, have banded together to form a new brand, Expedia CruiseShipCenters, with the first store opening at the Crossroads Shopping Center in Bellevue, WA.More>> |
| Travelport Debuts Leisure Booking Engine
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor Travelport GDS on Wednesday unveiled Cruise & Tour, a web-based booking engine for travel agents that utilizes Revelex technology. Travelport executives said more leisure agent-focused programs are set for release in 2008.More>> |
| Jamaica May Create Cruise Port in Negril
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor The Jamaican government is reportedly considering construction of a cruise ship port near Negril, a popular destination, especially for younger travelers, on the western coast.More>> |
| Disney Adds St. Croix and Tortola to Cruises
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor Disney Cruise Line will call at St. Croix and Tortola beginning in 2009, as part of new Eastern Caribbean itineraries on Disney Magic.More>> |
| Gate 1 Travel Has Discount on European Cruises
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor Gate 1 Travel is offering savings of $200 to $300 per person on select cruises to Europe if booked by December 14.More>> |
| Fred. Olsen's Balmoral Gets Refit
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor The Balmoral, Fred. Olsen Cruises' latest addition to its fleet, is currently in Hamburg at the Blohm & Voss shipyard undergoing major renovations in advance of the ship's winter sailings from Dover, England.More>> |
| Star Clippers Joins Fuel Surcharge Fleet
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor Star Clippers, the small line of tall ships, has instituted an $8 fuel surcharge per person per day effective for all new bookings starting December 17.More>> |
| Inclement Weather Halts Explorer Cleanup
News By: Travel Agent Central Contributor Bad weather has prevented crews from containing a nearly mile-long fuel spill, which was caused when the Canadian cruise ship Explorer hit an iceberg last week and sank off the coast of Antarctica.More>> |
