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Norwegian Getaway was floated out of Meyer Werft’s covered building dock II in Papenburg, Germany earlier.
The 146,600-tonne ship has been under construction since November 2012.
The 4,000 passenger ship with her signature hull artwork designed by Miami artist David
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The burgeoning reputation of Dubai as an international hub for cruise tourism is set to be bolstered by an eventful 2013-14 season, with more than 20 leading global cruise lines anticipated to bring in as many as 300,000 tourists to the Emirate, according to Dubai Cruise Tourism, an entity of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing.
From tours of the Arabian Gulf
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Carnival Corporation has announced that effective December 1st Stein Kruse, currently president and chief executive of Holland America Line, is being appointed chief executive of the Holland America Group, adding Princess Cruises and Holland America Princess Alaska land operations to his current responsibilities of Holland America Line and Seabourn.
Kruse will report to Carnival Corporation president Arnold Donald.
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Aferry.co.uk has announced the launch of its new website for the travel trade - AFerryAgent.com.
The site will take away all the pain of booking ferries for clients as it makes ferry reservations as simple for agents as ABC.
Aferry.co.uk realised that agents shy away from ferries as there are so many different companies with a myriad of prices and panoply of different reservation systems
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As part of Costa Cruises’ ongoing investment in quality and sustainability, three of the fleet’s ships are scheduled to arrive in Genoa this month for planned maintenance work.
Costa Cruises is investing a total of more than
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With more cruise holidays on offer every year, and with constantly changing ships and itineraries, travel agents have to stay ahead of the game in a competitive market.
That’s why a dozen holiday consultants, keen to expand their knowledge, will be at Portsmouth International Port this Monday. The group will be learning about the Port, looking at one of its biggest ever visitors, and discovering why the waterfront city makes a great destination for holidaymakers.
It’s sure to be a busy morning, with Thomson’s Celebration arriving for the first time in Portsmouth. Celebration will bring the biggest number of passengers to ever have disembarked from a single cruise ship at Portsmouth International Port. The visiting agents will be taken to the quayside to get a closer look at the luxury liner. They’ll also get to learn what makes the award winning terminal so special, before heading off to visit the new Mary Rose exhibition at the Historic Dockyard.
2013 has been a year to remember at Britain’s Best Connected cruise and ferry Port, with more cruise ships coming and going than at any other point in its history. But the team looking after visiting cruise ships won’t get a well earned rest until more than eleven hundred passengers, and in excess of two thousand bags, are brought through the dedicated cruise and ferry terminal on Monday.
The arrival of Thomson’s luxury liner is a fitting end to the year, and a demonstration of how investment in new ship and passenger facilities has boosted business at the Port. Thomson Celebration is 215 metres long and will use the recently extended Berth 2 to safely dock and disembark passengers. The enlarged turning circle, created at the entrance of the Port by moving the Royal Navy training ship HMS Bristol, will also make for an easy and efficient arrival and departure.
CONTINUES BELOWThomson is a new customer at the Port, the well known travel company recognising how convenient Portsmouth is for its passengers. Situated on the UK motorway network and with good links to airports and rail transport too, arriving passengers can easily get home wherever they live in the country.
The much loved cruise ship will be almost full, bringing its happy passengers back to the UK after a Mediterranean holiday that started in Marmaris in Turkey at the end of October. Celebration is part of Thomson’s platinum range of cruise ships. Its focus on sophisticated dining and indulgent spa facilities make it a firm favourite with passengers. Before arriving in Portsmouth they will have enjoyed three days at sea enjoying the high quality food and facilities onboard, having left Lisbon in Portugal on November 8th.
Celebration is due to arrive early in the morning, with passengers due to get off between 0730 and 0930. Harbour Master Captain Rupert Taylor will be on hand to make sure all goes smoothly, and will present the Captain of Celebration with a commemorative plaque to mark the vessel’s first visit to Portsmouth International Port. The ship is then due to leave for Hamburg where it will undergo routine checks.
Despite the record number of passengers disembarking, Celebration isn’t quite the largest cruise ship to have visited Portsmouth International Port this year. That honour goes to the German liner Artania. Measuring 231 metres it is the longest commercial vessel to have ever docked at Portsmouth, and visited twice during 2013 bringing hundreds of passengers to visit the local area. Having enjoyed her experience in Portsmouth 2013, she has already booked another call in 2014.
Tags:portsmouth international port Share this articleModerate Comments CommentsRelated Articles10,000 whales spotted this summer23rd Aug 2012 Follow Breaking Travel NewsIn another cruise industry first Silversea Cruises has added newspapers and lifestyle magazines to its complimentary onboard digital service.
The digital service can be accessed on any Wi-Fi-enabled laptop, smartphone, tablet, or even e-book reader—anything with a browser.
The service enables the streaming of movies and live television news broadcasts to guests’ mobile devices aboard Silver Cloud and the recently launched Silver Galapagos.
The additional media options can be accessed on any smartphone or tablet, giving guests access to hundreds of daily newspapers and lifestyle magazines from 100 countries and in 56 languages.
Publications are refreshed every night so that guests receive the most up-to-date issues while travelling at sea.
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Norwegian Cruise Line and Nintendo of America have announced that they are expanding their partnership to offer Wii U video game systems and Wii U games fleet wide.
As part of the partnership expansion, the line will feature Nintendo’s newest video game console in all ships’ atriums and youth and teen centres.
In addition, the new HD Wii U systems will be featured at various competitions and events on board each ship.
Norwegian first partnered with Nintendo in March 2007, when Wii systems were introduced fleet wide. Now, with the introduction of Wii U, the successor to Wii, the gaming experience is being elevated to new levels.
The interactive Wii U gaming system complements Norwegian’s Freestyle Cruising by offering gaming opportunities to guests of all ages.
The new consoles give guests the chance to experience a variety of new action, adventure, party, racing, strategy, puzzle and sports games.
Upcoming game rollouts will include The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, a high-definition re-release of one of the greatest Nintendo games of all time; Super Mario 3D World, the first multiplayer 3D Mario game for Wii U; New Super Luigi U, starring Mario’s green-clad brother; Pikmin 3, which asks players to command an army of colourful creatures; and The Wonderful 101, which puts players in control of a band of superheroes fighting off an alien invasion.
Wii U delivers great video game experiences with exclusive Nintendo characters in HD.
Wii U also features the GamePad controller, which removes the traditional barriers between players, their favourite games and the television by giving one player a second touch screen, while other players use traditional controllers.
It’s perfect for the kinds of multiplayer game-playing parties found on board cruise ships.
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Marking another key milestone in the ship’s delivery, Norwegian Getaway has successfully completed her conveyance along the Ems River.
Sailing backwards and taking approximately 1.5 hours, Norwegian Getaway left MEYER WERFT in Papenburg, Germany, and made the narrow passage through the ship yard’s locks with only 1.6 meters clearance separating the ship from the
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Princess Cruises has announced that Jan Swartz has been promoted to president of the brand, effective December 1st, 2013.
Reporting to Holland America Group chief executive Stein Kruse, Swartz will oversee the Princess line’s worldwide operations which includes 17 ships, 22,000 employees serving more than 1.4 million passengers annually.
Princess Cruises has sales, marketing and operational efforts in over 60 countries around the world.
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