Pride of Panama from Jamaica
Date: 27 Feb 2024
Duration: 8 nights
Ship: Marella Explorer 2
Line: Marella Cruises
Simon Ferguson, Travel Weekly’s publishing direction said, during a trade conference, that luxury, cruise and other specialist holiday products are areas for growth. Travel and leisure agents were surveyed and 55% expected luxury holiday trade to grow in the next five years, 46% thought cruises would grow, and 44% said experience holidays would increase. However, he said, ‘Few people would bet on the economy getting any better. … downturns tend to weed out any unprofitable business …knowledge, service, and trust will be key for agents to survive the current downturn.’
He added that trust has become a key issue, ‘…who would have thought a year ago that the industry's third biggest player would leave 85,000 people stranded overseas? Customer perception about who they can trust will be shot through. The survey was completed by around 500 leisure and business members and 300 agents, also showed that 84% believe customers are carrying out a little or a lot more background research, much of it online.
Date: 27 Feb 2024
Duration: 8 nights
Ship: Marella Explorer 2
Line: Marella Cruises
£1,643 OUTSIDE
£1,862 BALCONY
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Duration: 7 nights
Ship: Star Clipper
Line: Star Clippers
Date: 14 Jun 2025
Duration: 7 nights
Ship: Marella Voyager
Line: Marella Cruises
£1,581 OUTSIDE
£1,818 BALCONY
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Duration: 11 nights
Ship: Fantasia
Line: MSC Cruises
£2,099 OUTSIDE
£2,199 BALCONY
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Duration: 20 nights
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Line: Princess Cruises
£2,699 BALCONY
£3,299 SUITE
Date: 6 Sep 2024
Duration: 9 nights
Ship: Scarlet Lady
Line: Virgin Voyages
£2,079 OUTSIDE
£2,279 BALCONY