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ACA ‘Gongs in 25th annual conference
Thursday | Aug 31 2023THE Australian Cruise Association (ACA) kicked off its 25th annual Conference in Wollongong yesterday, with spirits high ahead of a bumper upcoming season, and the lifting of New South Wales’ COVID protocols.
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Coral East Indies 2024
Thursday | Aug 31 2023CORAL Expeditions is expanding its East Indies itineraries with a number of new voyages next year, including a circumnavigation of Sumatra, a voyage in Borneo, and a Sulawesi expedition.
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FCTG to debut CruiseHQ
Wednesday | Aug 30 2023FLIGHT Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) new cruise wholesale operation is expected to be named CruiseHQ, Cruise Weekly can exclusively reveal today.
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Hurti ships meet up
Wednesday | Aug 30 2023THE world’s first battery-hybrid cruise ships – Hurtigruten’s Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen – met in the Northwest Passage earlier this week (pictured).
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Another year of Wonder
Tuesday | Aug 29 2023DISNEY Cruise Line will deploy its Disney Wonder in Australian waters for a third time for the 2025/26 season, with port schedules confirming the company’s long-term commitment to the local market, as anticipation builds for the ship’s maiden arrival in Oct.
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Sun is rising in Australia
Tuesday | Aug 29 2023NORWEGIAN Cruise Line’s (NCL) Norwegian Sun will offer two departures from Melbourne for the very first time, as part of its APAC itineraries for the 2024/25 season (CW 20 Jun).
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COVID measures removed
Monday | Aug 28 2023THE Premier of New South Wales Chris Minns has confirmed the removal of cruise COVID measures, effective immediately, following advice from Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly on Fri.
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Cruise heavily anchors HLO results
Monday | Aug 28 2023HELLOWORLD Travel’s cruise wholesale and retail booking volumes grew “very significantly” as capacity returned throughout the year, the company noted in its Annual Report.
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Cruise AA-OK in NSW
Monday | Aug 28 2023ACCOMMODATION Australia (AA) has welcomed the removal of cruise restrictions by the Government of New South Wales (CW 23 Aug) in the lead-up to the state’s bumper cruise season.
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FCTG’s cruise market “gap”
Friday | Aug 25 2023FLIGHT Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has identified a gap in the market for a brand which specialises in the fly-cruise segment, leading it to revive its dormant Cruiseabout brand (CW yesterday), Chief Executive Officer Leisure James Kavanagh (pictured) revealed.
