Carving Out Luxe-Adventure
Five ships and 1,000 berths are heading for the North American source market with Atlas Ocean Voyages between 2021 and 2023, offering a luxe-adventure product at a five-star level. Headquartered in Florida, President Alberto Aliberti is leading the charge for the Mystic brand. The company spans just over 15 employees and is continuing to grow…
Driving Innovation
This year there will be quite a big focus on enhancing the experiences with guest services and embarkation. What can we do to streamline it, make it smoother and make it shorter; mobile applications are being tested for boarding,” said Frits van der Werff, vice president of hotel and food and beverage services for Holland…
Strong Deployment Footprint
Seabourn is moving its Alaska program to combinable and open-jaw, between Vancouver and Juneau, this year. A few thousand miles east, the Eastern Mediterranean is back in a big way as the brand is returning to Turkey. “The return to Istanbul and other Turkish destinations like Kusadasi and Bodrum, just having that ability to go…
MSC Accelerating Expansion
With up to 22 new ships on order for deliveries through 2030, Achille Staiano, vice president of global sales for MSC Cruises, told Cruise Industry News that the company is continuously looking for new destinations. “We have grown 800 percent over the past 10 years,” he said, “and we are accelerating our rate of growth…
Itinerary Planning: 2030 Here We Come!
The big planning window stretches all the way to the end of the decade, Fred Stein, vice president of itinerary planning and fleet deployment at Carnival Cruise Line, told Cruise Industry News. “We have a framework that goes out close to the end of the decade. But that is not to say that things will…