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TODAYS ISSUE OF CW
Todays issue of Cruise Weekly features
four pages of all the latest cruise news.
Sherry: time to improve Qld ports
Carnival chief Ann Sherry has
called for action on the
significant challenges facing
ports in Brisbane and Cairns.
THE full potential of Australias cruise
industry will not be realised until problems at
Queenslands two main cruise ports are
addressed, according to Ann Sherry, CEO,
Carnival Australia.
Infrastructure gaps at Brisbane and Cairns
have become more obvious as a result of
cruise industry growth, combined with the
trend to larger cruise ships, Sherry told
Cruise Weekly.
If unaddressed, these gaps will constrain
further growth and limit cruisings economic
contribution.
The Brisbane facility is too far up the river,
thus limiting access by superliners, she said.
Brisbane needs a dedicated deepwater
cruise terminal to accommodate an increasing
number of larger ships.
The cruise port is also the most expensive
in Australia, despite its size restrictions.
Cairns, on the other hand, works
effectively, unlike many ports in Australia,
Sherry said.
Unfortunately, most ships cant get into the
port until it is dredged.
Carnival Australia supports current plans to
dredge Trinity Inlet to enable larger cruise
ships to dock in the heart of Cairns.
Current arrangements at the Yorkeys Knob
anchorage are suboptimal to Cairns realising
its full potential as a cruise destination and for
the real value of cruising to be captured,
Sherry said.
Cairns has great potential as a key
destination in northern Australia linking
through to destinations to our north,
including Papua New Guinea.
Sherry acknowledged that some progress
had been made by state and local government
authorities, which recognise and value
cruisings contribution to the economy, jobs
and to businesses through the multiplier
effect of cruising.
Sherry also emphasised that improving
facilities in Queensland was important from a
national perspective because the state was
part of an itinerary package for visiting
international ships.
Australias cruise destinations depend on
each other to get it right on infrastructure,
she said.
Upgrading port facilities would help ensure
Australia remains attractive and competitive
as a cruise destination.
This is increasingly important as we see
cities in Asia, such as Shanghai, Hong Kong
and Singapore, investing strongly in cruise
infrastructure, she added.
AMAs French inspiration
CRUISERS looking for French itineraries will
be thrilled to learn that AmaWaterways has
unveiled two new 2013 itineraries: Paris and
Normandy, and The Jewels of France.
These itineraries take our guests through
the heart of France, said AmaWaterways
Founder Rudi Schreiner.
From the design of the French balconies
onboard our ships to the locally-sourced
ingredients, menu selections and wines,
AmaWaterways combines old-world French
charm with a luxury travel experience, he added.
The Paris and Normandy itinerary is a seven-
night cruise which takes place onboard the
AmaLegro down the Seine River, taking guests
to Paris, Vernon, Giverny, Rouen, Les Andelys,
Conflans, Barcelona, Perpignan, Arles, Avignon,
Viviers, Tournon, Vienne, Treveux and Lyon.
Meanwhile the new Jewels of France
itinerary includes seven nights on the Rhone
and seven nights on the Seine and begins with
three-nights in Barcelona before boarding
AmaDagio to cruise through Frances wine
regions, and then disembarking in Lyon to
travel to Paris to board the AmaLegro for
cruising in northern France.
The Captain scrubs up
CAPTAIN Cook Cruises Fiji has announced the
completion of a soft refurbishment of all
outdoor and indoor furnishings onboard the
MV Reef Endeavour.
As a result of the makeover, the vessel now
sports new modern furniture around the pool,
new sun lounges on B deck and on the sun
deck, as well as new carpet and furniture in
the ships lounge and dining areas.
In addition, Endeavours staterooms now
feature new linen.
The mini-makeover follows Endeavours
extensive renovation last year which saw the
installation of several new suites, the creation
of interconnecting family rooms, and a
refurbishment of the ships spa and gym.
These rebuilds and refurbishments
complete a whole new experience for our
many repeat passengers and give something
exciting and unique for passengers embarking
on their first cruise, said Jackie Charlton, CEO,
Captain Cook Cruises Fiji.
For more details on the ship and its Fijian
itineraries, see your local travel agent, or visit
www.captaincook.com.au.
Pictured above: new deck furniture onboard MV Reef Endeavour
Princess honoured by ports
THE ports of San Francisco in the USA and
Victoria in Canada have bestowed Princess
Cruises with awards for the cruise lines
environmental efforts.
San Francisco awarded Sea Princess and
Sapphire Princess its Cruise Ship Environmental
Award for the pairs reduction in air emissions,
advanced wastewater management, and
recycling and disposal programs; whilst Victoria
bestowed Golden Princess, Island Princess,
Sapphire Princess and Sea Princess with its Ogden
Point Eco Award for using low sulfur fuel.
RCI in the Tony Awards
AS a result of a new partnership between
Royal Caribbean International and the Tony
Awards, the cast of Oasis of the Seas Hairspray
will perform a number in the ships Opal
Theatre as part of the Tony Awards program.
We couldnt be more excited to partner
with the Tony Awards to give the audience a
taste of our genuine Broadway productions,
which include Saturday Night Fever, as well as
the Tony award-winning musicals Hairspray
and Chicago: The Musical, said Adam
Goldstein, CEO, Royal Caribbean International.
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Cruise
Calendar
Cruise Weeklys cruise calendar details
upcoming port calls of passenger cruise
ships at various destinations in Australia.
BRISBANE
Pacific Dawn Thu 14 June
Pacific Sun Sun 17 June
SYDNEY
Pacific Pearl Thu 14 June
This weekly column highlights hot deals on
cruises departing soon ideal for our
spontaneous readers.
Check out this weeks cruise bargain:
25-nights Sydney to Beijing onboard
Dawn Princess
From: $4,379pp
Departs: 27 July 2012
Visits: Darwin, Singapore, Koh Samui,
Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang,
Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tianjin.
Includes: One-way flight from Beijing to
Sydney, cruise accom, 2-night Hong
Kong stopover, 3-nights in Beijing
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Coral Princess launches new voyages
The Australian small-ship line
has announced its 2013
schedule, including an inaugural
expedition to the Spice Islands
and New Guinea.
NEXT year, Coral Princess Cruises 72-
passenger Oceanic Discoverer will spend
almost a month exploring the remote regions
of Indonesia and PNG.
Departing from Darwin, the new 25-night
itinerary covers the Tanimbar and Spice
Islands before a five-day exploration of the
Four Kings of Raja Ampat.
The cruise continues into the Northern
Hemisphere and Mapia Atoll and then returns
to the West Papuan provincial capital of
Jayapura, and onwards to Wewak.
Exclusive to Coral Princess Cruises, guests
will spend two nights cruising 100 kilometres
up the Sepik River, before exploring the east
coast of Papua New Guinea, including
Lababia, Tufi and the Trobriand Islands.
According to Coral Princess Cruises Founder
and Managing Director, Tony Briggs, who
recently returned from a fact-finding visit to
the area, the new program is the most
comprehensive expedition ever undertaken in
the region, and the companys most
ambitious yet.
Im excited that this expedition enables
guests to experience one of the worlds
emerging regions, in the comfort and
unrivalled style they have come to expect
from a Coral Princess Cruises expedition,
Briggs said.
Prices for the Spice Islands, Raja Ampat and
New Guinea circle expedition start at $18,990
per person.
A limited number of staterooms are also
available on a shorter 13-night leg from
Darwin to Wewak and a 12-night itinerary
from Wewak to Cairns.
The companys newly released 2012-13
brochure also includes a series of PNG
expeditions from Cairns and Rabaul, as well as
two 13-night itineraries through the
Melanesian archipelagos of New Caledonia,
Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and PNG.
To celebrate the brochure launch, Coral
Princess Cruises is offering discounts of up to
25% for past guests, or 15% for first-time
travellers on their 13-night Melanesian
expedition from Rabaul to Noumea, departing
on 11 November 2012.
Prices start at $8,242.50pp for past guests.
For a limited time, single travellers are also
being offered the opportunity to join the
same expedition without the need to pay a
single supplement.
To book, call 1800 079 545 or visit
www.coralprincess.com.au.
Captain Cook returns to Sydney
CAPTAIN Cook returned to Sydney Harbour
last Wednesday, scoring himself a front row view
of the Transit of Venus, an event which he first
witnessed in Tahiti in 1769, and after which he
received orders to find the Great South Land.
Cook enjoyed the prime viewing position for
the transit onboard Captain Cook Cruises Red
Rocket which pulled up a pew in Sydney
Harbour for the event.
During the transit, which commenced at
8.16am and ended at 2.44pm, the Captain
remained silent, as unlike his 1769 self, his
2012 form was actually made of wax and
crafted by the experts at Madam Tussauds.
The Captain is pictured on a Red Rocket
below.
Half board with Hurtigruten
NORWEGIAN cruise line Hurtigruten is
offering special half-board fares on a selection
of its 2012 Autumnal voyages.
The half-board fares include accommodation,
breakfast and dinner daily, leaving cruisers free
to explore the local fare and get their own
lunch whilst on land each day.
The half-board fares are priced from 711
(approx AU$898) for a six-day Classic Voyage
South from Kirkenes to Bergen between 15
August and 14 September 2012; and from
801 (approx AU$1,012) for a seven-day
Classic Voyage North between 15 September
and 31 October 2012.
See your travel agent for details, or call
1800 62 267.
Moanas two Panama transits
PAUL Gauguin Cruises newest vessel, m/v
Tere Moana will host two Panama Canal
Transit cruises next year, a 14-night voyage
departing 05 January, and a 13-night cruise
departing 24 February 2013.
The voyages will take guests to the
Caribbean, Cartagena and Panama, and are
priced from US$5,485pp (approx AU$5,550).
For details see your travel agent.
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines app
FRED Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a new
app for use on iPhone and iPad devices.
The app allows cruisers to search for
departures throughout 2012, 2013 and into
early 2014; view full cruise details; check real
time cabin pricing and availability; research
vessels; and view destination highlights.
The new app is available to download for
free at the Apple App Store.
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Carnival CEO plans to rough it
IN the lead-up to the seventh annual St
Vincent de Paul CEO Sleepout, Carnival
Australia staff got behind their CEO, Ann
Sherry, who plans to participate in the
uncomfortable evening, by organising a special
High Tea Bake Day (pictured below).
The profits from the High Tea event, which
doubled as a Queens Jubilee celebration, will
all go towards St Vincent de Pauls charity
work, with Sherry now in preparation to take
part in the 21 June CEO Sleepout.
If you are going to sleep out on the street
you might as well do it in the coldest part of
the year and on the longest night of the year,
Sherry said.
We live in such an affluent community and
we are in the business of creating great
experiences for people but at the same time
we know there are others in our community
who find themselves sleeping on the street for
a whole lot of reasons.
I have seen people who are clearly living in
the backs of their cars with their kids and I just
think thats not right, so the more money we
can raise the better our community is for it,
she added.
For more information on CEO Sleepout for
Vinnies: www.ceosleepout.org.au.
SEE the world at home.
Google is inviting armchair travellers to
see the world close up, with its new World
Wonders Project.
Launched last week in partnership with
UNESCO, the World Monuments Fund,
Getty Images and Ourplace, the World
Wonders Project aims to preserve world
heritage sites using technology.
As such, the program utilises Googles
Street View technology to photograph and
map some of the worlds most culturally
significant sites, and allows users to explore
and navigate their way through them.
As such, visitors to the site can search
wonders by location, and after selecting
one can then use their computer mouse to
guide themselves step by step around the
sites as if they were there themselves.
See www.google.com/worldwonders.
Savona port extension
WORK has begun to double the capacity of
the Savona Palacrociere terminal in Costa
Cruises hub of Liguria in Italy.
Costing Costa Crociere 9 million to build,
the terminal will double Costas capacity in
Savona, and will measure around 3,500-square
metres.
According to reports, the terminal will be
connected to the existing facility, but it will
feature its own facilities such as waiting, transit
and baggage areas.
It is expected the terminal will take 15
months to build, and will be completed and
ready to take passengers in September 2013.
Costa says thankyou
ADDRESSING a public meeting held in the
Italian city of Genoa titled Thankyou for
Shipping, Costa Cruises Chairman Pier Luigi
Foschi thanked all those who helped and
supported the cruise line in the wake of the
Costa Concordia disaster, including authorities,
the cruise industry and the cruising public.
Despite an initial slump after the tragedy, the
cruise lines booking volumes have shown
some considerable improvement as cruisers
return to the Italian cruise line in droves, with
Costa clocking a 28% year-on-year increase in
cruise bookings during April and May 2012,
compared to the same time last year.
Cruisers still love Greece
GREECE is still the third most popular
European nation for cruising, despite the
countrys current economic meltdown,
according to representatives of the European
Cruise Council (ECC).
Speaking at a Forum in Athens ECC
representatives described Greece as a key
cruise destination in Europe, confirming that
the estimated 4.7m passengers which visit its
ports, make up 17% of the European cruise
market.
Despite the continued success of cruising in
Greece, the ECC representatives warned that
Greece now faces some potential obstacles to
future growth, including ports infrastructure,
and berth allocation.
We are keen to fully engage in technical
round table discussions and consultations to
let cruise tourism keep growing and play its
part in the Greek economys recovery, the
spokesperson said.
Quark increases Antarctica
ANTARCTIC cruise specialist, Quark
Expeditions, has reported a 10% increase in
cruise passengers visiting the Antarctic for the
2011-12 season.
The increase flies in the face of a drop in
overall visitors to Antarctica (to 26,519
between November and April 2011/12, down
22% on 2010/11 figures) following the
introduction of stricter fuel regulations which
caused several companies to pull their vessels
out of the region.
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First with the news
Cruises for young people
by: Louise Goldsbury
Hang out at the pool bar Choose a beach cruise
A couple on a Fiji safari
As a cruiser under 40, I am often asked if cruises are fun for young
people. YES! You just have to know which are the most suitable
ships and itineraries, so these are my tips, especially designed for
young Australians.
1. Stick to short
The longer the cruise, the longer in the tooth the passengers are.
Choose itineraries under 10 nights for local departures and seven
nights for overseas. Your best bet is to take a short sampler cruise,
from one to three nights.
2. Reach the beach
The South Pacific will attract a more younger crowd than New
Zealand. Why? NZ cruises last 14 days and appeal to retirees. South
Pacific cruises are geared towards beach-lovers, with an emphasis
on water-based activities such as snorkelling. Most young people
seeking adventure in NZ fly there.
3. P&O and Royal Caribbean
So, you dont want to cruise with oldies? What about teenagers
and children? Or people your age but with kids? On your average
superliner, 300-400 will be children (more around Christmas, less
outside of school holidays). Accompanying them will be their
parents and perhaps their grandparents. This leaves a few hundred
childless couples and singles (from 20-somethings to seniors). If
youre happy with a mixed bag, youll enjoy these cruise lines. It
wont be one big party, but there is fun to be found, and the ships
are not full of drunken hooligans, despite what the media portrays.
4. Voyager and Spirit
Deserving separate mention, Royal Caribbeans Voyager of the Seas
and Carnival Cruise Lines Carnival Spirit come to Sydney this
summer, and both are introducing special features and facilities to
attract a younger, active crowd. You will still find a majority of
families, but Im putting my money on plenty of people in their 20s
and 30s. Off icially, Carnival Cruise Lines describes its target
audience in Australia as sociable, open-minded couples and
families who are youthful in spirit, adventurous and enjoy trying
new experiences.
5. Captain Cook Cruises in Fiji
I have heard great things about Fiji Sailing Safaris. Past passenger
and Cruise Weekly adventure cruise columnist Rod Eime confirms it
is def initely a good option for under-40s. Although the company
no longer markets this itinerary, it still offers four-night and seven-
night Fijian cruises. For more information visit Captain Cook Cruises
website: captaincook.com.au.
6. Americans afloat
If you can afford a trip to the US, take a Caribbean cruise with
Carnival. Depart from Fort Lauderdale, Miami or New York. Do not
go for longer than a week and do not go via the Panama Canal
(popular among the over-70s). Or explore the worlds largest
playground at sea, with the most onboard bars, nightclubs, pools,
spas and top-notch entertainment: Allure of the Seas.
7. Finding youth
No matter which ship youre on, there will be someone your age
somewhere. Ive tracked them down on river cruises in Europe and
Asia (easy when there are only 150 passengers) and Azamara Club
Cruises (mid-size, upscale ships that are popular with younger
travellers in the Med). Linger where they are most likely to be: the
bars and casino after the seniors have gone to bed.