CW for Tue 04 Sep 2012 - Cruise industry growth, Seabourn starts Antarctica, National Cruise Week,

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Australian cruise industry grows 30% Cruising has become a $2 billion industry and continues to outperform all other sectors of tourism.

THE latest research into the economic impact of cruise shipping in Australia has revealed yet another year of tremendous growth.

According to the report released at last week’s Cruise Down Under conference in Hobart, the cruise industry grew by 30% in one year.

Expenditure by the international cruise shipping industry in Australia in 2011-12 was estimated at $1.77 billion, compared to $1.1 billion in 2010-11.

Including domestic passenger spending, the total expenditure was $2.4 billion.

“The findings of the 2011-12 report

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represent another year of strong growth for the industry and continues to exceed expectations,” said Chris White, Chairman of CDU. “It demonstrates the continued positive growth trend for the cruise industry, despite the ongoing global economic challenges.”

The study also found that direct expenditure increased by 48% to $1.39 billion compared with $941 million in 2010-11.

“This was mainly attributed to a higher number of base port visits which resulted in higher passenger and crew expenditure as well as significantly higher port-related expenditure,” White said.

The strong results were primarily attributed to the rise in port visits recorded by Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Fremantle.

Overall, cruise ship visits to Australian ports in 2011-12 rose from 573 to 736; and total guest expenditure increased from $303m to $443m.

Expenditure by crew was up from $43m to $60m.

Total port-related expenditure increased from $440m to $733m.

The CDU study has been released every year since 2005.

“It now provides us with eight years of robust analysis of the contributions to the Australian economy provided by this continually growing industry,” White said.

See cruisedownunder.com for more details.

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CRUISE Weekly would like to welcome our Expert for the month of September, Alicia Fittler, Scenic Tours General Manager of Product for Europe and Canada. Every week we will be calling for questions from our readers which we will pass on for Alicia to answer. So if you have a burning river cruise question, be sure to email it to us at expert@cruiseweekly.com.au.

For Alicia’s answers click on the Facebook link at the end of each question or visit facebook.com/cruiseweekly.

Q1 from Jennifer Moore: What ways can I keep in contact with my friends and family whilst onboard one of your river ships? And is there a cost involved?

Q2 from Sylvia Mitchell: Is there onboard entertainment whilst river cruising? Or do your ships dock at night so guests can find entertainment in town?

Email your questions for Aleisha to expert@cruiseweekly.com.au

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CHIMU Adventures is giving guests the opportunity to sail onboard a ten-day Antarctica cruise with TV personalities Clint Bizzell (ex Aussie rules footballer) and Jesse Martin (the first youngest person to navigate the globe).

Departing Ushuaia on 25 March 2013 the voyage will take in the Drake Passage, South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, and allow guests to watch Bizzell and Martin in action filming an adventure documentary Places We Go for Channel 10 (airing in 2013).

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Deals reflect celebrations CELEBRITY Cruises is celebrating the looming debut of its newest vessel Celebrity Reflection by offering a series of deals for voyages during the ship’s inaugural season.

The deals include Reflection’s 21 October 2012 Mediterranean voyage calling at Provence, Cannes, Florence, Rome, Mykonos and Venice from $1,629pp (interior stateroom), $2,179pp (Aqua Class) and $3,279pp (Aqua Suite).

Also included in the special is Reflection’s 14night 04 November cruise from Venice which visits Dubrovnik, Rhodes, Ephesus, Athens, Valletta, Catania and Rome, from $1,529pp (interior stateroom), $2,079pp (Aqua Class), or $3,139pp (Sky Suite).

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Check out this week’s cruise bargain: Seven-night Fort Lauderdale roundtrip onboard Oasis of the Seas • From: $1,029 • Departs: 13 October 2012 • Visits: Labadee, (Haiti); Falmouth, (Jamaica); and Cozumel, (Mexico) • Includes: US$100 onboard credit per room (when booked by 15 September) • Contact: www.ecruising.travel

Seabourn to start Antarctic cruises Bookings open tomorrow for the world’s most luxurious voyages to Antarctica, commencing November 2013.

FOR the first time, Seabourn will sail to Antarctica, as an additional destination to four South American itineraries next season.

The new cruises, aboard the line’s most modern all-suite ship, the 450-passenger Seabourn Quest, sail between Valparaíso (Chile) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Discussing the surprise announcement with Cruise Weekly, Seabourn’s director of sales in Australia, Tony Archbold emphasised that the new experience would be more than a scenic sail-by of the continent.

“Quest is due to be upgraded in May – the hull will be strengthened and a fleet of zodiacs will be placed onboard so our guests will be able to go onto the ice,” he said.

“We will try to get people on land every day of the five days spent in Antarctica, depending on conditions.”

National Cruise Week launches THIS week savvy Australian and Kiwi cruisers can look forward to nabbing a cruise bargain, with the kick-off of National Cruise Week.

Running between 03 and 09 September National Cruise Week will see more than 1,000 travel agents across Australia and New Zealand granted exclusive access to a range of cruise bargains on offer from International Cruise Council Australasia member cruise lines.

The deals include Kimberley packages from Orion Expedition cruises which offer cruisers a 10-night Kimberley cruise onboard Orion, as well as an inclusive and exclusive Bungle Bungle flight, Broome Discovery Tour, transfers and one night accommodation including dinner at Pinctada Cable Beach Resort in Broome from $7,035pp for voyages between April and September 2013 (a saving of over $3,000 per person).

Other deals include a $100 onboard credit on all Royal Caribbean cruises from Australia of five nights or longer; and a $500 onboard credit on selected Azamara Club Cruises voyage between December 2012 and May 2013.

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The first ‘Ultimate Antarctica & Patagonia’ voyage is scheduled to depart on 20 November 2013, followed by three more departures on 11 December 2013, 4 January and 25 January 2014.

Durations range from 21 to 24 days.

The move expands Seabourn’s global reach to all seven continents and provides loyal clients with a “mind-blowing” new option, Archbold said.

“It’s going to be the best way of seeing Antarctica, taking the ultra luxury of Seabourn into the exotic, rugged beauty of this last wilderness.

“Guests will have the Seabourn standard of service the whole way, right down to coming back to your suite and a hot bath is already run for you,” he said.

Scientists and naturalists will give lectures onboard and accompany passengers ashore.

For details of itineraries, see seabourn.com.

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PRINCESS Cruises is defending itself over claims that it failed to rescue crew onboard a small boat named Fifty Cent after they had been adrift at sea for over a month (CW 17 May).

The story was initially corroborated by photographs of a small boat thought to be Fifty Cent, taken by Princess passengers from onboard Star Princess.

Criticisism and several lawsuits have been levelled at the cruise line in the wake of the story, however Princess has always ascertained that Star’s bridge staff did not see signs of distress and therefore did not stop or notify the ship's captain.

In an effort to determine the truth, Princess Cruises had the passengers photographs analysed by Michael Snyder, a retired photo analyst and photogrammetry expert from NASA's Johnson Space Center who concluded that “the small boat photographed by the passengers onboard Star Princess is clearly not the small boat called Fifty Cent”.

HOLIDAYMAKERS can now edge closer to crossing Cuba off their bucket list, with the announcement that Star Flyer will feature a Cuban cruise line-up in 2014.

Star Clippers has announced that the 170passenger vessel will boast four Cuban itineraries in 2014, including a 14-night Costa Rica to Cuba 02 February 2014 sailing, via the Panama Canal, calling at Drake Bay and Golfito (Costa Rica); Isla Gamez, Isla Iguana and Balboa (Panama); San Andres and Providencia (Colombia); George Town and Little Cayman (Cayman Islands) and Casilda (Cuba), from $5,445pp person plus $590 port charges.

Star Flyer will also feature a seven-night Cuba and Cayman Islands cruise departing 16 and 23 February and 02, 09 and 16 March, departing Cienfuegos and calling at Cayo Blanco; Casilda; Little Cayman and George Town, capital of Great Cayman; Cayo Largo (Cuba), Archipelago de los Canarreos, from $2,645 plus $247 port charges; as well as a six-night round-trip from Cienfuegos, calling at Archipelago de los Canarreos; Punta Frances; Cayo Largo; Casilda; and Cayo Blanco, from $2,265pp plus $215 port charges, departing 23 March.

The vessel’s fourth Cuba itinerary will depart 29 March from Cuba to St Maarten, and will call at Montego Bay and Port Antonio, Jamaica; Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic); the British Virgin Islands; and Philipsburg, from $4,155pp plus $385 port charges.

Volendam’s Aussie sectors GUESTS who do not wish to cruise Volendam’s full 34-day circumnavigation of Australia in 2012 have the choice of shorter segments, including a 19-night itinerary from Sydney to Perth, via Darwin and Indonesia, departing on 21 October.

The segment is priced from $2,399pp/ts and calls will include Brisbane, Hamilton Island, Cairns, Darwin, Komodi Island, Lombok and Bali.

Meanwhile guests can also embark on a 15day southern coastline cruise of Australia from Perth on 09 November, taking in Albany, Esperance, Port Lincoln, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Penneshaw, Melbourne and Hobart, from $1,799pp/ts.

The full 34-day circumnavigation is priced from $3,999pp/ts.

See www.hollandamerica.com.au.

3 2 5 7 + 2 / ( MESSAGE delivered a century later.

A Scottish fisherman hauled in the world’s oldest Message in a Bottle this month, along with a fresh catch of fish.

Andrew Leaper was pulling in his fishing nets when he spotted the water wearied bottle sticking precariously out of the netting.

He rushed in to save the bottle before it plopped back into the ocean, and noticed that it contained a message.

After hurriedly extracting the note he discovered it was in fact written 98 years ago

by Captain CH Brown of the Glasgow School of Navigation.

The message asked the reader to record the exact location where they retrieved the note and to then take those details, the note and bottle to the Scotland Fishery Board to collect a sixpence reward.

The reasoning behind the message was so that Captain Brown and the School of Navigation could monitor current patterns.

Speaking to press after the find, Dr Bill Turrell, Head of Marine Ecosystems with Marine Scotland Science, said “Drift bottles gave oceanographers at the start of the last century important information that allowed them to create pictures of the patterns of water circulation in the seas around Scotland”.

As yet Leaper has not confirmed whether he will seek his sixpence reward, but has described the find as like having won the lottery twice, due to the fact that the previous “world’s oldest message in a bottle” was also found by a crew member onboard the fishing vessel he was on when he scooped up Captain Brown’s invitation.

Visit a Legend in Asia ROYAL Caribbean is inviting travellers to experience an Asian voyage onboard Legend of the Seas this coming summer season, by offering fares for her eight-night Exotic Southeast Asia cruise starting from $1,055 per person.

The voyage will depart Hong Kong on 23 October 2012 and will call at Xiamen, (China); Manila and Boracay, (Philippines); Kota Kinabalu, (Malaysia); and finishing in Singapore.

See www.royalcaribbean.com.au.

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Want to know about Labadee?

ROYAL Caribbean is giving arm-chair travellers the chance to visit its own private destination in Labadee, Haiti, via a new video.

The video provides viewers with an overview of the cruise line’s history with the destination, as well as what cruisers can expect when they are there in terms of activities.

The video also showcases some recently added features and amenities.

To view the video CLICK HERE.

Mississippi River reopens THE Mississippi River and Port of New Orleans have reopened this week, following the passing of Hurricane Isaac.

The river was closed for shipping as Isaac approached, and is now reopened to limited ship traffic on the lower Mississippi River, whilst traffic clears and the Coast Guard deals with a number of ships that ran aground and barges that were stranded during the hurricane.

Aussies take the Scenic route AUSTRALIAN holidaymakers have responded strongly to Scenic Tours’ 2013 France and Russian cruise programs, with the company’s General Manager of Europe Product, Aleisha Fittler, saying that “sales have exceeded expectations and continue to be strong”.

According to Scenic the popularity of its 2013 France program is due in large part to the deployment of a Scenic ‘Space-Ship’ on the French waterways, whilst the company has attributed the demand for its Russian program to the decision for Scenic Tours to build their own ship in Russia, Scenic Tsar.

Speaking about Tsar, which completed refurbishment and set sail in June this year, Fittler said “We recognised a gap in the market and so have built a program to meet the markets demands – a boutique size ship, 93% balcony cabins and all-inclusive.

“As the first new build in 25 years in Russia, the Scenic Tsar has taken river cruising in Russia to a new level so it is no surprise that our departures are filling fast,” she added.

For info see www.scenictours.com.au.

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Silversea launches its new 2013 collection Silversea has introduced its first standalone brochure for its 2013 expedition program.

THE brochure details 27 luxury adventure cruises onboard the company’s dedicated 132guest expedition ship, Silver Explorer.

The elegant brochure contains 48 pages of Explorer’s 2013 wanderings as she takes guests pole to pole on a series of voyages covering the Polar regions, Central and South America, Canada, the Caribbean and Africa, and stops in at 28 new ports of call.

Speaking about the company’s decision to launch the exclusive brochure, Karen Christensen, General Manager and Director Sales/Marketing Australasia said that expedition cruising is a “buoyant” and “exciting” market for Silversea with guests wanting to go out and experience the Antarctic but come back to Silversea luxury.

“Shore tours are an important part of our business” Christensen said, adding that there are no more than 20 passengers on any tour.

Late in 2013 a second Silversea expedition vessel will be added to the Galapagos following the purchase of the Galapagos II. Christensen, said the new vessel will undergo a complete refit in September 2013, and confided in CW that the vessel’s name is still undecided.

The new ship is expected to be focused on the Galapagos.

MEANWHILE Christensen also revealed the company’s new 176 page 2013 Voyage Atlas at a launch event last week.

Departing from tradition, the Voyage Atlas features a pearl on the cover- said to represent the “pearl of the sea”.

Described as a “bold move” by Christensen, the pearl cover is the first time a Silversea brochure has not worn a ship on its front.

Speaking about the reasoning behind the move Christensen said “We wanted to make it a coffee table book...luxury should be defined by the first thing (clients) see when booking their cruise followed by the destination and elegance onboard...value and exceeding expectations”.

Highlights inside the cover include a World Cruise onboard Silver Whisper that visits 28 countries, including Australia, and stops at 52 ports.

Departing from Los Angeles 05 January 2013 the 115 day cruise will sail into Sydney on 04 February and will make stops in Melbourne, Adelaide, Albany and Fremantle before

heading off across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia.

Overall, the Atlas outlines a whopping 200 sailings lined up for the company’s fleet in 2013, across 450 destinations aboard Silver Cloud, Silver Wind, Silver Shadow, Silver Whisper and Silver Spirit.

New ports scheduled in the 2013 line-up include Fukuoka in Japan, Port Arthur, Tasmania; Sabang, Northern Sumatra; Laipeda in Lithuania and Saaremaa in Estonia.

To grab a copy of the new brochures see tour local travel agent.

Christensen is pictured above, presenting the new brochures to media.

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Northwest Passage a Pushover? by: Roderick Eime For the last however-many hundred years, the Northwest Passage has been a largely theoretical shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the top of Canada.

For centuries, mariners, navigators and explorers have busted their butts to make the journey through the treacherous, ice-choked and labyrinthine waterways.

Most ended in failure or disaster, some even trapped in ice for years.

Our ebullient expedition leader (EL), Boris Wise, aboard One Ocean’s (OOE) Akademik Ioffe warned us. “We have a daily schedule, but the only thing we guarantee is that we’ll get you to Kugluktuk on August 26.”

Fair call from any experienced EL. Expedition cruising is all about the unexpected, the ability to exploit opportunities as they arise and avoid adversity when it appears.

Most mornings Boris is poring over the ice charts arriving by satellite from Canada’s coastal monitoring authority.

Red splotches are heavy (10/10) ice, while pale blue is (<1/10) and effectively ice free.

While there is plenty of red, there’s also plenty of blue detours and as the journey pans out, our transit through the narrow Bellot Strait, which thwarted so many early explorers, was even conducted in a Zodiac.

Boris and the captain scan the horizon with powerful binoculars, not to find a way through, but to actually find some ice.

Before I rush to join the chorus of climate change alarmists, let’s remember climates do change.

We have thousands, even millions, of years of evidence, yet it is hard to refute that we (the world) are currently experiencing a period of warmer global temperatures.

Certainly the previously impenetrable Northwest Passage (or North-

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On my previous voyage aboard Ponant, the captain advised guests their inaugural passage in 2013 aboard Le Soleal is already sold-out and wait-listed.

Adventure Canada (who absorbed the troubled Cruise North in 2011) and Hapag-Lloyd are also offering NW Passage cruises each year.

OOE were running about 85 per cent capacity including a few industry guests like myself, but sell-outs on this historic journey with a narrow window of opportunity (at least until recently) are common.

Rest easy, the risk of becoming beset in ice is no more.

Even if your expedition finds itself surrounded by a dense pack and unable to proceed, a satellite phone call to the Canadian Coast Guard will have one of their standby icebreakers on the scene in a few hours to escort you through.

A handy backup service provided by the Canadian Government, just in case.

The highlights of any NWP voyage are the combined elements of wildlife, nature, culture, environment and history – and there are plenty of all to go around.

Each day our squad of naturalists revised the mammal and bird checklist, while others with a penchant for the microscopic updated the plants.

Yes, polar bears, walrus, seals, whales and even a rare Peary’s Caribou had the animal spotters hopping with delight.

See semi-daily reports at www.expeditioncruising.com.

Rod travelled as a guest of www.oneoceanexpeditions.com, flying www.aircanada.com with support from www.canada.travel.

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