8/20/2019 Cruise Weekly for Thu 16 Jul 2015 - Cruise domain names, Norwegian a-la-carte, Drinks on Princess, MSC and mu… http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/cruise-weekly-for-thu-16-jul-2015-cruise-domain-names-norwegian-a-la-carte 1/4 Cruise WEEKLY Thursday 16 Jul 2015 Website: www.cruiseweekly.com.au | Phone: 1300 799 220 | Fax: 1300 799 221| Email: [email protected]Page 1 Cruise Weekly today Cruise Weekly today features three pages of all the latest cruise industry news plus a full page from: (click) • AA Appointments jobs LEARN MORE T&Cs apply THIS WEEK ONLY CRUISE SALE Enjoy te view BOOK BY 18 JULY ^ FOR TRIPLE OFFER Viking Star in focus for Merricks PARTICIPATING in an exclusive tudy tour ‘by invitaon only’, MTA - Mobile Travel Agents managing directors Karen & Roy Merricks were recently privy to he inner workings of Viking Star . Travelling onboard the inaugural Viking Ocean Cruises voyage between Oslo and Stockholm, the Merricks represented one of only our invited Australian agencies. The brand new vessel - fresh rom being christened in Bergen n May - called in Copenhagen, Berlin, St Petersburg, Tallinn and Helsinki during the voyage. “It is just as important for us as any of our Australia-wide Members to be updated with the latest developments taking place across the industry and parcularly the cruise industry which is a fast growing component of our overall business,” Karen Merricks said. Karen and Roy are picturedabove anking Viking Star Captain Gulleik Svalastog. Cruising to the show TRAVEL agents are encouraged o get down to Sydney’s Luna Park today or tomorrow to explore the 2015 Travel Industry Exhibion, which opened today. A wide variety of exhibitors from he cruise sector are aending ncluding service providers, tour rms and cruising wholesalers. Among these is Aranui Cruises, Collee, G Adventures, Le Boat/ Sunsail/The Moorings, McLachlan Tours, MS Volga Dream, Cruise Factory and of course Cruise Weekly ourselves - come & say hi. Coast ready for cruise LOCAL volunteers have been engaged to welcome and assist passengers arriving on each of the four cruise ships arriving on the Sunshine Coast, Acng Mayor Chris Thompson has said. P&O Cruises will be the rst to drop anchor at Mooloolaba this Sat 18 Jul, with pax tendered to shore and right to the doorstep of the Underwater World aracon. Specially designed signature suroards have been set up nearby, with locals on hand to take photos and encourage them to be uploaded to social media to share their Sunshine Coast visit. Mooloolaba Passports from the local Chamber of Commerce and featuring informaon about the region and special oers will be handed out to pax on arrival. Princess drinks deal PRINCESS Cruises has released a drinks package for its six ships based in Australia year-round or vising on a seasonal basis. Valid for round-trip ineraries of eight nights or longer deparng from Australia, the package is priced at $59 per person per day and includes drinks normally priced at up to $14 onboard. Specialty coees, beers, wines, so drinks, boled water and selected cocktails are eligible for inclusion in the package. The deal can only be purchased onboard, not in advance and only for the full duraon of the cruise. Princess has trialled and then subsequently introduced similar deals in other markets, which has been well received by passengers. A spokesperson for the line said it has found its core Australian demographic to be mature guests who priorise value for money and a “hassle free onboard experience” during their cruise. Rivercruising.com for sale INTERNET domain name rivercruising.com is on sale for a whopping $250,000 as part of a porolio of website addresses being promoted by Tony Wilson, the former owner of the defunct Global Travel Corporaon which collapsed about seven years ago. Wilson this week circulated an email promong 242 “domain names for sale or rent,” - and cruising features prominently, with names such as RiverCruisingAsia.com for $4,950, RiverCruisingUSA.com for $3,650, NewZealandCruising.com for $3,950 and CruisingTheRhine.com, also for $3,950. Domain names operated by Wilson’s former company, which was placed into administraon with debts of more than $3m in Oct 2008 are also on oer incl globaltravelcorporaon.com for an equally hey $19,950. Former businesses operang under Global Travel Corporaon’s umbrella included Drive Travel, Motorhomes Worldwide and Canal Boat Holidays. A plethora of websites in line with these brands are also on sale. Globalcars.com is oered for $19,950; MotorhomesDirect.com is priced at $4,950, while CruisingCanals.com is going for a bargain at just $1,250. Perhaps opportuniscally, Wilson is also asking $9,950 for TravelCorporaon.com. One of the highest prices ever paid for a domain name was $11 million for Hotels.com, while Brish website cruise.co.uk paid about US$1.1 million in 2008 for just an extra ‘s’ when it purchased cruises.co.uk - and the same group also paid US$81,000 in 2012 for cruises.co.
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LOCALS in the small Japanesevillage of Hiezu are both angryat and celebrating the arrival ofa horde of 4,000 Chinese visitorsfrom Royal Caribbean’s Quantumof the Seas last week.
The village - which sports atotal population of 3,455 andnormally only caters for tour
groups of around 200 - morethan doubled in size for the day.
While the huge tourist inuxwas great for the economy, itseems the visitors ticked othe locals by proceeding to buyeverything in sight, includingbasic necessities.
Shop owners got more thanthey bargained for, putting upsigns in Chinese to welcome thevisitors but were left surprisedwhen rows of shelves in everystore were wiped clean.
Locals found themselves withlittle left available, with itemsincluding eye drops, cosmetics,rice cookers and vacuum asksall leaving with the tourists.
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