It will be the first Australian season for Susan Bonner who officially became vp and md Australia and New Zealand for Royal Caribbean Cruises last month.
A$185m economic impact
With five Australia-based ships, RCL Cruises will offer 83 voyages throughout Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Asia, delivering an injection of around A$185m to the Australian economy in passenger spending alone.
Royal Caribbean International will have three vessels in Australia—Radiance of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas, which is returning for her third and longest programme Down Under.
Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Solstice is returning for her seventh local season and will offer new destinations in Tonga, Samoa and American Samoa. She will make Celebrity’s first round-trip from Auckland on March 16.
It will be Azamara Club Cruises' fourth season in Australasia, with Azamara Quest returning for the second time in December. She will offer seven local sailings, including maiden visits to New Zealand’s Gisborne, Nelson, Kaikoura and Stewart Island.
New Year's Eve in Sydney
She will have a double overnight in Sydney where she will be for the city’s celebrated New Year’s Eve fireworks.
Royal Caribbean’s ‘Discovery Collection’ tours will be offered for the first time in Australia and New Zealand.
These local and exclusive shore excursions include a behind-the-scenes wine tasting in Picton and a tour through a kauri forest in the Bay of Islands.
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