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Australian 2021/22 summer season of Golden Horizon cancelled

Continued uncertainty about the resumption of cruising in Australia has caused UK-based Tradewind Voyages to postpone the maiden 2021/22 summer season in Australia of Golden Horizon.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

August 9, 2021

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Billed as ‘the world’s newest and largest sailing ship,’ Golden Horizon, which was to have made 14 sailings around Australia from December, has already commenced its inaugural season in the UK and Europe.

October release for new schedule

Passengers booked for the cancelled season will be offered the opportunity to move their bookings to the revised 2022/23 schedule which will be released by the end of October.

‘I don’t for a second underestimate the disappointment guests are feeling at the deferment of their adventure to the following summer, but from recent enquiries and discussions we have had with those booked, I genuinely feel most will feel relieved knowing that when they do get to sail, travelling life will be safer and more predictable than it currently is,’ Craig Bowen, MD of Cruise Traveller, the exclusive Australian representative for Tradewind Voyages, said.

About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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