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Multilingual welcome for passengers visiting Le Havre

With seven calls during the last week of April and more to come in May, growing numbers of passengers are expected in Le Havre this year from a wide variety of ships carrying multilingual visitors.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

April 29, 2016

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

In order to make everyone feel welcome, the Cruise Terminal has adapted its organization accordingly with the staff selected on their foreign lanaguage skills and tourist brochures are also displayed in appropriate languages.

The entire staff must speak English and practice basic Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese and German, as Germany has become the top source market for cruise visitors in Le Havre.

AIDA Cruises' AIDAmar has been calling every Tuesday this month, and will be succeeded by AIDAprima from May 3. TUI Cruises will visit eight times with Mein Schiff 1, 3 and 4 all calling this year.

In addition, 40 shop retailers have been trained on hospitality in foreign languages, by the Chamber of Commerce as part of the Cruise Club program.

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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