The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) will hold its annual sales promotion Oct. 6-13. Formerly called National Cruise Vacation Week, the name has changed to CLIA Cruise Week since it is now a global event following the organization's international expansion over the past year or two.
The event seeks to kick-start cruise sales for the following year, as thousands of participating travel agents promote special deals offered by cruise lines.
The offers are already rolling in and will be available through participating travel agents. Here are a few CLIA has already secured.
• Carnival Cruise Lines: Two category stateroom upgrade, $50 onboard credit per stateroom, and 50 percent reduced deposits.
• Norwegian Cruise Line: 10 percent off the cruise fare in the form of onboard credits, which can be used for specialty dining, shore excursions or spa treatments, plus $100-300 onboard credit per person for select and specialty sailings.
• Avalon Waterways: Savings of $1,300 per couple for river cruises in Europe.
• Disney Cruise Line: $100 onboard credit on select seven-night Western Caribbean cruises.
• Hurtigruten: 10 percent off Norwegian Coastal Voyages on new 2014 and 2015 bookings.
• Royal Caribbean International: A buy-one, get second guest 50 percent off and 5 percent off the line's ChoiceAir flight bookings.
• Cunard: Up to $175 per stateroom onboard credit on trans-Atlantic Crossings aboard the Queen Mary 2.
For travel agents, registration is open here. The site also features sales tools, tips, resources and instructions on how to create a customized CLIA Cruise Week micro-site for consumers. It also offers downloadable collateral, including a CLIA Cruise Week logo.
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