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Another Thomson Cruises ship to homeport in Caribbean
Thomson Cruises has added a third ship to the Caribbean for winter 2017, in response to demand among UK passengers.
From November 2017, Thomson Celebration will be moving to its new homeport of La Romana in the Dominican Republic, the first time Thomson will have three of its ships based in the Caribbean.
All-inclusive ships TUI Discovery and new addition TUI Discovery 2 will sail out of Bridgetown, Barbados and Montego Bay, Jamaica respectively.
Thomson Celebration’s move to the Dominican Republic means customers now have more opportunities to team their cruise holiday with a beach stay, with Thomson’s 5T Sensatori Resort Punta Cana, which was a new addition for summer 2016, among the properties added to the portfolio.
The addition of this tropical island retreat also means new itineraries, with Coral Islands and Caribbean Gems calling at St Lucia, Grenada and Antigua, St Maarten and Martinique.
Guatemala’s port Santo Tomas de Castilla is introduced on new itinerary Exotic Explorer on Discovery 2, as well as Nassau in The Bahamas as part of repositional itinerary Atlantic Discoveries.
Also in response to significant customer demand, the number of Cuban Fusion sailings on the new ship will be increased, giving customers more chance to explore Havana during its overnight stop.
Direct Thomson Airways flights now take Thomson Cruises customers to the Caribbean from Cardiff, Doncaster Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow, Newcastle and Stansted airports, joining existing flights from Birmingham, Manchester and Gatwick.
Thomson Dream will move to its new mid-haul homeports of Santa Cruz, Tenerife and Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in November 2017 to explore the Canaries on itineraries such as the new A New Year’s Dream which visits new port of call Porto Santo, as well as its New Year’s Eve visit to Funchal, Madeira for its famed fireworks display.
Thomson Majesty and Thomson Spirit will both embark on their last sailings in November 2017 before they leave the Thomson Cruises fleet.
The winter 2017 programme goes on sale on November 17. Free all-inclusive upgrades are available on selected cruises on board Thomson Celebration, Thomson Dream, Thomson Majesty and Thomson Spirit which set sail between November 2017 and April 2018.
TUI Discovery and TUI Discovery 2 offer all-inclusive package as standard.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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