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Carnival expands ex-UK sailings for ’09
Carnival Cruise Lines is doubling the ex-UK sailings next summer using 2,974-passenger SuperLiner Carnival Liberty.
The cruise company said it had decided to operate the programme again in 2009 after “outstanding advance booking” for its first Northern Europe programme this summer with new ship Carnival Splendor.
Carnival Liberty will run 10 departures next summer from Dover.
The 12-night Northern Europe cruises will run from May 9 to August 25 2009, calling at ports including Copenhagen, Warnemunde (Berlin), Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallin and Amsterdam.
Lynn Narraway, director of sales and marketing UK and Ireland for Carnival, said: “The launch of our 2009 programme really demonstrates Carnival’s increasing commitment to the UK market.
“The Carnival Splendor Northern Europe programme has sold incredibly well here in the UK. We have already created a special two-page Carnival Liberty e-brochure which is available on request.”
Following its ex-UK Baltic programme, Carnival Liberty will then operate a 12-day western Mediterranean voyage from Dover to Rome (Civitavecchia) on September 6, after which it will operate two 12-day Grand Mediterranean voyages departing September 19 and October 25 and three 12-day Mediterranean and Greece cruises on October 1 and 13 and November 6.
Sister ship, Carnival Freedom will operate 12-night Mediterranean and Greek Island fly/cruises from May 9 until September 18 2009.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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