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Cruise line agrees high street deal with Hays
Hays Travel has entered into a partnership with Celestyal Cruises to sell its complete product range of six three to seven-day Aegean cruises and a seven-day Cuba cruise.
Cruises will be packaged with flights and ground arrangements from the UK.
Celestyal operates five mid-size ships which serve the Greek islands and circumnavigate Cuba.
Hays group head of commercial Jonathon Woodall said: "I’m absolutely delighted to be able to announce that Hays Travel is the only UK high street agent in partnership with Celestyal Cruises.
"The product will be rolled out to all of our retail agents and homeworkers, as well as Hays Travel Independence Group members.
"Cruise is a big focus for us as a group and we will be fully supporting Celestyal Cruises’ UK expansion plans."
The Celestyal product will also be made available to other independent agents through Hays’ tour operation.
CEO of Celestyal Cruises Kyriakos Anastassiadis said: "This partnership marks an exciting step in the continuing development of our UK sales strategy.
"Hays is a market leader with a strong specialisation in cruising – we’re confident that together we will generate strong sales."
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