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Marella Cruises announces US debut
TUI’s cruise line, Marella Cruises, is heading to the Sunshine State.
The line will make its homeporting debut in the US with a summer season based in Port Canaveral.
The Marella Discovery will offer sailings out of Port Canaveral from May 2, 2021, until October 24, 2021.
The 1,830-guest ship will offer Caribbean and Bahamas cruises as well as voyages to New York City.
It will offer 7- and 14-night itineraries with packaged flights from five UK airports to Orlando Sanford.
Reservations go live on November 7.
Port Canaveral CEO John Murray said: "We’re excited that Marella Cruises has selected Port Canaveral as the home port for its first-ever cruises from the United States. It’s another endorsement of our ongoing investments in state-of-the-art terminals."
The cruises will offer nearly a dozen port call options including New York City, an overnight in Tampa, Miami, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and New Orleans.
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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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