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Vasco da Gama cruises on sale next week
Cruises on CMV’s sixth ship will go on sale next Thursday (May 17).
Vasco da Gama will sail from Singapore to London Tilbury via India next April on a maiden voyage.
Brits can fly from the UK on April 22 and join Vasco da Gama on a 45-night cruise, taking in Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Suez Canal before entering the Mediterranean.
The ship will then sail from London Tilbury on October 9 on a 53-night voyage to Sydney, via Barbados, the Panama Canal, Acapulco, islands of the South Pacific, and Auckland.
The ship will carry 1150 passengers in 630 cabins, including 100 singles and 149 balcony suites, and cabins with an 80% ocean view ratio.
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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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