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Saga has announced the appointment of Nick Stace as CEO of its travel business. He is currently Saga’s Chief Strategy Officer and will take up his new role with immediate effect, the company said. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The latest addition to Saga’s ocean cruise fleet, Spirit of Adventure, was handed over today in Emden, Germany, by shipbuilder Meyer Werft. (more…)
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Spirit of Adventure | Emsüberführung (Ems River conveyance) (Credit: Ems -Dollart Media)
The cruise ship Spirit of Adventure for the British shipping company Saga Cruises is leaving to leave Papenburg on Sunday, 30 August 2020 and will be transferred to Emden on the River Ems. (more…)
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On Friday, July 24, the Spirit of Adventure, the second new cruise ship for the British shipping company Saga Cruises, will leave Meyer Werft’s covered building dock I (hall 5). (more…)
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Postponed deliveries of two ships mean that Meyer Werft, the German shipbuilder, faces a delay in the payment of more than $1.0 billion to its bank account and the company has to seek funding to fill the gap. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Saga, the experts in services and products for the over 50s, today announces the completion of the previously agreed sale of “Saga Sapphire” to Anex Tour, a family-run Turkish tour operator. (more…)
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Saga Cruises has confirmed the launch of its second new build Spirit of Adventure has been delayed. Workplace and travel restrictions at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany, where the ship is being built, has meant the ship will not be complete in time for its planned August 19 launch in Portsmouth. (cruisecritic.co.uk)
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The delivery of Spirit of Adventure, the second of two 58,250 gross ton cruise ships for Saga Cruises in the UK from Meyer Werft in Germany, is likely to be delayed but to take place within the next 12 months, parent company Saga plc said in a statement. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Saga has chosen Portsmouth as the location for the official naming ceremony of its second new-build boutique cruise ship, the 999-passenger “Spirit of Adventure”. (more…)
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Saga’s new ship Spirit of Discovery features four immersive overnight calls during the once-in-a-lifetime “South America: A Grand Voyage” sailing on January 6, 2021. (more…)
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A British cruise ship was refused entry at the Port of Gibraltar and sent back to dock at Southampton, England, after norovirus broke out on board. Saga’s Spirit of Discovery was returning from a trip around Italy and Spain Saturday when it was turned away at Gibraltar, a British overseas territory on Spain’s southern coast. (usatoday.com)
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Tour Her Majesty the Queen’s private estate at Sandringham during a four-day mini cruise on Saga’s new ship Spirit of Discovery. When the Queen takes a break from her royal duties she often heads to Sandringham, a vast manor set within a 20,000-acre county park. (more…)
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2020 sees the growth of Saga’s FAM trip programme to continue to reward agents – the latest opportunity for agents to be awarded a place on an upcoming FAM is with a Valentine’s incentive. Agents can be one of 15 on MV Nautilus for a 4-night sailing, inc flights along the Croatian coast. (more…)
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Saga has today announced that Chris Simmonds will be returning to Saga Holidays on 2nd March as its new Managing Director, replacing Maria Whiteman who left the company late last year. (more…)
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Touted as “Britain’s newest cruise ship,” the United Kingdom-based Spirit of Discovery docked in Norfolk for the first time for a port visit. The ship brought 1,000 passengers stateside, who spent the traditional English holiday touring local attractions and destinations, including the British-themed Dickens’ Christmas Towne located inside the cruise terminal. (wtkr.com)
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Michelin-star chef Nick Nairn knew nothing about international cuisine before he ran away to sea – he had never tasted curry and rice let alone pizza or pasta. As a young navigating officer, he sailed throughout south-east Asia and discovered the delights of Asian menus and eating out. (more…)
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Saga has announced an exciting new programme which will see a lucky group of travel agents become ‘Saga Stars’, benefitting from a raft of rewards and prizes. The over-50s holiday and cruise specialist is looking to assemble a small group of star travel agents who demonstrate ongoing support for the brand, providing both sales and promotional activity. (more…)
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Saga Cruises marked the keel-laying of its first new luxury boutique river ship “Spirit of the Rhine” with a ceremony at the Vahali shipyard in Serbia, on December 11. (more…)
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DJ Johnnie Walker, cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew, broadcasters Alistair Stewart and John Sergeant, TV gardener Charlie Dimmock, art expert Raj Bisram and wine connoisseur Jilly Goolden to join sailings. (more…)
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A new series of BBC 2’s Masterchef the Professionals starts this week and Saga Cruises has announced a huge line-up of award-winning international chefs – some of whom have starred on Masterchef – to hold masterclasses on Saga Sapphire, Spirit of Discovery and Spirit of Adventure which depart from Dover and Southampton in 2020. (more…)
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Saga holidays has today announced exciting plans to launch a new build boutique river cruise ship to sail on European rivers in Spring 2021. Following the launch of Saga’s new luxury boutique ocean cruise ship, Spirit of Discovery in July 2019, and the launch of her sister ship in Summer 2020, the new rivers ship will bring the boutique luxury of ocean cruising to river cruising for the first time. (more…)
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Film producer Stephen Evans has enjoyed many Italian premieres but sailing on Spirit of Discovery’s 21-night “Italian Premiere” voyage will be his first ever cruise. (more…)
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Saga Cruises has unveiled details of seven new sailings for early 2021 with a headliner: 83-night adventure South America. (more…)
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Over-50s travel company Saga (SAGA.L) on Thursday blamed its partner Cruise.co.uk for a brochure that advertised one of its cruises as “exclusively for Brits.” In tweets responding to outraged customers, the company said that it was “not a Saga brochure.” “Our partners at Cruise.co.uk are extremely sorry for any offence the inaccuracy in their leaflet may have caused.” (finance.yahoo.com)
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Saga’s new cruise ship Spirit of Discovery boasts a library of more than 3,500 books and guests on the boutique vessel will feel as if they have entered the pages of a true classic during the Riddle of the Sands cruise. (more…)
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Four-times Michelin-star chef Daniel Galmiche will celebrate the best of French cuisine with guests on new ship Spirit of Adventure’s 12-night all-inclusive A Taste of France and Spain cruise in September 2020. (more…)
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Saga Travel welcomed Natasha Jones in to the role of Business Development Manager this week, as their Trade Team continues to expand. Natasha Jones re-joins the Saga Trade Team after 2 years away, in which she spent 8 months travelling, followed by a spell with STA Travel in their Retail network. (more…)
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ANEX Tour, one of the leading tour operators in central and eastern Europe is entering into cruise business by acquiring Saga Sapphire. (more…)
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Camilla reveals Spirit of Discovery during naming ceremony in Dover (Daily Mail)
On a glorious day last Friday (4 July), Camilla Duchess of Cornwall named the first of two Saga plc cruise ships, Spirit of Discovery, at its spiritual home at Dover Port. Both will have London painted on the stern and fly the Red Ensign. (btnews.co.uk)
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SAGA’s new Spirit of Discovery cruise ship has sailed into Dover, with the naming ceremony to be conducted by the Duchess of Cornwall. The royal will perform the ceremony on July 5 – the first naming event to be done in Dover in over a decade. (thesun.co.uk)
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Today, Jun 24,2019, Meyer Werft handed over Spirit of Discovery to the British cruise line Saga Cruises. The vessel with a rating of 58,250 GT is already the second new build completed by MEYER WERFT in 2019 after Spectrum of the Seas was delivered to Royal Caribbean International in April. (more…)
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Saga is delighted to announce HRH The Duchess of Cornwall as the Godmother of its newly built boutique cruise ship, Spirit of Discovery. The naming ceremony will take place in Dover, Kent, on 5 July 2019. (more…)
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Saga marked the keel laying of its second new cruise ship for the British market, Spirit of Adventure, with a ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany on Monday, June 3rd. (more…)
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Saga, and the world-leading ship building team at Meyer Werft, Germany, have today (Monday 27th May) completed the conveyance of Spirit of Discovery, from the Papenburg shipyard along the River Ems to the open sea. (more…)
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Spirit of Discovery, the first of two new cruise ships for the British cruise line Saga Cruises left the building dock I on Sunday at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany. (more…)
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Jools Holland will sail on a trio of cruises aboard new ship Spirit of Discovery next year, playing a mix of Boogie-Woogie, R&B, Jazz and Soul during two performances, accompanied by his band of musicians. (more…)
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Classic FM broadcaster John Suchet joins Saga guests on a Rhine cruise celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, including an on-board concert and another at the world-famous Amsterdam Concertgebouw. (more…)
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A new set of artist’s impressions reveal leisure spaces on Saga Cruises’ second new ship Spirit of Adventure, which launches in summer 2020, add a ‘sense of occasion’ to the boutique luxury ship’s bold styling. (more…)
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Discover some of the planet’s wilder regions with two leading survival experts on board Saga Sapphire this summer. Bushcraft expert Ray Mears joins the Wild About Iceland cruise and explorer Benedict Allen meets guests on the Summertime In Arctic Norway voyage. (more…)
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Saga Holidays has unveiled its new 2020 Winter Sun and 2020 River Cruise Collection brochures which contain irresistible new offers and destinations to tempt customers. (more…)
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