Eighteen senior leaders from Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG), including Graham “Skroo” Turner, and their travelling companions were welcomed aboard Avalon Waterways’ newest ship the Avalon Alegria, on the Douro River in July.

Globus has made a bold play at the intimately sized group touring trend, introducing more than 50 new Small Group Discovery tours, while making many of its legacy core trips available on a trimmed back capacity.

Avalon Waterways has unveiled new one-, two- and three-week sailings from Bordeaux that will commence in 2025. The new sailings on the Garonne and Dordogne Rivers can be paired with multiple combinations that also include the Seine, Saône, Rhône and Rhine Rivers. Pam Hoffee, President of the river cruise operator, hinted at the addition of a new European waterway to LATTE when in Australia last October.

Avalon Waterways has introduced new departures in Europe for the 2023 and 2024 seasons following its strongest first-quarter sales result ever.

Globus family of brands has launched its latest trade campaign, inviting agents to follow along with its ‘Globus Geni-us’, designed to help advisors have a magical selling season.

Avalon Waterways will make its Douro debut with a new itinerary in Portugal and Suite Ship – Avalon Alegria – in 2024, the cruise line has confirmed today [Friday 16 September 2022].

Globus family of brands is evolving its masthead touring arm, launching a new FIT sub-brand for Globus, at the same time confirming the phase-out of the Monograms brand from its stable.

Avalon Waterways has unveiled a new exclusive set of celebrity-hosted Storyteller sailings for 2022.

The Globus family of brands – consisting of Avalon Waterways and land-based specialists Globus, Cosmos and Monograms – has extend its pre-trip Health & Safety Protocols, including requiring proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to join any holiday in its portfolio, for travel through March 2022.

Last month, 14 Travel Associates advisers experienced a magical eight-day, festive themed Romantic Rhine River Cruise hosted by Avalon Waterways National Account Manager Mitch Spencer.

As part of the brands’ digital transformation, global escorted tour company, Globus family of brands (GFOB) has unveiled its newly redesigned travel agent portal. The portal has been created to make booking customers on a Globus, Cosmos, Monograms or Avalon Waterways holiday, easier than ever.

It’s no secret that the travellers of today want to see more than just the “must-see” sites, or famous landmarks – they’re after a real sense of the place, of the people and the culture that they’re visiting. Although it may seem like a daunting task for the independent traveller, Monograms has stepped in to enable Australians to travel around the globe with local and expert help at each destination