What an honour it was this past weekend to accept two World Cruise Awards at the 2024 Grand Final Ceremony held at the magnificent Savoy Palace Hotel on the island of Madeira. Cruise Vacations, carrying our SA Flags with pride accepted the awards for Africa’s Best Cruise Travel Agency (our third in a row...
Silver Nova – a new era for luxury cruising? By Gaynor Galbraith-Neill, CEO, Cruise Vacations – South Africa Part of my excitement and anticipation leading up to the recent preview voyage of Silversea Cruises newest ship, the Silver Nova, was the fact that I didn’t know quite what to expect. Silversea are known as industry...
MEDIA RELEASE 03rd August 2023 African Excellence Awards 2023 Cruise Vacations announced as “Best Luxury Cruise Agency – Southern Africa” August 2023 – Continuing their winning streak, Cruise Vacations has been awarded “Best Luxury Cruise Agency – Southern Africa” for 2023 by the African Excellence Awards. This award marks the third commendation in less than...
MEDIA RELEASE 08 March 2023 Cruise Vacations pick up another esteemed Award Johannesburg based boutique cruise agency; Cruise Vacations have been awarded the title “Best Luxury & Expedition Cruise Travel Experts – Gauteng” by the Middle East and Africa Business Awards. The announcement was made recently in London by the MEA Business Awards team....
Write up by: Gaynor Galbraith Neill, Managing Director Cruise Vacations. Sunday afternoon, late November 2022 and I find myself standing on an icy air-force base on King George Island in the South Shetlands, Antarctica. It is springtime so the snow is still lying thick, base vehicles are driving up and down the gravel paths,...
Silversea’s entire 10-ship fleet has now re-entered service. Since Silver Moon℠ first set sail on June 18, 2021, Silversea has led the global restart of ultra-luxury cruising, successfully welcoming guests around the world. As well as hosting the only ultra-luxury world cruise in 2022, converting Silver Wind® into an ice-class vessel, and launching new culinary and wellness programmes...
Emerald Cruises grows yacht cruising portfolio with the build of a second luxury superyacht – Emerald Sakara Emerald Sakara – a mantra meaning ‘thoughts become things’ – becomes the second luxury superyacht for Emerald Cruises and will be welcomed to the brand’s yacht cruising fleet in 2023, along with the addition of a brand-new sailing...
Gaynor Galbraith Neill reviews her recent trip on board the new Silver Moon Silversea resumes services Some months ago, while launching World Cruise 2023, the Chief Marketing Officer of Silversea Cruises quoted Hemingway when asked about resumption of services “Gradually, then one day suddenly” she said and it really resonated with me, and I...
