Royal Caribbean to offer taster cruises on Anthem of the Seas

Royal Caribbean International’s new ship Anthem of the Seas is to offer short taster cruises from Southampton.

The line said the three and four-day taster sailings were aimed at helping agents to attract the new-to-cruise audience.

The ship will sail on 20 Mediterranean sailings, starting on April 22, 2015 from Southampton – ranging in length from three to 16 nights.

Stuart Leven, managing director, said: “The unveiling of the Anthem of the Seas itineraries is another major milestone in our exciting year. We have significant confidence in the strength of pent-up demand for the Royal Caribbean International holiday product from the UK and Ireland.

“We will continue to work with agents to feed the demand for more of our cruise holidays, whilst developing our training, incentives and marketing programmes to generate interest from a new-to-cruise audience.

“Royal Caribbean is proud to offer incredible quality and value, rivalling all other holiday options available today. The facilities onboard Anthem of the Seas are simply ‘wow’ and incomparable to any other land or sea resort. All this, coupled with itineraries which appeal to guests who are new to cruise, equips agents more than ever with all the ingredients for driving interest among people who are new to cruise.

“We’re confident that our partners will capitalise on this to maximum effect.”

The itineraries are:

• Four 3-night taster cruises and one 4-night taster cruise calling at Bruges and Paris (Le Havre)
• One 7 and one 8-night France and Spain cruise calling at Bilbao and Paris (Le Havre)
• One 16-night Mediterranean Cities of Distinction cruise including Barcelona, Nice, Rome Seville and Lisbon
• Three 13-nights, one 10-night and one 12-night Sunshine in the Canaries cruise
• One 7-night Norwegian Fjords sailing
• Two 14-night Italian Mediterranean sailings
• One 14-night Spain and Mediterranean Beaches sailing including an overnight in Palma de Mallorca and a call into Ibiza, not departing until 8pm in the evening.

The three-night taster cruises start from £449. Anthem of the Seas goes on sale on March 3.