Tagged: Riviera Travel / Cruises

Riviera River Cruises will add two new itineraries in 2020. The first will sail to Normandy on the Seine River, and the other takes guests to Bohemia on the Danube River. (travelpulse.com)

One of Europe’s leading river cruise lines, Riviera Travel, launched two new, five-star ships this month – the 169-passenger William Wordsworth and 132-guest George Eliot – continuing Riviera’s tradition of naming vessels after famous British authors. (etbtravelnews.global)

UK-based tour operator Riviera Travel has announced plans for a new 169-passenger river vessel and expanded cruise programme for 2020. Riviera — the country’s largest provider of European river cruises with more than 50,000 passengers scheduled to sail this year — will debut the MS Geoffrey Chaucer which will bring the company’s fleet of vessels to 13. (cruisecritic.com)

Riviera River Cruises is offering a special travel agent incentive to celebrate the launch of its two newest ships in April, the MS William Wordsworth and the MS George Eliot. (travelagentcentral.com)

Rivera River Cruises has announced its new brochure and schedule of European River Cruises for 2019, including a new train extension into the Swiss Alps, a new smaller class of ship and expanded departures exclusively for solo travelers. (travelagentcentral.com)

Masters of Wine Susie Barrie and Pete Richards will join Riviera River Cruises six times this summer and fall. The pair will join for an after-dinner talk followed by an informal Q&A the next morning. (travelagentcentral.com)

Riviera River Cruises will honor Omega World Travel founder Gloria Bohan as godmother of the new all-suite MS Robert Burns when the ship is christened April 3, 2018, in Vienna. The MS Robert Burns will be the first ship christened by Riviera River Cruises in 2018 after the European river cruise operator launched four ships in 2017. (travelagentcentral.com)

Riviera River Cruises has hired Dana Griffin as the director of sales at the company’s new U.S. national sales office in Fairfield, Connecticut, where she will oversee four regional sales representatives. (travelagentcentral.com)

To celebrate its expansion into the U.S. market, river cruise line Riviera Travel is unveiling a lifetime commission benefit for travel agents who book clients on the company’s ships. (travelagentcentral.com)

Leading European river cruise line, Riviera Travel, will debut a new route on the Danube from Budapest to the Black Sea in 2018 and Australia’s Cruiseco has partnered with Riviera to launch a special fly/cruise package enabling Australians to sail behind the former Iron Curtain on two river journeys through eastern Europe. (etbtravelnews.global)

Earlier this month, Riviera Travel, a major United Kingdom river cruise operator on global rivers, said it’s going after the U.S. market. The news comes as the firm has just launched four new European river vessels this year, and will have another new one in 2018. (travelagentcentral.com)

Riviera Travel has just announced its new 15-day “Budapest to the Black Sea” itinerary – where travelers can relax while also taking in the wonders of a region that once lay behind the Iron Curtain. (travelagentcentral.com)

European river cruise operator Riviera Travel is launching four new ships in 2017 and a fifth ship in spring 2018, doubling the size of its current fleet. The all-suite MS Emily Brontë, MS Thomas Hardy, MS Oscar Wilde and MS Robert Burns will sail the Rhine, Main and Danube Rivers, as well as tributaries, while the Douro Elegance will sail the Douro River. (travelagentcentral.com)

Through a new national sales office in Fairfield, Connecticut, and a new website launching April 3, 2017, American customers will be now able to book cruises through UK-based river cruise line Riviera Travel. (travelagentcentral.com)