{"id":4887,"date":"2019-07-11T08:41:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T08:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/press\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:39:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:39:04","slug":"marella-cruises-winter-2020-programme-on-sale-earlier-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/press\/marella-cruises-winter-2020-programme-on-sale-earlier-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"MARELLA CRUISES WINTER 2020 PROGRAMME ON SALE EARLIER THAN EVER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>11th July 2019<\/strong> \u2013 Marella Cruises winter 2020 programme is on sale today, giving customers the flexibility to book their winter cruise earlier than ever before. The UK\u2019s third largest cruise line reveals details of 10 exciting new itineraries. In addition, Marella Cruises will be making a return to the \u2018City of Gold\u2019 with Marella Celebration homeporting in Dubai for the winter 2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>Cruisers will be able to explore Singapore by night thanks to two new Asia itineraries, Flavours of the Far East and Wonders of the Far East. Both two week itineraries include a late night stay in \u2018The Lion City\u2019 so there\u2019ll be plenty of time to taste the world famous cuisine and enjoy the skyline after dark. The cruise lines decision to expand its Asia offering comes after a hugely popular and successful first season in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Marella Celebration will sail three exotic new itineraries from Limassol, Cyprus; Dubai\u00a0and Dubrovnik, Croatia. The six-night Ancient Adventure sets sail from Dubrovnik and will visit Piraeus, the gateway to Athens and the picturesque island of Rhodes. Sailing between Dubai and Limassol, Arabia Awaits and Continental Crossing are two new additions to the cruise lines adult only selection, calling at the likes of Aqaba (for Petra) and Salalah (Oman).<\/p>\n<p>Marella Dream will sail a 16 night Transatlantic Treasures itinerary from Palma to Bridgetown with highlights including the stunning city of Funchal, Madeira; the beautiful beaches of Philipsburg, St Maarten and the untouched forests of Kingstown, St Vincent. Marella Dream will also sail a 12-night Ocean Odyssey itinerary from Barbados to Palma, offering a selection of handpicked and culture rich destinations including Castries, St Lucia and Cartagena, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Marella Explorer and Marella Explorer 2 will each boast a new itinerary with Marella Explorer sailing a six-night Magic of the Mediterranean itinerary from Corfu and Marella Explorer 2 a 14-night Atlantic Explorer from Malaga to Barbados. In addition, customers choosing to sail on Marella Discovery have the option of a 13-night Capture the Caribbean itinerary from Malaga, Spain calling at the idyllic islands of Turks and Caicos.<\/p>\n<p>Managing Director of Marella Cruises Chris Hackney said: \u201cWe\u2019re really pleased to share details of our winter 2020 programme. Our customers loved being able to book their summer holidays earlier than ever so it seemed only natural to offer this flexibility for winter too. We\u2019re keen to make sure that booking a Marella Cruises holiday is as easy and as flexible as possible and putting our programme on sale early is a key part of this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re always looking at ways we can offer even more choice to the destinations that customers really want to visit and given the popularity in tourism to Dubai it seemed like the perfect opportunity for us to have one of the fleet homeport there again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Marella Cruises winter 2020 programme is on sale today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11th July 2019 \u2013 Marella Cruises winter 2020 programme is on sale today, giving customers the flexibility to book their winter cruise earlier than ever before. The UK\u2019s third largest cruise line reveals details of 10 exciting new itineraries. 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