The new Crystal Explorer Fare is valid on Crystal’s full range of sailings in 2025 and beyond aboard Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony. It provides a 20% discount off the cruise-only fare when paying a non-refundable rate upfront.

Crystal has unveiled an extraordinary new experience, the Crystal Chairmen’s Cruise, sailing 2-8 April 2024 aboard Crystal Symphony from Jeddah to Rhodes. Guests will have the rare opportunity to sail alongside travel industry titans, A&K Travel Group Executive Chairman, Manfredi Lefebvre, and Geoffrey Kent, Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Abercrombie & Kent.

Crystal has released an exclusive offer for the Wave Season for guests looking to embark on a voyages in 2024. Guests who make a new booking before 31 Jan will receive a complimentary suite upgrade, as well as an upgraded wardrobe valet service with dry-cleaning and garment care also included free of charge.

Crystal Symphony will re-enter Australian waters tomorrow, with the reborn luxury ship scheduled to dock in Fremantle (Perth).  The ship returned to service in mid-2023 following a multi-million dollar make-over, under the leadership of A&K Travel Group.

Crystal has unlocked its 2025 Grand Journeys collection that will unlock northern Europe’s famous white summer nights to exploring Africa and Asia’s diverse cultures and countries. With reduced passenger capacity and nearly one staff member per guest, the downsized and revitalised Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony offer larger, redesigned suites, award-winning specialty dining restaurants and restorative public spaces that enhance passengers’ experiences.

Abercrombie & Kent recently conducted a survey of guests who travelled to Antarctica last season to better understand what inspired them to choose the remote and storied destination. Some of the findings may cause travel advisors to rethink how to target likely prospects.

Abercrombie & Kent has added a new Wildlife & Nature: Around the World by Private Jet itinerary in response to the continual sell-out of the annual program.

The makeover of Crystal by A&K Travel Group has placed increased focus on the luxury of space at sea, with the reborn cruise line proud to boast it now offers an industry-leading space-to-guest ratio in social areas on its two ships.

A&K Travel Group is forecasting Australia and the Asia Pacific region will be the reborn Crystal’s third-largest source market, and may go even higher.

A&K Travel Group has revealed details of a triple-pronged approach to reaching new market audiences for its luxury cruise line, Crystal. Details were discussed aboard Crystal Serenity this weekend, as the company offered a sneak-peak as to how it intends to integrate the up-market cruise program of Crystal with the luxury land offering of Abercrombie & Kent.

Crystal has confirmed the recreation of around half-a-dozen new roles in the Asia Pacific region, mostly in Australia, to support the ultra-luxury cruise line’s ambitious growth strategy, and to support the travel trade.

The first voyage of the re-born Crystal Cruises, now under the ownership of A&K Travel Group, departed from the Venice port of Marghera yesterday afternoon, sailing to Dubrovnik. Onboard Crystal Serenity for a series of three-night shakedown voyages before the official re-launch (on 31 July from Marseille, France) are a number of key travel partners and media from around the world – including LATTE – from Australia.