APT has released a new collection of Luxury Short Breaks exploring popular tourist regions of Western Australia, Tasmania and South Australia. Billed as a “new travel style”, the tours are no longer than a week in duration and spend multiple nights at each luxury lodge or boutique accommodation utilised.

APT has announced a price freeze on a selection of 2021 Outback and Kimberley itineraries at 2020 prices. The promotion means clients can book to explore our own backyard in 2021 and pay the same price as this year.

APT has unveiled its 2021 Small Ship Cruising program, comprising three brochures. Next year’s program features APT’s own fleet of expedition ships complete with zodiacs, as well as luxurious cruise ships, including Ponant’s soon-to-launch Le Bellot in the Kimberley.

Acclaimed chef, author and television personality Luke Nguyen once again joins APT to share his culinary knowledge with guests, this time to experience the wilderness of the Kimberley.

AmaWaterways has introduced two new wine-themed itineraries to its 2020 lineup of specialty voyages on the Main, Rhine and Moselle Rivers. Next year’s program features 67 Wine Cruises, including two new options that showcase France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

AmaWaterways’ President and Co-Founder, Rudi Schreiner, dubbed the “godfather of river cruising,” received the esteemed Outstanding Contribution Award from Seatrade Cruise. The award celebrates Schreiner’s long-standing history of innovating the river cruising industry, most recently with the revolutionary AmaMagna, which is twice the width of traditional river cruise ships. Schreiner accepted the award in Hamburg, Germany at the CLIA Germany Gala Dinner during SeaTrade Europe on 11 September, 2019.

When the sun set on TravelManagers’ annual National Conference in Perth recently, most of the attending personal travel managers (PTMs) were packing their bags, ready to head to their home towns and eager to put into practice all that they had learned over the preceding three days. For thirteen PTMs however, this would have to wait: first, a much-anticipated visit to the Kimberley region awaited.

APT has launched a new 79-day Small Ship journey from Reykjavik to Istanbul. Commencing on 13 June 2021, the journey will visit over 80 ports in 18 countries, tracing a course through rich history, myths and legends, diverse cultures, stunning vistas and unique experiences.

APT has released a new winter small group journey, the 10-day Winter in the Rockies & Northern Lights from Edmonton, Alberta to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories.

APT guests on its 15-day Magnificent Europe cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest on 13 May 2020 will be treated to a performance by conductor, composer and violinist, André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra in Cologne, Germany.

APT has introduced small group barge holidays in the United Kingdom in 2020. Magna Carta is a unique floating hotel proposition for travellers and can be shared by up to eight guests in four spacious suites. Guests are accompanied by a crew and onboard chef.

AmaWaterways has christened its new wide-berth river ship, AmaMagna, at a ceremony in Grein, Austria. Company co-founders Rudi Schreiner and Kristin Karst, along with Godmother Samantha Brown, travel expert and Emmy Award-winning television host, as she officially christened AmaWaterways’ 23rd ship.