Regent Seven Seas Cruises is offering a free three-night land program in conjunction with new bookings on its Inside Passage cruise in Alaska.

Rocky Mountaineer has pushed back the restart of its Canadian operation in 2021 by another month, with a new flagged relaunch date of 5 July. The decision comes a month after the company moved its regular-season start date of mid-April to 1 June.

Cruise lines have been left scratching their head and scurrying to devise new itineraries after the Government of Canada kiboshed cruise ships carrying 100+ passengers in all Canadian waters until March 2022.

Seabourn has reworked its itineraries for its upcoming 2021 Alaska and British Columbia season, to create 18 seven-day voyages operating between Vancouver and Juneau.

Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer has confirmed the suspension of its 2020 season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and continued government travel and health restrictions. All departures through to 11 October, 2020 have been abandoned.

This week LATTE communicated from afar with Steve Sammut, President and CEO of Rocky Mountaineer.

Air Canada has commenced non-stop seasonal services linking Canada and New Zealand for the first time with the launch of its new Vancouver-Auckland service.

Rocky Mountaineer is abandoning its tourist rail service between Seattle and Vancouver in 2020 due to underwhelming patronage.

Air Canada is adding new, non-stop, seasonal flights between Auckland and Vancouver, Canada. Air Canada’s flights to Vancouver will operate four times weekly onboard the carrier’s state-of-the-art flagship Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft beginning 14 December, 2019 until the end of March 2020, subject to obtaining the necessary government approvals.

Rocky Mountaineer is kicking off the new year with two promotions for guests booking trips for the 2019 season. The 2019 Classic Journey offer* saves guests $320 per couple on a four-day/three-night trip on Rocky Mountaineer in GoldLeaf Service This promotion is for new bookings and for a short time only – trips must be booked between 5 and 31 January, 2019.

Air Canada has shown clear signs of confidence in its third Australian route, revealing plans to ratchet up services on the Vancouver-Melbourne city pairing from mid-June 2019.