{"id":1598,"date":"2026-09-18T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/kabarsula-8-top-tips-from-river-cruise-leaders-offered-in-talent-for-travel-game-at-cruise360-bandar-slot-indonesia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T02:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:32:00","slug":"kabarsula-8-top-tips-from-river-cruise-leaders-offered-in-talent-for-travel-game-at-cruise360-bandar-slot-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/kabarsula-8-top-tips-from-river-cruise-leaders-offered-in-talent-for-travel-game-at-cruise360-bandar-slot-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"kabarsula 8 top tips from river cruise leaders offered in Talent for Travel game at Cruise360 bandar SLOT INDONESIA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eight river cruise leaders went head-to-head in a Talent for Travel game show hosted by founder Richard Taylor, sharing their top tips on where river cruise growth is coming from, the clients advisors are missing out on, and how to convert ocean cruisers and land tourers onto the river.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Their advice, at the end of Team Seine versus Team Nile, in their own words:<\/p>\n
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Matthew Beggs, business development manager, Avalon Waterways:<\/strong> \u201cLet\u2019s stop selling the hard product of river cruising and really tie it into what the client in front of you wants from the experience. Once we tap into that motivation, river cruising answers it \u2013 it\u2019s exactly what they want.\u201d<\/li>\n
Steve Richards, managing director Australia & New Zealand, AmaWaterways:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019ve spoken a lot about Europe, but think outside of Europe as well \u2013 there\u2019s Egypt and the Nile, the Mekong, very popular for Aussie and Kiwi river cruising, and Colombia. We launched seven years of R&D to reach a river no one had ever been to before, the Magdalena. This is raw tourism \u2013 if you\u2019ve got clients who have been everywhere and done everything, I guarantee they haven\u2019t river cruised this, because it\u2019s never been done before. We\u2019re also the only operator on the Chobe River in Botswana, with 28 passengers on that ship \u2013 another incredible experience.\u201d<\/li>\n
Stewart Williams, country manager Australia & New Zealand, Riverside Luxury Cruises:<\/strong> \u201cIs ocean cruising all the same? No \u2013 ships are different, they provide different services, different demographics, different pricing. It\u2019s the same with river cruising. Get to know the product. Riverside is a German company owned by a boutique hotel operator, and we target the English-speaking market only \u2013 everything on board is English. Understand your product and the client it\u2019s aimed at, and you\u2019ll do incredibly well.\u201d<\/li>\n
Andrew Young, senior VP Sales Oceania, The Travel Corporation:<\/strong> \u201cThe best opportunity for advisors is leveraging other ships within a brand\u2019s portfolio. Once clients come back from a great trip, reach out and suggest where next in the portfolio. We\u2019re coming out with new ships in 2028 on both the Rhine and the Douro, which is new for Trafalgar \u2013 our intention is that clients who experience our ships this year in 2026 will return with us on new rivers and new itineraries.\u201d<\/li>\n
Tim Jones, managing director Australia & New Zealand, Celebrity Cruises:<\/strong> \u201cTap into that rich vein of people who have already travelled with us as Celebrity \u2013 they\u2019ve loved us since we brought Celebrity Solstice<\/em> here 15, 16 years ago, and she\u2019s coming back in October. They already know the exceptional hospitality we deliver on board, so we\u2019re an easy way to transition them into the river space because they\u2019re travelling with a brand they know and trust. Start with those previous guests and get them onto the river with us from 2028 onwards \u2013 we\u2019re sold out for 2027.\u201d<\/li>\n
Robert Kalemba, director of Sales & Agent Programs, Scenic Group:<\/strong> \u201cInvest in your education of this product and this category. River is not just Europe \u2013 there are so many other destinations and options out there, and we\u2019ve just announced a substantial investment in India river cruising. It\u2019s growing at a rapid rate, and so many people still haven\u2019t experienced it. Your investment in that experience is future-proofing the expansion of the whole category.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRiver cruise leaders went head-to-head in a Talent for Travel game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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