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29 stories Updated October 5, 2026
Photograph · Royal Caribbean International
Trade Desk · Port of Montréal

Selling Summer 2028 Cruises Now

Holland America and Royal Caribbean have opened summer 2028 bookings from Montréal and Vancouver, so advisors can lock in Canadian clients' best cabins nearly two years out.

Trade Desk · London UK

Audley Takes Kuoni's Counters

Audley moves into nine former Kuoni John Lewis sites from November as Kuoni ends its partner-store scheme. Independent agents now face a tailor-made operator selling face to face.

Trade Desk · Argentina

Seabourn's Antarctic Faculty

Seabourn has named the scientists and leaders for 19 Antarctic departures from November. On landing-limited voyages, the team is a real part of what clients are buying.

Trade Desk · The Bahamas

MSC Breaks Ground on Sandy Cay

MSC has started building Sandy Cay, a quieter private island for MSC and Explora guests next to Ocean Cay, but there are no itineraries to sell before 2028.

Trade Desk · Liguria

Self-Guided, Fully Handled

Eurobike and Eurohike's four new 2027 self-guided tours, from €899, give advisors an easy add-on for solo and couple clients who want wellness and effort without a group.

Trade Desk · South Shetland Islands

Antarctica's Crowded Horizon

Antarctic visitor totals dipped in 2025–26, but landings rose 6 percent and cluster at a few sites, so the scarce product is the small ship with good landings.

Trade Desk · Saint-Nazaire

MSC World Atlantic Floats

MSC's fourth World Class ship is in the water at Saint-Nazaire and on sale now, with alternating 7- and 14-night Caribbean sailings from Port Canaveral from November 2027.

Trade Desk · Stockholm

Net Zero at Congress Scale

Four Radisson Blu meeting hotels in Stockholm and Copenhagen now carry Verified Net Zero status, giving planners with Scope 3 reporting duties a third-party-checked option at 3,000-delegate scale.

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