Cruise Critic Best in Cruise Winner 2024 announces an unmissable 3-month promotion that combines air credit of up to $/€ 5,500 per person with an upgrade to Gold Wi-Fi worth up to $/€ 525 for anyone booking to explore the Arctic or Antarctic, Europe, Africa or Latin America from a balcony stateroom with Swan Hellenic in 2025. Guests just need to complete their bookings by 7 July. Travel advisors will benefit from all their usual commission on the increased sales.
9 April 2025 – Cultural expedition cruise pioneer Swan Hellenic today unveiled a generous time-limited offer for balcony staterooms that will set everyone’s hearts beating before its cruise guests even leave home to see what others don’t. Because they could now save up to $/€ 5,500 each on their choice of the remaining 34 Swan Hellenic cruises with availability in 2025.
This being Swan Hellenic, the choice is exceptionally wide, offering discovery in depth of the Arctic, Antarctica, Europe, Africa and Latin America on the panoramic 5-star boutique ships SH Diana and SH Vega. The cruises themselves offer a wide range of options, extending from 6- to 20-nights with balcony stateroom prices from $/€ 5,398 to $/€ 22,180.
And, of course, each thoughtfully curated cultural expedition cruise will be enriched by the company of renowned experts and expedition guides, who socialize with the guests on board and take them on extraordinary journeys of discovery.
What’s more, the offer doesn’t end there, including an upgrade to Gold Wi-Fi worth up to €/$ 525 that gifts voyagers the best possible package for stateroom entertainment and to share their experiences with friends and family back home.
In addition, Air Credit Plus applies to both Swan Hellenic fare options: Cruise Only – which gives guests the flexibility of making their own travel arrangements and arriving on the day of sailing if preferred. And Cruise Plus – which offers the convenience and peace of mind of including charter flights to and from the embarkation and disembarkation ports, all airport and cruise port transfers, and one night’s 4/5-star pre-cruise hotel accommodation. Moreover, this being Swan Hellenic, additional hotel accommodation can be arranged for Cruise Plus guests wanting to explore the embarkation and disembarkation regions over several days.
The big savings offered mean travel advisors will benefit from increased sales without any loss of commission, so everyone will have something to celebrate.
Finally, the offer runs for a generous 3 months, starting on 7 April and ending on 7 July 2025 to offer numerous sales opportunities. Customers should however be encouraged to book promptly for peace of mind, since availability was already fast disappearing even before the offer launched.
Patrizia Iantorno, Chief Commercial Officer of Swan Hellenic, says: “Everyone needs something to celebrate at this time of year. And something to look forward to. Like a life-changing, 5-star cultural expedition cruise exploring the most beautiful and fascinating places on earth in the company of renowned experts. We’re delighted to offer this wide choice of generous balcony stateroom possibilities to our passionate adventurers and travel advisors”.
Complete information is available on a dedicated Swan Hellenic web page https://promo.swanhellenic.com/AIRCREDIT/
About Swan Hellenic
Swan Hellenic was relaunched in July 2020 to proudly advance the spirit of cultural expedition cruising the company pioneered in the 1950s. Building on its British roots, the new company has a distinctly cosmopolitan culture dedicated to providing guests with global opportunities to see what others don’t.
Swan Hellenic’s purpose-built boutique ships feature elegant Scandi-design interiors, extensive outdoor spaces and dedicated expedition facilities. SH Vega is a 5-star Polar Code PC 5 expedition cruise ship with ice-strengthened hull that was launched in July 2022. She accommodates 152 guests in 76 spacious suites and staterooms, the majority with large balconies. SH Diana is a slightly larger PC 6 ice-class vessel launched in April 2023. She accommodates 192 guests in the same distinctive comfort and style in 96 staterooms and suites.
While sharing the unique design features of her sister ship, SH Diana also introduces certain key enhancements, including a dedicated presentation and lecture theatre overlooking the lounge, and on-board Tender boats to take guests ashore in addition to and in greater comfort than the customary expedition Zodiacs. Like her sibling, SH Diana features a state-of-the-art gym, spa, panoramic sauna, club room and swimming pool with poolside grill.
Both ships feature three dining venues – the Swan Restaurant, Club Lounge and Pool Bar & Grill – and are built in full compliance with SOLAS Safe Return to Port requirements. Dedicated to guests with a passion for adventure and cultural exploration, the company’s meticulously planned itineraries explore the wild landscapes, wildlife, peoples and cultures of the world’s less travelled and most historic regions.
The crews each include a team of 12 seasoned expedition guides, expert speakers and lecturers, for a total complement of 120 and 140 persons respectively, offering outstanding staff-to-guest ratios to deliver the highest standards of attentive personal service.
Swan Hellenic’s cultural expedition cruises have always been distinguished by the company, guidance and expert lectures of famous explorers, seasoned expedition guides and leading authorities in their fields. Now, many of the cruises are also enriched by partnerships with unique organizations to bring very different experts on board in the same way, including JRE-Jeunes Restaurateurs and the SETI Institute.
Maris Culinary Discovery at Sea brings a different JRE gourmet chef aboard each in a series of exclusive cruises which take guests on a parallel voyage of gastronomic discovery. While the SETI Explore Space at Sea Series brings a different world-renowned scientist from the SETI Institute aboard each cruise to provide guests with expert insights into the history and latest discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, astrobiology and planetary science, as well as the quest to find other forms of life within and beyond our solar system.
On many cruises, guests can also participate in Swan Hellenic’s Citizen Science partnerships, contributing valuable data obtained during their expeditions and on board, reporting cloud data with NASA, recording whale sightings with Happywhale, monitoring phytoplankton with the Secchi Disk Study, and Antarctic seabird numbers with Stony Brook University.
Headquartered in Cyprus with offices in London (serving the UK and Ireland), Dusseldorf (serving Continental Europe), Monaco, Fort Lauderdale (serving the North American market), Hong Kong (serving Greater China, India and South-East Asia), and Sydney (serving Australia-New Zealand), together with a partnership serving Japan, Swan Hellenic supports the travel trade with local specialist partners to provide customers with expert personal service worldwide.
For more information about Swan Hellenic, please visit www.swanhellenic.com or call:
+44 (0) 207 846 0271 (United Kingdom)
+1 800-537-6777 (North America)
For Swan Hellenic, please contact:
Patrizia Iantorno, Chief Commercial Officer: patrizia.iantorno@swanhellenic.com
Joe Maloney, Vice President of Sales North America: joe.maloney@swanhellenic.com
Mario Bounas, General Manager UK & Ireland: mario.bounas@swanhellenic.com
Thomas Harrison, Sales Director Europe: thomas.harrison@swanhellenic.com
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