HURTIGRUTEN’S Norwegian Coastal Express division is starting to book more strongly the closer Australia moves to international travel, Managing Director, APAC Damian Perry told Cruise Weekly. After periods during the pandemic when the local MD can remember days of “no bookings at all” for Hurtigruten’s legacy product, Perry said interest...
HURTIGRUTEN’S Norwegian Coastal Express division is starting to book more strongly the closer Australia moves to international travel, Managing Director, APAC Damian Perry told Cruise Weekly.
After periods during the pandemic when the local MD can remember days of “no bookings at all” for Hurtigruten’s legacy product, Perry said interest in Norwegian Coastal Express is now beginning to resurrect, which harks back to a return to normality for travel bookings.
“During this whole period of lockdown, what we noticed is clients were really choosing that big bucket list item, the Antarctica trip, to Greenland, or something really unique and special.
“All of a sudden, that more mainstream volume product like Norway’s starting to book really well, and really quickly.
“I think we’re actually starting to get more of that sort of second tier, it’s not the very early adopters, the next level.”
Perry said he was confident next year would see the more general tourist market return – great news for Norwegian Expedition division, given the upcoming christening of Fridtjof Nansen (pictured) (CW 06 Sep).
