Comes calling

Agents can sell a new premium cruise brand this Diwali and even experience it when ‘Genting Dream’ docks in Mumbai on October 29 on its way to China.

Premium cruise brand, Dream Cruises’ first ship ‘Genting Dream’, which was launched in India this January, will dock in Mumbai on October 29, 2016. Thatcher Brown, President, Dream Cruises, who was in Mumbai to make this announcement, said, “We will announce the price of the packages agents can start selling by March. We will offer a really good value proposition to our trade partners and the commission structure will be similar to the one of Star Cruises. Itineraries will include 2, 5 and 7 night cruises. As of now, we don’t have plans to make Mumbai a permanent stop for it. We consider Dream Cruises as Asia’s first premium cruise brand.”

The ship will be stationed out of China for regular sailings and will be priced higher than Star Cruises’ existing cruises. Mumbai will not be part of its regular sailings. Brown added that his team will use the Star Cruises references and take advantage of the relationships already built by the Star Cruises team. “We wouldn’t be