It’s clear that travellers are keen to get cruising once more, with Oceania Cruises announcing the recent sales launch of new ship Vista broke its single-day booking record within hours.
Oceania Cruises announced it has set an all-time single-day booking record that surpassed the most recent record by nearly 60%.
While the most recent record was for a full season of sailings across six ships, the line’s new record was driven by the introduction of one new ship with itineraries for primarily one half of a year.
Slated to debut in April 2023, Vista’s Inaugural Season voyages opened for sale on 16 September at 12:00am AEST, and by 1:30am AEST the number of bookings had surpassed the company’s most recent record, which was set in March 2021.
“The tremendous wave of bookings we saw on the day we opened sales for Vista underscores the extraordinary demand for our acclaimed small ship, destination-focused vacations,” stated Bob Binder, President and CEO of Oceania Cruises.
On 16 September 2021 Oceania Cruises opened the inaugural season itineraries of its newest ship, Vista for sale to the general public.
A total of 18 voyages spanning from April 2023 through November 2023 went on sale.
Itineraries range from 10 to 24 days in length with fares from AUD$5,690 (NZD$6,160) per guest to AUD$40,720 (NZD$44,110) per guest.
Accommodation on the designer-inspired upper premium ship ranges from 25 square metres for the newly introduced Solo Veranda Staterooms to 230 square metres for the palatial Owner’s Suites which run the full width of the ship.
“We are seeing exceptional demand from both our loyal Oceania Club repeat guests and new-to-brand guests who are attracted to Vista’s new restaurants and culinary concepts, residentially styled staterooms and suites and unique itineraries that present the destinations from a new perspective,” stated Bob Binder, President & CEO of Oceania Cruises.
Oceania Cruises says all of the bookings for 2023 are new cash bookings with absolutely no dilution from Future Cruise Credits issued for cancelled cruises in 2020 or 2021.
Virtually all of the top-tier Owner’s, Oceania, and Vista suites, along with the newly introduced Solo Concierge Veranda Staterooms are sold out for the Inaugural Season.
Nearly half of the available inventory of Vista’s inaugural season was sold in one day with 30% of all bookings coming from new-to-brand guests.
According to the cruise line, the most in-demand destinations were the British Isles and Canada, the Mediterranean, Holy Lands, and Panama Canal.
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