Louis Cruises India, a subsidiary of one of the world’s leading cruise operators Louis Cruises will start its operations in India with luxury cruise liner, MV Aquamarine from its home port in Kochi (Cochin) from December 2, 2009. Louis Cruises will operate the cruise ship MV Aquamarine from Kochi from December, with a capacity of 1,200 passengers.
Louis Cruises tour itineraries
Louis Cruises have itineraries of2 nights/3 days to Maldives and Sri Lanka and one night high sea sailing from Kochi. The present itineraries that have been announced include Kochi-Maldives-Kochi, Kochi-Colombo-Kochi and also a one-night high sea sailing itinerary.In order to distribute the cruise itineraries among potential Indian travellers the company has appointed six Preferred Sales Agents (PSAs) in the Indian market.
The six PSA agents include
- SOTC
- Guidelines Travels Pvt. Ltd
- Cox and Kings
- Travel Tours Pvt. Ltd
- Great India Tour Company (GITC) and
- Thomas Cook.
Louis Cruises India is a subsidiary of Louis Cruise Lines (LCL), a major European cruise company operating cruises from Cyprus, France, Italy and Greece with a fleet of 12 ships and 20 luxury hotels in Greece and Cyprus,.
Louis Cruises India managing director Oneil Khosa has signed an agreement with Kerala Tourism Director M. Sivasankar in the presence of State Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan to use the Cochin Port for five years.
After the signing, Balakrishnan said the Kochi port was emerging as a major destination for cruise tourism.
“Kochi was a natural choice for Louis Cruises not just because it has all potential of an emerging cruise hub but also of the positive approach of the state government towards tourism,” the minister said.
“Nearly 60,000 travellers are expected to embark on their voyage from Kochi, which would bring more economic activity besides new jobs for the local community.”
According to Khosa, unlike Europeans and Americans who prefer long voyages, domestic travellers like short sailing.
“Indian’s are not generally inclined towards long sailing and a two to three day package would be ideal. The package will include Indian and European theme entertainment, cuisine and also duty free shopping,” said Khosa.
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