Cruise Baltic and Cruise Norway have joined forces and launched a new itinerary planning tool that makes it easier for cruise companies to check availability and plan itineraries in the Baltic Sea and Norway region.
Cruise lines can now plan their itineraries more easily thanks to the new Itinerary Planner tool. The tool was launched by Cruise Baltic and Cruise Norway, who collaborated to create a convenient solution for cruise lines planning itineraries in their regions.
“The collaboration between Cruise Baltic and Cruise Norway is unique and innovative. The fact that two cruise associations are joining forces to create a common product that provides greater accessibility to the region is truly a strength. It not only benefits cruise lines by making itinerary planning much easier, but it also demonstrates that together we can achieve more,” said Claus Bødker, Director of Cruise Baltic.
The new tool is a further development of Cruise Norway's cruise calendar, but with a new design that also includes the entire Baltic Sea region. It functions as a calendar where cruise lines can check availability in the Baltic Sea and Norway and plan their itineraries accordingly. This makes it now easier and more convenient for cruise lines to plan new itineraries in these regions.
The pandemic has forced the cruise industry to think in new directions and be more adaptable than ever. Therefore, Cruise Norway also sees even greater value and importance in launching the tool now: “Due to the pandemic, the tool is more important than ever. We all need to be agile in our planning, and cruise lines must be able to change their itineraries at short notice to comply with laws and restrictions. With the Itinerary Planner, cruise companies can easily check availability during selected periods and quickly get an overview of how they can adjust their itineraries,” says Inge Tangerås, Managing Director of Cruise Norway.
The Itinerary Planner works very simply: The cruise line creates a draft of their preferred itinerary, checks availability, and avoids overbooking. If there is no availability at a particular port, it will appear as "fully booked." Most cruise ports in the Baltic Sea region and Norway are already represented in the tool and are easy to identify, making it very convenient for cruise lines to get a comprehensive overview for future itinerary planning.
