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Holland America Line Launches Tablet App

Liam Cusack

Free, one-of-a-kind app puts Alaska in the palm of travel professionals’ hands and allows for easy itinerary display and collateral creation

 

ms Maasdam in AlaskaSeattle, Wash., April 20, 2015 — Holland America Line has made it easier for travel partners and consumers to experience the line’s Alaska cruises and Land+Sea Journeys with the launch of a new application for tablets. Those using an Apple, Android or Windows tablet can search key words such as “Holland America Alaska” in their respective app store and download the application for free.

The app is optimized for tablets and offers the best of Holland America Line’s Alaska brochure, web site and other collateral in an easy-to-navigate mobile tool. Users can explore both cruises and Land+Sea Journeys with a new level of detail, including an interactive map with destination details and excursion options, as well as a sampling of the line’s Glacier Bay podcasts.

The app was designed with both travel professionals and guests in mind. Users can post, share or print information. For those without a tablet, there is also a “desktop viewer” that offers the same rich content with mouse-click navigation.

Through the app, Holland America Line Alaska cruises and Land+Sea Journeys itineraries are available “on the go.” The app can be used to electronically show clients different itinerary options and route maps and to personalize travel plans. Once a day-by-day itinerary is finalized, travel partners can create a pdf flyer to email to their client — all with the swipe of a finger.

“Bringing the travel experience to life via technology is a key selling tool in business today, and it’s essential that we provide travel professionals with tools that enable them to successfully sell Holland America Line cruises anywhere,” said Eva Jenner, vice president of North America sales, Holland America Line. “This app will make it easier for travel professionals to show their clients what we offer in Alaska and give them the flexibility to close the deal from anywhere.”

Anniversary Sale Adds Unbeatable Value to Alaska Bookings This Summer

Travel professionals booking Alaska cruises or Land+Sea Journeys by June 1, 2015, will gain a valuable shore excursion credit, dining package and more for their clients when an ocean-view and above stateroom is selected. Holland America Line’s Anniversary Sale provides a shore excursion credit of up to $400 per stateroom, a dining package, free or reduced fares for third and fourth guests in a stateroom and 50 percent reduced deposits for bookings on select summer Alaska and Land+Sea Journeys. Guests who book a suite also receive a bonus double shore excursion credit up to $800 per stateroom, a 100-minute Internet package and an Anniversary Beverage Card valued at $100.  Anniversary Sale Alaska cruise fares start at $649 interior or $799 oceanview per person, while Land+Sea Journeys begin at $899 per person for both categories on a 10-day Denali Land+Sea Journey.

Liam Cusack

Liam P. Cusack is the Managing Editor of Cruise & Travel Report (www.cruiseandtravelreport.com), a publication dedicated to providing travelers the same news that industry insiders receive. A self-described “travel nerd”, Liam is an Ocean Liner and Cruise Industry historian who has traveled to more than 60 countries, every US state and sailed on more than 60 cruises. After nearly two decades as an award-winning political journalist and investigative reporter at a major NYC daily newspaper, he decided to dedicate his career to helping avid travelers, like himself, be more well-informed. With Cruise & Travel Report, Liam strives to provide news and tips to make every vacation a dream vacation.