Cruise Whitsundays has reported significant growth in passenger numbers since the opening of a $15m state-of-theart terminal building in central Airlie Beach last Sep (CW 11 Sep). Speaking to Cruise Weekly at ATE15 in Melbourne this week, public relations manager Maggie Kerrigan said: “In June alone we will have worked...
Cruise Whitsundays has
reported significant growth in
passenger numbers since the
opening of a $15m state-of-theart
terminal building in central
Airlie Beach last Sep (CW 11 Sep).
Speaking to Cruise Weekly at
ATE15 in Melbourne this week,
public relations manager Maggie
Kerrigan said: “In June alone we
will have worked with six cruise
ships and handled excursions for
almost 11,000 passengers.”
Popular day trips booked
for cruise pax include full day
Great Barrier Reef excursions
to Reefworld or Knuckle Reef,
Daydream and Hamilton
Islands visits and full day sailing
experiences aboard a catamaran.
The increase in cruise ships
visiting is also correlated to a
rise in the number and size of
groups attending for business
purposes such as conferences and
individual travellers, she added.
The line last year took delivery
of its new catamaran – Cougar II.
