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Style and Beauty Experts Give Carnival Guests the Inside Running for Melbourne Cup

Posted: September 24, 2022

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Carnival Cruise Line has added two of Australia’s leading beauty and style experts to an already strong field of onboard talent during this year’s Melbourne Cup cruise on Carnival Spirit.

Stylist to the stars Penny Hunt and Beauticate website founder Sigourney Cantelo – both former Beauty Editors at Vogue – will ensure Carnival Spirit’s 2600 guests will be ready to put their best foot forward at Flemington for Cup day and Oaks day following a series of onboard beauty and style workshops, including a fashion presentation and the latest looks from high street brands.

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Having judged Fashions on the Field at Melbourne Cup, been the Fashion Editor for Men’s Style magazine, Fashion and Beauty Editor at Mindfood Magazine and a style consultant for the Seven Network, Penny will be in good stead to oversee Carnival Spirit’s fashion parade at sea. Hunt has styled many famed faces including Cate Blanchett and Asher Keddie as well as host of Australia’s Next Top Model, Jennifer Hawkins, and Sonia Kruger for Dancing With The Stars. She has appeared as a fashion and beauty expert for Channel Nine’s Morning Show and spent over six years glamming up TV’s best for the annual Logie awards.

Sigourney’s website Beauticate is devoted to the whos and how tos of style and make up featuring some of Australia’s most beautiful women such as Jessica Gomes, Samantha Harris, Jessica Hart, Delta Goodrem and Dannii Minogue. Sigourney will be onboard sharing her award-winning flair for beauty education.

With a combined 30 years of beauty and style experience between them, Carnival Cruise Line Australia Vice President Jennifer Vandekreeke said the guest speakers would make sure punters were race ready.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“As our guests cruise south to Melbourne they will be in very stylish and beautiful hands with Penny and Sigourney sharing a lifetime of style tips and beauty wisdom to ensure everyone looks and feels their best on Cup day,” Ms Vandekreeke said.[/pullquote]

Ms Vandekreeke said the workshops would especially come in handy for the ladies with Carnival now also offering its guests a general admission ticket to Crown Oaks day during the ship’s extended four-day call to Melbourne - an experience not offered by any other cruise line.

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Departing Sydney on October 30, Carnival Spirit’s eight-night Cup cruise features a “Halloween spooktacular” before racing fever takes over. Well-known race caller John Tapp will share his knowledge about Australia’s premier horse race during a Q&A session and a Cup-themed degustation dinner while popular racing personality Richie Callander will also return to Carnival Spirit this year to impart his top tips in the lead up to the big event. Other racing themed activities will include sweepstakes and a series of special dining experiences, including a Mad Hatters’ afternoon tea and post-Cup recovery brunch. Cruisers will also be able to participate in a Behind the Scenes tour of the Cup at Flemington.

 

Kangaroo Island to give Queen Mary 2 a warm welcome in 2017

Posted: September 8, 2022

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Kangaroo Island will welcome its greatest ever guest in 2017 when Cunard’s lead liner, Queen Mary 2, arrives.

The 151,400-tonne, 2600-passenger liner will depart a trail of dollars afterward when she brings in February 2017. The visit is anticipated to produce an expected $1 million in revenue.

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More than $16 million has been pumped into South Australia’s economy as an immediate consequence of cruise boats docking in the state, new figures show.

Tourism Minister Leon Bignell said the economic advantage of the industry climbed 30 per cent, up from $11.4 million a year prior. Cruise ships likewise in a roundabout way created $6.7 million for the economy.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Cruise ships continue to bring in a huge amount of people to our state — both internationally and domestically — as well as putting them in touch with our regions with ports in Port Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln,” Mr Bignell said.[/pullquote]

Cunard said Queen Mary 2 would make her first visit to Kangaroo Island on February 20, 2022 as a component of a four-night, round-excursion cruise from Melbourne.

Carnival Australia CEO Ann Sherry said Queen Mary 2’s call was affirmation of South Australia’s allure as a cruise destination.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“With its stunning beauty and famous produce, Kangaroo Island has become a popular destination with a number of our cruise lines in recent years,” Ms Sherry said.[/pullquote]

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Cunard’s decision to send the magnificent Queen Mary 2 to the island in 2017 confirms the reputation it is earning as a wonderful port of call.”[/pullquote]

Queen Mary 2’s visit will take after Cunard’s first-ever call to the island one year from now when the 90,000-ton Queen Victoria touches base on March 4.

Queen Mary 2 will visit Adelaide on February 16, 2017, and is relied upon to pull in several visitors to the foreshores close to Outer Harbor.

The ship, made its maiden voyage in 2004, has more than 1300 staterooms, a six-story Grand Lobby, the biggest assembly hall and library adrift, the three-story 1347-seat Britannia Restaurant and the Illuminations planetarium.

SA welcomed a record 32 cruise ship visits to our ports this past season, up from 26 the earlier year. They brought 55,054 travelers and 11,765 crew members in the 2014-15 season, an ascent of 34 per cent.

[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“The cruise industry in SA looks set to continue to grow,” Mr Bignell said. He said 38 ships would visit this season — 23 to Adelaide, 10 to KI, four to Port Lincoln and one to Robe — with up to 88,693 passengers and crew days in port.[/pullquote]