It is quite likely we will do a further cruise in early 2017. We are considering 6 alternative itineraries – all starting from Sydney. Subject to sufficient interest we would choose from one of the following 6 cruises.
- late January 2017 Tasmania – 8 nights – visiting Hobart, Adelaide and Melbourne – estimated cruise/conference cost from $1400-$1500
- mid February 2017 – South Pacific – 8 nights – visiting Nouméa, Mystery Island, Lifou – estimated cruise/conference cost from $1500-$1600
- early March 2017 – South Pacific – 10 nights – visiting Nouméa, Mystery Island, Lifou, Vila – estimated cruise/conference cost from $1500-$1600
- mid March 2017 – South Pacific – 11 nights – visiting Suva, Lautoka, Lifou, Noumea – estimated cruise/conference cost from $1800-$1900
- early April 2017 – South Pacific – 13 nights – visiting Nouméa, Lifou, Mystery Island, Lautoka, Suva, Isle of Pines – estimated cruise/conference cost from $2100-$2200
- mid April 2017 – Brisbane to Hong Kong – 18 nights – a one way relocation cruise (see itinerary below map)
estimated cruise/conference cost from $2300-$2400
(note this Asian cruise option was originally listed as Sydney to Singapore – but the cruise we had in mind is now unavailable to us due to prior booking of the conference centre by another group)
All cruise candidates are on Royal Caribbean ships, now well-established as the best conferencing ships.
Whatever cruise is chosen we will have a team of leading international presenters for another great conference at sea. Unlike previous cruises, we will probably run a single stream program throughout, with no sessions scheduled during days we are in port.
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Brisbane to Hong Kong itinerary (one of 6 candidate itineraries we are considering). Here is the itinerary for Legend of the Seas – if a 2017 cruise goes ahead and this ends up as the preferred option. Early responses to the survey suggest this is the preferred cruise, but this can change if enough people favour other options.
Itinerary for a possible April 2017 cruise
DAY 1 Sun 9 Apr 2017 Brisbane, Australia 4.30pm
DAY 2 Mon 10 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 3 Tue 11 Apr 2017 Airlie Beach, Australia 7am – 4pm
DAY 4 Wed 12 Apr 2017 Cairns, Australia 9am –5pm
DAY 5 Thu 13 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 6 Fri 14 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 7 Sat 15 Apr 2017 Darwin, Australia 9am – 6pm
DAY 8 Sun 16 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 9 Mon 17 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 10 Tue 18 Apr 2017 Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia 7am – 6pm
DAY 11 Wed 19 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 12 Thu 20 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 13 Fri 21 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 14 Sat 22 Apr 2017 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 7am – 4pm
DAY 15 Sun 23 Apr 2017 El Nido, Philippines 9am – 6pm
DAY 16 Mon 24 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 17 Tue 25 Apr 2017 Manila, Philippines 8am – 6pm
DAY 18 Wed 26 Apr 2017 at sea
DAY 19 Thu 27 Apr 2017 Hong Kong, Hong Kong 6am
