Nicko Cruises to Visit 400 German Agencies for 2027 Briefings
The 172-day voyage departs Lisbon on November 4, 2027, and returns April 24, 2028, with nine bookable segments across six continents and 41 countries.
Nicko Cruises will send its sales team across Germany to visit 400 travel agencies, using the roadshow to brief trade partners on its 2027 river program and the 2027-28 world cruise aboard its ocean ship Vasco da Gama. The Stuttgart-based company is preparing to sell new river itineraries and a 172-day global voyage from Lisbon.
“Our travel agency partners make a decisive contribution to our success. We want to present the most important news to them personally, answer questions directly and provide valuable impetus for advice,” said Bert Freter, head of sales at Nicko Cruises.
New river products lead the agency briefings
Nicko published the 2027 catalogue for its 22-ship river fleet in June, with two new destinations among the main additions. The Cyrano de Bergerac will operate in France. Victoria Sabrina will offer a 14-day China program combining a river sailing with hotel stays in Beijing, Shanghai and Xian.
On the Rhine, Moselle and Saar, the 2027 program adds a six-day Cologne roundtrip via Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Nicko is also introducing a nine-day Cologne itinerary calling at Remich and Trier.
The Danube range spans shorter sailings between Passau, Vienna and Melk and longer cruises toward the Iron Gate, the Black Sea and the Danube Delta. Other itineraries link Bratislava and Budapest with the Wachau and southeastern Europe.
Vasco da Gama gives agents a world cruise to sell
The 2027-28 world voyage departs Lisbon on Nov. 4, 2027, and returns to the Portuguese capital on April 24, 2028. The itinerary covers six continents and 41 countries, with nine segments that can be booked individually or combined.
Nicko is also offering the full sailing as the “Big World Tour,” while a shorter 125-day “Small World Tour” runs from Panama City to Lisbon. The early portion of the voyage takes Vasco da Gama from Lisbon through the Azores, Canary Islands and Cape Verde before crossing to Barbados and Martinique, followed by calls in the Caribbean, Central America and a Panama Canal transit.
Later segments take in Mexico and French Polynesia, then Bora Bora, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia before reaching Sydney. From Australia, the route continues through Indonesia, Southeast Asia, the Maldives, Seychelles, Zanzibar, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa and Africa’s Atlantic coast before a final call in Tenerife and the return to Lisbon.
Before the 2027-28 voyage, Vasco da Gama is scheduled to begin Nicko’s 2026-27 world cruise on Nov. 3, 2026.
