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Local Tour Guides Sought for Cruise Shore Excursions

Do you have a passion to share your knowledge of Busselton and the Margaret River Region with cruise ship visitors? Cruise lines and inbound tour operators are looking to employ locals on a casual basis as tour guides for the 2022/23 cruise season and beyond. If you think you can…

Peta FussellNovember 23, 2022

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Cruise Ready Workshop Summary

In partnership with MRBTA and the City of Busselton, Tourism WA recently held a Cruise Ready Workshop for local operators to learn how to successfully service the cruise market and optimise business and community benefits. The cruise industry and related operators are keen to connect passengers with innovative and immersive…

Melissa CarmichaelNovember 14, 2022

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Join the welcome crew! Volunteers needed to assist with welcoming cruise ships to Busselton

The Margaret River Busselton Tourism Association (MRBTA) is calling for local ambassadors to get involved in its cruise ship volunteer program as Busselton prepares to welcome back cruise ships for the first time since the onset of the global pandemic. With the first arrival of the cruise ship calendar scheduled…

Jenny LeeSeptember 8, 2022

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Excitement mounts as new cruise liners visit Busselton

Busselton will welcome 264 passengers and 136 crew on February 7, as L’Austral makes its first visit to the shores of Busselton. L’Austral is a luxury cruise ship operated by the French cruise line company Compagnie du Ponant. The Astor will kick off a three-day cruise, departing on February 9…

Amber AtkinsonJanuary 18, 2018

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Free training to become a ‘cruise ready’ tour guide

Tourism WA and Tour Guides WA invite you to be a part of a unique, free training program for all those involved, or wanting to be involved when cruise ships come to town. Upon completion you will receive a certificate of completion, a unique badge and one year’s complimentary membership to…

Amanda CarmichaelMay 16, 2017

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Community effort sees Busselton win international cruise award

Busselton has been acknowledged as one of the best cruise ship destinations in the world by Cruise Insight Magazine in its Spring 2017 issue. The international cruise industry magazine has awarded Busselton the Best Local Initiative award for 2016. The annual awards recognise the ports and destinations that have delivered…

Amanda CarmichaelApril 18, 2017

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2016/17 Cruise Season to kick off with a new arrival

Cruise season to the Margaret River Region and the beautiful anchorage of Busselton kicks off this November with two scheduled ship arrivals: Sun Princess - 5 November Emerald Princess - 9 November This is the inaugural visit for the Emerald Princess to this destination. Launched in 2007, she is one of…

Peta FussellOctober 20, 2016

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2015/16 cruise season soon to set sail

The next cruise season is just on the horizon with the arrival of the Diamond Princess kicking things off in the Margaret River Region with a scheduled return on Saturday 7 November to Busselton. Busselton is the first port of call on an 18 day voyage from Fremantle to Sydney via…

Peta FussellOctober 23, 2015

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Cruise ships bring $1.8 million

Image | Todd Carrington Figures have been recently released by Cruise Down Under which confirm that the first cruise ships to visit Busselton brought in $1.8 million and generated $500,000 in wages in 2014-15. Busselton had six cruise ship visits in the last financial year and the figures show WA…

adminSeptember 8, 2015

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100% of Cruise passengers to the Margaret River region report positive experience

Your Margaret River regions reputation as an extraordinary port destination has been boosted with research showing that 100 percent of recent cruise passengers surveyed had a positive experience during their visit. Princess Cruises’ spectacular Diamond Princess has recently made history in Western Australia, becoming the first cruise ship to visit…

Sunny ThompsonJuly 24, 2015