The partnership means sailings on the six A-Rosa vessels can now be accessed easily from 27 UK airports.
An early booking offer until July 31 means packages will include a private VIP home pick-up for clients within 100 miles of their departure airport, adding 50 miles to the current catchment.
A-Rosa features sailings on four rivers: the Rhone, Seine, Danube and Rhine, with 37 itineraries and 297 departures. The lead-in price is £649pp for the five-day Mini Cruise Romance on the Rhine, departing mid-March 2018. The ship will visit Cologne, Mannheim, Strasbourg, Mains and cruise the Middle Rhine.
All itineraries are bookable through the cosmos.co.uk/agents portal.
Janet Parton, Cosmos’s head of trade sales, said: “We are delighted to have the whole A-Rosa product range on sale earlier than last year to help agents maximise sales in this important period.
“We’re confident that A-Rosa’s key USPs, such as the family offering, spas on all ships and flexible dining will appeal to our customer base. With our newly launched website, sales team and planned training, we will be working hard to communicate this to agents in the coming months.”
Lucia Rowe, head of A-Rosa UK, added: “This is the next phase in our growth strategy – having 297 departures on sale already with such a well-known brand is something we haven’t had in the UK before.
“We know that river cruise customers book up to a year in advance and we will be working together with Cosmos to get our key messages out to travel agents.”
