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Christmas Market Cruises: The Most Magical (and Most Demanding) Season on the River

It is four o’clock in Nuremberg and the light is already going. Christmas market season is the time of year River Cruise Managers remember most, and the one that asks the most of them. Guests are not booking a route in December; they are booking a feeling. Here is what the best River Cruise Managers do to protect it, and why your own Christmases working in hospitality already count.

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Low Water, High Pressure: The River Cruise Crew Nobody Is Talking About

Everyone is talking about the low water: the cancelled sailings, the buses, the ship swaps. Almost nobody is talking about the crew. Since July, crews on Europe's rivers have been explaining, reorganising and smiling through the same questions week after week. After 26 years on these rivers, Maddy has one thank-you for them, and one question for every leader reading.

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