Traveltek is delighted to announce that Scenic Luxury Cruises and Emerald Cruises are now live on our cruise booking API, giving travel agents access to two of the world’s leading luxury cruise brands.

Agents and customers can now access real-time pricing, instant availability, and seamless booking for both brands, all directly through our platform.

Scenic Luxury Cruises brings nearly 40 years of award-winning river, ocean, and land journeys, featuring its ultra-luxury Discovery Yachts: Scenic Eclipse and Scenic Eclipse II, along with the next-generation Scenic Ikon, launching in April 2028. This expansion reflects Scenic’s continued innovation in immersive, luxury exploration.

Emerald Cruises offers luxury river sailings across Europe and Southeast Asia, complemented by its innovative luxury yacht fleet Emerald Azzurra and Emerald Sakara along with its next generation of Discovery Yachts Emerald Kaia, Rayai, and Xara.

These vessels are designed for intimate ports, contemporary adventure, and boutique-style exploration.

Start Selling Scenic and Emerald Cruises

To learn more about how you can get started selling with Scenic and Emerald, please see below for your market’s local contact person:

• Australia & New Zealand: Donna Reed – do********@********om.au / em********@********om.au
• USA / LATAM / INT (USD): Hien Cao – hi******@*******sa.com
• Canada: Juna Ueda – ju*******@****ic.ca
• Europe: Kay Sion – ka******@****ic.eu
• United Kingdom: Jonathan Davies – jo*************@*******co.uk / ab****************@*******co.uk
• Asia: Constance Seck – co************@********om.sg

If you are an existing Traveltek member and wish to enable Scenic and Emerald on the iSell Cruise Platform, please speak with your Customer Success manager or raise a Jira ticket.

Want to learn more about Traveltek’s cruise booking technology? Get in touch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Scenic and Emerald cruise lines are available through the API? All Scenic Luxury Cruises and Emerald Cruises itineraries are available, including river cruises across Europe and Southeast Asia, plus Discovery Yachts Scenic Eclipse, Scenic Eclipse II, Emerald Azzurra, and Emerald Sakara.

How do I access Scenic and Emerald pricing through Traveltek? Existing iSell Cruise Platform users can enable Scenic and Emerald by contacting their Customer Success manager. New clients can request access through our contact form.

Does the API provide real-time availability for Scenic cruises? Yes, the API offers real-time pricing, live availability, and instant booking confirmation for both Scenic and Emerald Cruises.

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India’s Cruise Bharat Mission isn’t just another tourism initiative; it’s a $5.4 billion commitment to transform India into a global cruise hub by 2029.

The mission aims to:

• Double cruise passenger traffic
• Build 10 new international cruise terminals
• Expand from 2 to 100 river cruise terminals
• Create 400,000 jobs

Cruise passengers are alsoexpected to grow from 471,000 in 2024 to 5 million by 2047.

What reallycaught our attention? It’s not just infrastructure, it’s about digitalisation in cruise, and a market that will benefit from technical cruise technology experience.

The Growth Trajectory

India’s cruise market is valued at $139 million today and projected to hit $323 million by 2030. The country is currently in Phase 1: planning, alliance-building, and modernising existing terminals. Phase 2 launches October 2025 (new terminal development), followed by Phase 3 in 2027 (integration of all cruise circuits across the Indian Subcontinent).

This isn’t a market fixing a broken system. This is a market building something new from the ground up. Cruise is a huge opportunity as a high-margin product for travel agents, with a high guest repeat rate; it represents a huge, untapped opportunity for India, the fastest growing cruise market in APAC.

Catch our team in India at SATTE and Vervotech Launchpad

Traveltek at Vervotech Launchpad: Traveltek will showcase their enhanced agent desktop and brand-new Quote Builder tool at Launchpad on Wednesday, 4th February in Mumbai, more details to follow.

We’ll also have a stand at SATTE Delhi from the 25th to 27th February 2026. You can book a meeting with our team at SATTE.

Cruise technology solutions for India’s growing market

As a cruise technology provider with 25+ years of experience, we’ve built solutions specifically designed for markets experiencing rapid cruise growth; exactly where India’s travel industry stands today. We understand cruise business and technology scaling, complex quote building across itineraries, cabin categories, and pricing structures. We know the entire sales cycle from inquiry to booking.

We are domain experts, allowing cruise agents to work with multiple cruise lines through our market-leading single cruise API. In addition, we support travel companies with our award-winning iSell suite.

Companies serious about selling cruise will need proven cruise technology that scales from day one, not a partner learning on the job.

If you’re looking for a cruise technology provider in India that understands both the technical complexity and commercial opportunity of cruise, let’s talk. Traveltek’s proven cruise booking systems and API technology are ready to support India’s ambitious cruise growth plans.

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