North Sailing Newsletter - March 2012

SEASON START 2012

Another winter has passed by, giving us time to move our boat fleet to the shipyard for it’s yearly restoration and makeover.
We are therefore ready as ever and very excited about our season start on April 1st.

Change in our timetable:

Due to customer demand, our ever popular tour Húsavík Original Whale Watching (NS-1) will be offered once a day at 13:30 from April 1st -14th and as of April 15th we have added a 10:00 o‘clock departure to our schedule.

Gradually, we increase the number of tours throughout the summer season and our plan is to operate till October 20th.

Whales, Puffins and Sails (NS-2) starts this year on May 15th. This is a unique sailing tour that combines whale watching, bird watching and a sailing adventure aboard one of our two schooners.

During high season, our tours escalade up to 14 departure per day and we feel confident that with your help, summer of 2012 will be a very successful one – we welcome your clients to Húsavík for an unforgettable whale watching experience.

Do not forget Ólafsfjörður Whale Watching (NSO-1), which was a great success with great humpback whale sightings during our starting season of 2011. We remind you to also point out to your customers this new whale watching destination.

NEW!! Scheduled direct flights from Reykjavík to Húsavík with Eagle Air

North Sailing and Eagle Air have joined forces and designed Whale Watching and Lake Mývatn (NS-1A) a day tour from Reykjavík where you combine a visit to the biggest attraction of Northern Iceland, Lake Mývatn, and whale watching from Húsavík. Departures every Tuesday, Thursday at 08:45 and Friday at 07:45 from April 15th - Sept 30th (min 4 pax).

Another new package tour is Edge of the Arctic with Eagle Air (NSE-1A ), giving you the opportunity to make the most of your time during the visit in Iceland. Accommodation for 2 nights on board one of our renowned schooners, sailing to Grímsey, whale watching, fishing and birdwatching – simply and truly adventure at its best. Departure in Reykjavík is every Tuesday evening at 18:45 from May 1st - July 10th and arrival back in Reykjavík the following Thursday evening.

Greenland - once in a lifetime experience

NEW: Additional departure: 4th – 11th of August

Sales and demand have exceeded our expectations and we are proud to say that with your professional help, market visibility and many great articles around the world, we have almost filled all our 4 scheduled departures – only a few seats left !!!!!!

Greenland (NSE-2)

It is therefore that due to customer demand that we have added an extra departure and we are confident that we can also fill this departure but appreciate your contributions/help of course!! For more information please contact me.

Commission agreement 2012 & Brochures

Most of you have received your commission agreement for 2012 with us as well as our Product & Rates files. If you are missing yours, send me a line – instant reply guaranteed!

Our 2012 Brochure is fresh out of the printers and ready to be sent to you – anywhere in the world – please send an email to info@northsailing.is advising number of copies and mailing address.

I am not sure if you feel the same but workload on my desk and online bookings have increased dramatically over the past months and my prognosis is that 2012 will be a very successful summer for the whole travel industry in Iceland.

Iceland has had a lot of publicity – good and bad – but a classic quote by the known Irish dramatist, novelist & poet Oscar Wilde came to my mind. I want to end this newsletter to you all by quoting him it and look forward to a GREAT WHALE WATCHING summer in cooperation with you all:

„The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.“

 
Birna Lind Björnsdóttir
Sales & Marketing Manager
birna@northsailing.is