News from Denmark

The former cruise network CruiseCopenhagen rebrands to Cruise Denmark - Copenhagen and beyond to strategically focus on nationwide cruise tourism. 

Klaus Bondam is the new Director of the two cruise networks Cruise Baltic and CruiseCopenhagen as of March 15, 2023.

Copenhagen has won the Cruceroadicto 2022 Award as the best cruise port in Northern Europe at the Fitur International Tourism Fair in Madrid.

From September 25 to October 7, 2022, CruiseCopenhagen hosted
two FAM trips, allowing cruise line executives to visit 11 Danish cruise destinations in the shoulder season.

The now former director of the two cruise networks Cruise Baltic and CruiseCopenhagen, Claus Bødker, receives the Seatrade Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s Seatrade Cruise Med for his relentless work to promote the Baltic Sea Region and Denmark.

Yesterday at their General Assembly, CruiseCopenhagen celebrated 30 years of developing and promoting the cruise industry
in Denmark. The cruise network looks forward to a cruise year with 592 expected calls in Denmark and several sustainability initiatives.

CruiseCopenhagen aims to contribute to sustainable growth with new 2024 strategy. The framework of the strategy is the UN
Sustainable Development Goals, ensuring that sustainability is a central factor of the strategy.

From the 20th of August, cruise guests who go ashore in Denmark
must be aware of new requirements. The Danish Authorities now
require that all guests are tested before going ashore. This applies to
immune and vaccinated guests as well.

From June 26th, cruise guests are allowed to go ashore in Denmark. The Danish Authorities require that guests have been vaccinated with an EMA accepted vaccine

The popular amusement park, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen Denmark is happy to announce that two pop-up Michelin restaurants will open in the Japanese Tower this summer of 2021.

Safety should be an experience, not just a measure. That is the ambition of the partners in the Danish cruise network, CruiseCopenhagen. From the amusement park to the airline and the hotel.

The Danish cruise network, CruiseCopenhagen, hosted a fam trip for incoming and port agents for the first time ever. The goal was to give an update on new tour offers for cruise guests in Denmark.

The Danish cruise network, CruiseCopenhagen, is nominated for the prestigious Seatrade Cruise Award in the category Destination of the Year. The award is given to a destination that has made significant strides in promoting cruise-tourism over the past 12 months.

Denmark is on route to set cruising-record in the coming season as more cruise lines than ever before call in the little country of happiness and “hygge”. The Danish cruise ports expect more than 1 million cruise guests this year along with a 200-million-euro turnaround.

More cruise guests are visiting the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, which has just been named ‘Europe's second best holiday island’. Port of Roenne confirms the trend and ends this season with a total of 46 cruise calls.

The winner of the ‘CruiseCopenhagen Ambassador Award 2018’ is Martin Lister from Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. He won because of his great work preparing cruise itineraries which exclusively visit Danish ports.

With 1.1 million cruise guests in 2018, the cruise lines have caught Copenhagen and Denmark in the binoculars. The success puts Denmark on the world map and the CruiseCopenhagen network is honored for the efforts with the trade organization Horesta’s Tourism Award, the MARIA Award.

Copenhagen Souvenir & Design has just launched 2 new souvenir shops in Copenhagen Airport (airside) as well as 1 new shop on Strøget, and is now counting 11 shops in Copenhagen with a wide selection af high quality souvenir and Danish Design.

Sustainability has been on the agenda for many years at BDP and in 2019 the company decided it was time to take the next step and become a certifiably sustainable company!

One of Denmark’s most popular cruise destinations and number 8 on The New York Post list of places to go in 2019, Aalborg, has decided to deliberately limit the port to a one ship port in the future. 

Two Danish top brands, BIG and Tivoli, partner for a spectacular development in Copenhagen’s iconic amusement park in the centre of the Danish capital. 

The Port of Aarhus is the first in Denmark to make a decision to grant a discount to green ships.

The ambition to be strong on partners is working for the Danish cruise network, CruiseCopenhagen. More partners mean better collaboration on important issues like sustainability.

29 cruise destinations have signed a manifesto pledging increased sustainability. This is the result of the ambitious international cruise conference that just took place in Copenhagen.

Monday 22 April, the cruise ship “Magellan” called the New West Port in Kalundborg, as the first ship ever. The construction of the new port was completed just two weeks before the arrival.