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cheese platter from the Market Kitchen could spark a detour to the north-west coast. Another defining feature is the collaborative approach taken in shaping the ships. Harriman highlights the role of the crew themselves, as well as multiple sessions of Hospitality Tasmania’s Great Customer Experience program. “We’ve taken a lot of our crew, who have worked on our ships for many, many years, and a lot of their thoughts and ideas has gone into the attention to detail. We took the feedback of what we think will work, and it will work, and we’re really excited to show it to the public. We just can’t wait. “I also know the amount of work that Dave [Noonan] and his team put into the Great Customer Experience program. They’re really finesse what that’s about. We’re really excited to be a partner of that and really proud to be a partner with Hospitality Tasmania. The work that Dave did coming in with his team was impactful straight away, and we’re really excited about taking it to the next level with what we’re going to do with these new ships.”
bridge between states. But the new vessels aim to redefine the crossing as more than a commute. They promise a prelude to the Tasmanian adventure, a taste of landscapes, flavours, and stories before the first road trip or wilderness hike even begins. “The whole idea of the ship is to take a walking tour of Tasmania... each aspect of the bars and the restaurants and the accommodation tells a story.” - Nick Harriman In the end, the new Spirits aren’t just ships. They are destinations in themselves. They embody a promise that when you sail to Tasmania, you don’t just arrive, you begin your Tasmanian journey the moment you step aboard.
For decades, the Spirit of Tasmania has been the
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