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Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea
Guitarist Joe Bonamassa and Sixthman, an industry leader in festivals at sea, have announced the final lineup of the second annual “Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea” music festival sailing aboard the Norwegian Pearl Feb. 15-19 from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico. Guests will enjoy four days of non-stop tunes and musical collaborations. Blues-inspired acts confirmed to participate include Joe Bonamassa, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Blues Traveler, Beth Hart, Vintage Trouble, Marc Broussard, Shemekia Copeland, The James Hunter Six, Eric Bibb with Michael Jerome Browne, Monophonics,...
Carnival Set to Roll Out Enhanced Internet Access
Carnival Cruise Line’s new social media Internet packages – which offer access to a variety of popular Web sites for US$5 a day – are now available on more than half of the line’s ships with fleetwide implementation scheduled by the first quarter of 2016. Additionally, the line’s new mobile app – currently available on Carnival Breeze and offering an innovative “chat” feature – has been well received with a third of the ship’s guests actively using the app during their cruise. The app is expected to be available on five additional ships by the end of the year and be...
Marco Polo Returns, Montreal Set To Celebrate
On Aug. 13, the Marco Polo will return to the Port of Montréal for a 24-hour visit and 50th anniversary celebrations. To mark its arrival, the Montréal Cruise Committee is encouraging Montrealers and visitors to make their way to the Old Port's boardwalk at 8:15 a.m. when the ship is scheduled to arrive with 750 guests and 220 crew members aboard. To welcome the Marco Polo, there will be a water show with jets sprayed from tugboats owned by Ocean Group. In 1965, Germany's Wismar shipyard delivered to Russia a cruise ship named after the celebrated Russian poet Alexandr Pushkin....
Hornblower Welcomes its One-Millionth Visitor
In what has been a super summer season for tourism in Niagara Falls this year, Hornblower Niagara Cruises welcomed its one-millionth customer of the season Friday (Aug. 7), a full nine days earlier that it reached the milestone last year. At 10 a.m. on Friday, Barrie, Ont. resident Rachael Pintos, with her children Gabriel, 7, and Mila, 3, and her nephew Lucas George, 10, as well as Bradford, Ont.’s, David Lacroix and his children Addison, 7, Lexie, 6, and Piper, 3, boarded the Hornblower Niagara Cruises Catamaran for an up-close look at the iconic Falls. The family pushed the...
NCL Returns to Asia, Australia
Norwegian Cruise Line has introduced new itineraries for the brand’s Fall/Winter 2016/2017 deployment – including a return to Asia and Australia. Norwegian is offering several new destinations and new ports, including cruises to Asia onboard Norwegian Star, with itineraries departing from Istanbul, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Auckland – marking the line’s return to the Asia and Australia regions for the first time since Norwegian Wind Fall/Winter 2001-2002 and first-ever visits to The Gulf and India. Norwegian Epic will continue to spend its summers in Europe and...
Emerald Waterways Clarification
PressToday recently ran a story on a new Emerald Waterways agent specialist program. It has since been pointed out that the program has launched in the US, but is not ready to launch in Canada. Officials say it will be available...
Princess Debuts The Voice of the Ocean
Princess Cruises is bringing the excitement of popular international singing competitions to the high seas – live and on stage – with “The Voice of the Ocean.” The show comes to life throughout the cruise with auditions, mentor rehearsal sessions, the iconic “I Want You” chairs, three charismatic team coaches and ultimately a live finale performance where guests choose the winner. The Voice of the Ocean singing competition experience aboard Princess Cruises includes: Karaoke try-out sessions at the beginning of each cruise for vocalists who are 16 years or older....
Carnival Celebrates New Dr. Seuss Book
Carnival Cruise Line and its partner Dr. Seuss Enterprises teamed up to celebrate the release of the new Dr. Seuss book, “What Pet Should I Get?” with celebrity book readings by Tampa Bay Rays all-star Evan Longoria aboard Carnival Paradise in Tampa and local broadcasting legend Angela Hill aboard Carnival Dream in New Orleans. In conjunction with the event, Carnival is matching Longoria’s donation of $100 to Pet Pal Animal Shelter for every home run he hits during the 2015 season. The cruise line is also donating monies to the Tampa Bay and Louisiana chapters of the Society for...