Cruise
SET SAIL IN THE ARCTIC
Compagnie du Ponant has launched its new 2014 Arctic Collection, which is featured in a newly released, 56-page brochure that details the variety of experiences being offered. Cruises are aboard the Le Boral and L'Austral -- each featuring 132 staterooms and suites -- with sailings featuring the Northwest Passage crossing to Alaska and the White Sea, the gateway to Russia's Far North, as well as the East Fjords of Iceland. Both vessels have been designed and engineered for polar cruises, each having received the "ice" classification, meeting clearly defined international criteria and, in...
ROYAL PRINCESS CHRISTENING TO STREAM LIVE
When The Duchess of Cambridge christens Royal Princess on June 13, the nearly 2,000 invited guests in Southampton will not be the only ones to enjoy the festivities. Viewers around the world can also watch the celebrations as Princess Cruises will be streaming the ceremony live online at http://www.princess.com as it formally welcomes the new ship into its fleet. The live streaming will begin at 11:15 a.m. local time in Southampton, which will be 6:15 a.m. EDT in Canada and 3:15 a.m. PDT. Viewers can also choose to play back a recording of the ceremony soon after the event for viewing at...
PRINCESS CELEBRATES WITH INAUGURATION SALE
Princess Cruises is celebrating the upcoming debut of the new Royal Princess cruise ship with a special sale offering festive extras to passengers booking one of more than 80 sailings. Passengers can toast the new ship or celebrate their own special occasion with a free bottle of champagne, and on sailings of eight days or more will also receive free gratuities. The sale includes cruise vacations to destinations around the world, including Australia & New Zealand, the South Pacific, Panama Canal, Europe, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Mexico and the California coast. Examples of included voyages are...
GIVE AZAMARA CREDIT
Azamara Club Cruises is offering guests a cruise credit equal to their airfare when booking air through its customized online air booking tool, ChoiceAir, during June and July. Through this "Get Money Back"offer with ChoiceAir, the cruise line is ensuring guests receive the best value with the best service possible. And, if guests find a lower airfare within 24 hours of booking their flights the cruise line will refund 110% of the difference as an onboard credit to use during their voyage. Additionally, guests will enjoy up to 50% savings on the voyage fare, and 25% off Land Discoveries shore...
LET THE CRUISING BEGIN
Montreal welcomed its first ship of the 2013 cruise season with the recent arrival of Holland America's 1,266 passenger Masdaam. And 2013 marks a big year for the port, which will be the first time its cruise season run from May through October. The longer season comes as a result of an anticipated 9% increase in the number of cruise-goers this year, continuing the ports gains in 2012 when a record total of 55,000 passengers and 14,000 crew members arrived at the port. In 2012, the amount of direct economic spin-off for Montreal came to a grand total of $14 million. The honorable Charles...
CRUISING TO GROUP SAVINGS
Costa Cruises has rolled out a special group promotion on select winter 2013 and a variety of 2014 voyages throughout its fleet. The group bookings must be deposited by June 30, 2013. As part of the program, passengers can reserve at a low lead-in rate that includes seven-day Mediterranean sailings on Costa Pacifica from just $599 and 10-day Caribbean sailings on Costa Luminosa from $749, all per person, double occupancy. Travel agents receive an additional $25 per cabin bonus commission and 50% reduced deposits for sailings six months or more from the booking date. These are in addition to...
SAFE & SOUND
Royal Caribbean International has announced that the May 31, 2013 sailing of Grandeur of the Seas from Baltimore, Maryland, will be cancelled to allow for repairs to damages sustained as a result of a fire. Guests booked on the May 31 sailing will be provided a full refund of the cruise fare paid for their sailing. Royal Caribbean also will provide these guests with the opportunity to sail in the future by providing a future cruise certificate for 50% of the cruise fare paid for the May 31, 2013, Grandeur of the Seas sailing. Guests who booked air transportation through Royal Caribbean...
CRUISING FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Royal Caribbean International has unveiled new Caribbean cruises for Explorer of the Seas from November 2014 through early January 2015. After eight consecutive years dedicated to the New York metropolitan area with year-round sailings from Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, N.J., Explorer of the Seas will redeploy to Port Canaveral, Fla., to offer a range of four- to nine-night Bahamas, and Western and Southern Caribbean vacations. Throughout the short season, Explorer of the Seas will join Freedom of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas at Port Canaveral to offer the most ships and...