Windstar Cruises, owners of luxury sailing yachts, is giving cruise guests an rare opportunity to cruise with OlympicGold medal winner Rafer Johnson aboard a Barcelona to Rome cruise on Wind Surf, departing April 26, 2009. The 1960 Gold Medal winner will be sailing, lecturing, entertaining and getting up close and personal with guests aboard [...]

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Princess Cruises’ won yet another award in 2008, and this time it came as a result of their famed dining event, the Chef’s Table. The Princess culinary experience has been honored as the winner of the Food & Beverage/Hotel Operations Award in the Second Annual Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards. The award was presented today [...]

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MSC Cruises took possession of its newest cruise ship, and announced the christening will be December 18, 2008The technical float out of MSC Fantasia has taken place in St Nazaire, France. She is the largest ship to be commissioned by a European ship owner and will join the MSC Cruises fleet on 18 December 2008. [...]

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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) came out strong today with new sailing choices in Europe and Alaska, and also committed through 2012 to Hawaii to keep the Pride of America there. NCL was thought to be considering leaving Hawaii due to poor financials, but openly stated the unit is profitable. These cruises go on [...]

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. now offers 22 ships sailing in Europe for 2009, and this international growth will allow cruisers to make more cruise choices than ever before among the Royal Caribbean International brands. Royal Caribbean is scheduled to play a key role at “Seatrade Med 2008″ this week, and will confirm its increasing [...]

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The Yachts of Seabourn are adding another ultra-luxury yacht to its collection and it will be christened Seabourn Sojourn in a glittering ceremony in London in June 2010, before sailing on its 14-day Maiden Voyage. The sleek new vessel is being built in Italy, and will position from Genoa to London before its inauguration. [...]

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Holland America Line launched its 2010 Grand Voyage itineraries, which give cruise enthusiasts the opportunity to choose either the full, 114-day Grand World Voyage or one of the Grand Voyages, ranging from 51- to 70-days. The four globe-spanning odysseys encompass the savannah of South Africa, the treasures of ancient China, the mysteries of Antarctica and [...]

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Swan Hellenic Discovery Cruises has announced its new itineraries for the end of 2009 and all of 2010 today, and includes them in its Discovery Cruises brochure. Swan Hellenic, as you may know, was voted ‘Best Cruise Line’ in the Guardian Travel Awards 2007. The brochure previewing new itineraries available aboard Minerva from [...]

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