Windstar Cruises, known around the world as the leader in luxury yacht cruising, put on a different hat yesterday evening by assisting in the rescue of the French catamaran Sofrane off the North Coast of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea. The ship responded quickly to provide temporary shelter from extreme conditions in the waters [...]

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Crystal Cruises has come up with a substantial Save Now Save Later program that offers future discounts for spending on cruises now. Like many of its competitors in the cruise industry, Crystal is trying to assure a customer base to draw from in future years until the economic situation brightens. With its most [...]

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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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Crystal Cruises is calling out the big guns of dance music to attract cruisers to its May 2009 Transatlantic cruise. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world. Trombonist Larry O’Brien is the [...]

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is continuing to expand internationally in tough economic times. The cruise line just announced it is opening two new offices in China, in the cities of Beijing and Guangzhou. Royal Caribbean has many more berths to fill in the coming years, and the most populated country in the world [...]

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Crystal Cruises is sailing into 2010 by visiting 70 countries, and celebrating an unprecedented 15 years of awards as the #1 cruise line in the world. The new 2010 itineraries will visit 174 ports on its 62 scheduled cruises. Crystal is offering a greater variety this year including new, first time visits to [...]

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Holland America Line is offering Collectors’ Voyages and a Voyage of the Glaciers offering to its clientele who enjoy the time aboard ship as much as the destination, Alaska. Holland America Line offers the 14-day Collectors’ Voyages and a new 17-day Voyage of the Glaciers CruiseTour, which are extended tours that are two seven-day [...]

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Windstar Cruises feels so strongly that cruise travelers should book their vacations through a travel professional that they are sending past and prospective cruisers a $100 per person shipboard credit certificate to redeem with their favorite travel professional for any 2009 Windstar sailing when booked by Jan. 31, 2009. The certificates are good on [...]

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Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) released details about their exciting new alternative dining venue, Prime 7, that will be added to the Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Mariner cruise ships. The new steak and seafood venue will be added to Seven Seas Voyager this month, and the Seven Seas Mariner in January as [...]

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Windstar Cruises, normally a cruise line for romantics and adventurers, is offering special family rates on summer European sailings aboard Wind Surf. This is an attempt to make family vacations more affordable in these tough economic times. Families who book one full-fare stateroom on Wind Surf sailings departing June 7 through August 30, [...]

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RSVP Vacations has released itineraries for 5 new 2009 all gay cruises. RSVP originated the gay and lesbian cruise concept, which is designed to give gay travelers more variety and choice than ever before. With three major U.S. city departures — Ft. Lauderdale, Los Angeles and Seattle — RSVP’s 2009 cruises also offer unprecedented [...]

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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) and the LEGO® Club announced the second edition of LEGO Winter Holiday Building Challenge where children are invited to use their imagination to win a free cruise for their family. If your kids are between 6 and 18, they can tap into their creativity and construct a holiday-inspired scene, [...]

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I read an interesting article called 9 ways to tell if your travel pro is crooked by a fellow travel writer in MSNBC.com, by the name of Chris Elliott. Chris contributes articles to them quite frequently. It relates to agencies like the one mentioned who discount every travel booking they make, and then [...]

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Well-known travel photographers Ellen and Hank Barone will lead a special photography cruise in Mexico’s Sea of Cortés aboard American Safari Cruises’ 120-foot, 22-guest luxury yacht Safari Quest, March 8 to 15, 2009. The cruise offers a $250 per person travel credit for clients if booked before Dec. 31. The eight-day, seven-night cruise from La [...]

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Celebrity Cruises has launched a top ten reasons to cruise with them campaign, and I have to say, I have seen the reasons first hand. I just recently returned from a short cruise on the Celebrity Solstice from Fort Lauderdale, and it was absolutely awesome. From the staterooms to the common rooms, and [...]

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