(PRESS RELEASE)_SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Nov. 16, 2023) – Australia’s award-winning adventure travel company, Aurora Expeditions, has released its new season for Arctic & Beyond 2025 voyages, including four brand new expeditions and seven Ultimate Adventure voyages that allow adventurous travelers to explore further and longer on the company’s new purpose-built small expedition ships, the Greg Mortimer and the Sylvia Earle. Aurora Expeditions’ new Arctic & Beyond season features a comprehensive array of departures to the unique and varied destinations of the region including Greenland – whose east, south, west, and northwest coasts will be explored – Svalbard, Norway, Iceland and Canada’s High Arctic via the famed Northwest Passage. Also included are the company’s popular voyages to destinations such as Costa Rica and the British Isles. (PRESS RELEASE)_MIAMI, (November 16, 2023) – Today, Celebrity Cruises announced its 2025-2026 season of sailings, its most ambitious ever with more than 800 sailings to over 290 destinations in 72 countries across 7 continents. The newly announced summer and winter program for the premium cruise line’s fleet of 16 award-winning ships includes the debut Caribbean season for the highly anticipated fifth ship in the industry-transforming Edge Series, Celebrity Xcel, along with new ports in Europe; year-round offerings in the Caribbean; and new experiences in 29 cities with single and double overnights. By GERRY BARKER
Some twenty-five years ago, Pam and I took our first train trip. It lasted almost two weeks and covered 8,500 miles — Texas to Chicago, Chicago to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Seattle, Seattle to Chicago and back home. Along the way we met fascinating people, enjoyed amazing scenery and got to see the country the way you never can from an airplane, or even a car. In short, we were hooked. READ MORE. (PRESS RELEASE)_MIAMI, FL, November 15, 2023 – Windstar Cruises is expanding its global reach with first-time cruises in South America beginning in December of 2025 on board all-suite yacht Star Pride. The diversification to the region creates new opportunities for the small ship cruise line’s well-traveled guests to experience bucket-list destinations, like Machu Picchu in Peru and Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, allowing Windstar’s guests to enjoy the uncrowded and unpretentious style they are well known for. (PRESS RELEASE)_MIAMI, Nov. 15, 2023 – Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Jubilee, has successfully completed its first full round of sea trials. Now, she’s one more milestone closer to her monumental debut in Galveston, Tex. on Dec. 23. Carnival Jubilee’s sea trials successfully completed on Nov. 14. The trials were led by a full contingent of officers, technicians and engineers on board who thoroughly tested the ship’s technical, mechanical and navigational systems. (PRESS RELEASE)_VALENCIA, Calif., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --With less than six months to go until the launch of its new ship, Cunard has revealed it will raise a glass to Queen Anne in May by unveiling an exclusive new gin. The Queen Anne Edition, which will celebrate the finest botanicals from across the British Isles, will feature as part of the new Cunard 4 Queens gin collection – completing the brand's flavor profile and reflecting its global reach. (PRESS RELEASE)_MIAMI, Nov. 14, 2023 – Carnival Cruise Line opened new 2025-26 cruises from its Australian homeports of Sydney and Brisbane today. The new cruise options now available for guests include unique sailings to Fiji and New Zealand on Carnival Splendor, as well as sailings to Fiji and Papua New Guinea on Carnival Luminosa, along with several Great Barrier Reef cruises on both ships. (PRESS RELEASE)_Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – November 13, 2023 – MSC Cruises is pleased to announce that MSC Bellissima will be featured in the upcoming Netflix film In Love and Deep Water, which will premiere worldwide on the streaming service on November 16, 2023.
The highly anticipated romantic thriller was filmed on a purpose-built set recreation of MSC Bellissima and conveys the joy of cruising. The movie is dubbed in 14 languages and subtitled in 32 languages: Source: Press Release
(PRESS RELEASE)_FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (November 6, 2023) – The highly anticipated Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel is now accepting group booking requests for 2026 and beyond, and has tapped industry veteran Aaron Weegar as Director of Sales & Marketing. Set to open its doors in late 2025, the new 29-story hotel development, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, will be connected directly to the Broward County Convention Center, which is currently undergoing a major expansion and renovation, and will be one of the premier convention venues in the country. |
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