Oceania Launches Online Reservations for Specialty Restaurants

Oceania Cruises is introducing a new online portal that will let booked guests make advance reservations for specialty restaurants. Oceania’s three 684-guest vessels –Regatta, Insignia and Nautica- offer a choice of four dining venues supervised by master chef Jacques Pépin, who serves as executive culinary director for the cruise line.

Guests can choose from the Grand Dining Room, Polo Grill, Toscana and Tapas on the Terrace. The new online Dining Reservations Calendar includes the times the ship is in port, as well as any pre-reserved shore excursions to help guests select ideal dining times.

Reservations can be made 90 days in advance of sailing, once final payment has been received, and will remain available until 10 days prior to departure. Guests may now access the Dining Reservations Calendar beginning with the 2009-10 winter voyages to Asia and Australia, South America and the Caribbean.

By year’s end, travel agents will also have the ability to make dinner reservations on behalf of their clients via the travel agent center on Oceania Cruises’ website. Oceania’s new 1,258-guest Marina, scheduled to launch in winter 2010, will offer 10 dining venues, six of which will be gourmet restaurants included on the Dining Reservations Calendar.