Windstar Cruises Reports Highest Booking Volume of 2009

Windstar Cruises will open its call center on Sundays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific time due to recent increased volume. Booking volume on April 27 showed an increase of 23 percent over any previous day in 2009.

Traffic to the call center also increased 20 percent over average volume. Over the past five weeks, demand and sales are 87 percent higher than the same period in 2008. The Sunday hours will remain in effect throughout this heightened sales period.

Windstar attributes the added volume to the efforts of travel agents, values offered to Foremast members, increased international sales force in Canada, and special guest offers, including free air out of New York.