SeaDream Yacht Club is promoting holiday sailings. “We’ve some great 2009-10 Caribbean holiday voyages. For example, fares on the Dec. 13, five-night Hanukkah voyage starting at $1,799 per person for those who are planning ahead,” said SeaDream President Bob Lepisto.
The MSC Poesia will feature Carlos Oliva and Los Sobrinos del Juez during its Jan. 23, seven-night Latin Music Cruise. Oliva is credited as being the founder of the musical movement developed by the fusion of rock, jazz, samba, son, guaracha and other Cuban rhythms, known today as the “Miami Sound.”
Windstar Cruises is offering a complimentary group tour conductor credit to travel agents who book a new group of five full-fare berths on select winter 2009 and 2010 sailings by Aug. 31.
Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas is stepping up and ridding itself of the notion that cruises are about eating and over indulgence.
Ecoventura, a small-ship operator in the Galapagos, tested a new concept in parent-teen travel. The company invited 10 teens and 10 parents to join a June graduation cruise aboard the Eric that departed Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on the Island of San Cristobal on June 7, returning to port eight days later.
Crystal Cruises is expanding the hours and programming of its Junior Activities Programs. New programming includes designing “Sistine Chapels” while cruising Italy and photo sessions in traditional Russian costumes en route to St. Petersburg.