Norwegian Cruise Line is offering a three-in-one cruise that takes in Bermuda, the Bahamas and the Caribbean, as well as two days in New York.
This new cruise, which has been dubbed ´the BBC´ by NCL, features two back-to-back six and eight night cruises out of New York.
Travelocity launched a program where it will staff its own hospitality desk on about 40 sailings this year with Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises and Holland America Line on routes to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada/New England, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal and Europe with the first sailings departing this month.
The hospitality desk for the Travelocity Onboard Program is designed to service only passengers who booked through Travelocity, said Cathy Dooling, Travelocity´s cruise marketing manager.
The Travelocity employee on each sailing will serve as a liaison to the cruise line, will help with issues like transfers, recommend shore excursions, and be able to book future cruises for Travelocity clients, Dooling said.
Free round-trip Economy Class air transportation from select East Coast cities will make it more attractive for U.S. travelers to experience the serene majesty of the Norwegian fjord lands or the treasures of grand Baltic cities this summer.
The promotion is offered by Discovery World Cruises in conjunction with 10 Northern Europe cruises round-trip from Harwich, England. Each voyage is packaged with a two-night hotel stay in London prior to departure.
Carnival Corporation CEO Micky Arison announced that Carnival will donate $2.5 million of his bonus to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on February 24, Carnival said it paid Arison a $2.9 million bonus for fiscal 2005, up from $2.5 million the year before. Meanwhile, Arison´s salary increased from $700,000 to $800,000.
Costa Cruise Line´s newest and largest ship, the Costa Concordia, will debut in June housing what it is calling the largest spa on the sea, a facility that will feature 55 cabins and 12 suites situated within it, Costa said last week.
The 112,00-ton, 3,000-passenger ship will introduce the Samsara Spa, a two-story, 20,500-square-foot “wellness center” with panoramic ocean views offering Ayurvedic, or holistic healing, treatments.
From yoga and tai chi and cooking demonstrations to fitness and nutrition workshops hosted by leading wellness experts, the third annual Mind & Body Cruise offers a weeklong variety of interesting and insightful activities designed to rejuvenate the mind, body and spirit.
Sponsored by Carnival Cruise Lines and Shape and Men´s Fitness magazines, the health and wellness cruise takes place aboard the 2,974-passenger Carnival Glory from December 2 to 9, 2006. Ports of call include Key West, Belize and Cozumel.