Regent Seven Seas Cruises has unveiled its 2012 “Grand Voyages.” In response to past guest requests and heighted demand for extended sailings in Europe and South America, these new, longer itineraries are ideal for intrepid explorers “A great number of our loyal guests are perennial travelers and seek out voyages which offer a wide range …
Seabourn has launched a “Europe Suite Sale” on 2011 summer and fall departures aboard its award-winning fleet of ships, urging travelers to contact their travel agents and explore the full range of Europe’s majestic treasures and historic cities from Turkey to the Greek Isles and along the Dalmatian Coast. To qualify, cruises must be booked …
The Czech Spa towns have ceremonially opened the new spa season with spring celebrations and pampering and spa treatments. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s visit to the spa town of Teplice, and visitors may stay in his recently renovated room. Clients looking for upscale amenities will appreciate a newly furnished …
AmaWaterways has introduced the newest addition to its award-winning fleet, the 212-passenger MS AmaKatarina. Completely redesigned and rebuilt starting from the hull, the vessel features outside balconies in 76 of her 106 staterooms, and suites ranging up to 432 sq ft in size. Her inaugural itinerary on Russia’s famed Volga-Baltic Waterway debuted May 10. The …
APT’s newest product offerings are escorted China vacations, each featuring a four-day cruise on the luxury 124-passenger vessel, the Sanctuary MS Yangzi Explorer. This boutique-sized ship offers 62 suites with private balconies and an exceptionally high level of service with a crew of 130. The 13-day Imperial China package (from $5,095 pp person twin share) …
Groups of 6 or more traveling on an Explorer Ventures (EV) Liveaboard now receive one free berth for every five paid (maximum of two free per charter). “This is not a special we are offering, this is new policy,” said Clay McCardell, President of Explorer Ventures. McCardell says that booking trends have shown that people …
Maduro Dive Fanta-Seas is providing an opportunity to offer the Galapagos Islands to select clients at a discount of 55–60 percent. Packages are $1,299 for five days and $1,399 for six days, and include accommodations at the number-one rated properties on the Galapagos: the Red Mangrove Lodges. Included in the packages are all meals, excursions …
Dive Center Silberstein organizes unique underwater adventures in one of the last natural paradises on earth—the Galapagos, its dive sites ranking among the best worldwide. Beginner or advanced, any diver can discover this incredible underwater world with Dive Center Silberstein. Aside from daily dive excursions with two dives each, PADI dive courses are offered, from …
SITA World Tours, in association with APTA (The Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa), Kenya Airways and Air Botswana, hosted a Travel Agent Seminar in April. The successful dinner and presentation was held at the DuPage Club in Oakbrook Terrance, Illinois, with almost 60 preferred agents in attendance. Kenya Airways provided roundtrip airfare …
Home to some of the world’s famous masters of culinary creations, South Africa is every food lover’s dream. Unique dishes have appeared, from the time of the Khoisan, its first hunter-gatherers, to the black people who introduced agriculture, and later the Dutch, English, German and Portuguese immigrants. Slaves from India and Malaysia brought curry and …