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  • The Cruise Web to Participate in Baltimore Marathon Team Relay

    The Cruise Web is excited to announce its participation in the Team Relay at next month’s Baltimore Running Festival. The Team Relay race, which winds through the city of Baltimore on the same course as the full marathon, features four unique legs varying in length from 5.9 to 7.1 miles each. This year’s team is captained by Karolina Shenton and includes Desiree Gibson, Yossi May and Seth Woodward – all equally eager to take on the competition when the starting gun goes off at 8am on Saturday, October 15th.

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  • NEW – River Cruises from The Cruise Web

    Now presenting river cruises from The Cruise Web! River cruising is an increasingly popular vacation option for travelers who enjoy the convenience and comfort of cruising, but wish to travel to locations inaccessible by a larger cruise ship. These specially designed river ships and cruise barges – usually built to carry fewer than 200 passengers – take guests through the heartland of a nation for an unparalleled travel experience.
    While some river ships lack a few of the onboard features and amenities found on larger oceangoing vessels, they make up for it with port-intensive, one-of-a-kind itineraries. Plus, river cruise itineraries often focus on smaller towns and villages, offering a more personal and in-depth experience within a region. It’s also not uncommon for river cruises to package shore excursions, such as guided tours, in the regular cruise fare.

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  • Get in the Game with MSC Cruises

    Guests need take no chances with Lady Luck following the latest offer of free gaming lessons of black jack, poker, roulette and dice* in the sumptuous casinos of the MSC Cruises’ fleet.
    At least twice a cruise, depending on the ships and itineraries, 15-minute gaming lessons will be available to guests at the casino in a quiet and relaxed atmosphere before the frenetic exhilaration of the casino opening.

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  • Crystal Cruises Adds New "Voluntourism" Excursions for 2011

    Crystal Cruises’ first year of its “You Care, We Care” voluntourism program has added more excursions to wrap up 2011. With all Mediterranean and U.S. Pacific Coastal cruises this fall, new hands-on volunteer opportunities will assist people-in-need in Italy, Greece, Croatia, Israel, the Canary Islands, and southern California—plus Mediterranean sea turtles.

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  • Princess Cruises Honored by Port of San Francisco for Environmental Efforts

    Sea Princess has been honored by the Port of San Francisco with its annual “Cruise Ship Environmental Award.” This distinction was earned for the ship’s outstanding record in San Francisco during the 2010 season for air emissions reduction, advanced wastewater management, and recycling and disposal programs. This is the sixth year Princess Cruises has earned this prestigious accolade.

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  • NCL's New Ships Named Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway

    Norwegian Cruise Line has selected the winning names for its two new Freestyle Cruising® ships: Norwegian Breakaway, launching in April 2013, and Norwegian Getaway, launching in April 2014. The names were selected as the culmination of its “Norwegian’s Cruising for Names” contest held in conjunction with national newspaper USA Today.

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  • Manager's Insight – Formal vs. Casual

    Over the last six newsletters we have been introducing our Management Team in this column. I am Don Dean, the Director of Finance and Human Resources at The Cruise Web.
    By the time you are reading this newsletter, I will be cruising on the Island Princess as part of an industry event sponsored by Princess Cruises and Cunard Line. As my wife, Sara, and I began focusing on the itinerary for the cruise, we had a conversation about the scheduled formal dining evening. Much of the conversation turned nostalgic as we reminisced about how travel has changed over the years and much of that change related to attire.

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