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  • Discover True Luxury with MSC Yacht Club

    Welcome to the MSC Yacht Club, the ultimate luxury cruising experience. MSC Yacht Club adds a whole new dimension in sheer pampering and luxury. This exclusive Club is a quiet haven of privacy and personalized amenities and service complete with your own Butler as well as complimentary premium beverages with all the entertainment and fun of a cruise ship at your doorstep.
    Like a “ship within a ship,” MSC Yacht Club’s dedicated VIP areas are available onboard the MSC Fantasia, which debuted in December 2008) and MSC Splendida (which debuted in July 2009). The MSC Yacht Club allows its guests to experience the best of both worlds – more personalized service in a private, intimate setting while also enjoying the full benefits these magnificent vessels have to offer.

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  • Princess Cruises Debuts 20 New Shore Excursions in Alaska This Summer

    This year Princess Cruises offers passengers some fresh ways to experience Alaska up close and personal with a variety of new shore excursions for the summer. Among the 20 new options is a unique opportunity to join a scientific expedition while in Juneau to help study climate change and wildlife behavior patterns.
    Passengers can also get closer to the dramatic glaciers of Tracy Arm, pilot their own zodiac on a tour of Ketchikan or enjoy the opportunity for animal encounters at a film trainer’s wildlife park. These new options join Princess’ extensive shore excursion program, which currently offers 215 different Alaska tour options for passengers starting in May.

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  • Culinary Experts Take Center Stage for Holland America's Culinary Arts Program

    Taking top chefs from kitchens and restaurants all around the world and inviting them aboard Holland America Line ships, the line’s Culinary Arts Center, presented by Food & Wine Magazine, continues to expand in popularity. This year, more than 65 guest culinary experts are participating in the hugely successful program. Culinary notables this season include Bravo-TV’s “Top Chef” contender, Nikki Cascone; Mark Bittman, food columnist for The New York Times and award-winning cookbook author; and Keith Coburn, television personality of the hit series, “Deadliest Catch.”

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  • Crystal's New Land Option Offers VIP Access to 150th British Open

    For travel-savvy golf enthusiasts this summer, Crystal Cruises is introducing an ultra-exclusive opportunity to be a part of the ultimate competition in the birthplace of the game. During the new three-night Extended Land Program from Edinburgh, Crystal guests will be treated to VIP access and the highest level of service at the 150th British Open Championship at famed St. Andrew’s Golf Club, before joining Crystal Serenity’s July 19 Black Sea voyage to Istanbul.

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  • The Cruise Web Sails Through Blizzard

    In early February, The Cruise Web found itself in the middle of two record-breaking Maryland snowstorms. The storms, labeled by many as the “Blizzard of 2010” produced over three feet of snow in less than a week and broke several city records for total snowfall in a single winter season.

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  • The Cruise Web Awarded in 1st Annual Sales Achievement Celebration

    Crystal Cruises recently recognized The Cruise Web in its First Annual Sales Achievement Celebration. The achievement, which acknowledges The Cruise Web’s work with Crystal Symphony in 2009, means a great deal to The Cruise Web, which prides itself not only on excellent client relationships but also on its cruise line relationships. The award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of all of The Cruise Web’s employees.

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  • The Spirit of the Games

    Although I was just a young boy at the time, the most exciting and memorable sporting victory I have ever witnessed has to be the 1980 “Miracle on Ice”. This was the year that a young US men’s hockey team, made up of amateur and college players, toppled the “unbeatable” Soviet Union hockey power house at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. USA then went on to beat Finland, to claim the gold medal.
    Looking back to the build-up of that 1980 game, I can remember feeling how the Soviets were something akin to unstoppable robots. They were “perfect” in their execution, “never” made mistakes, and I almost thought of them as super-human, or maybe even non-human.

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