Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
The Majesty of The Seas was one of the first largest cruise ships and was considered state-of-the-art Sovereign-class ships when she was built in 1992.
Now she's been pulled into the shipyard to recieve a 36 million dollar refurbishment that replaces everything on board in a mere 28 days. Keep ...
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Royal Caribbean is off to a bangup start this year when it comes to marketing cruises. The company announced that its highly successful 2006 launch of Freedom of the Seas won a number of major awards at the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Adrian Awards in New ...
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
One issue that single people that enjoy taking cruises might run into is the fact that they are single.
Most Cruiseline's fares are based on double occupancy so guests traveling alone are often required to pay a "Single Supplement." This supplement is an adjustment to the published cruise fare that ...
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Virgin America promises to be a big player in the travel sector, so we're taking notice when we hear they're starting to make progress in setting up their airline. Today they announced their first six destinations and also mention 40 other ones they're still looking at.
The airline ...
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Cruise companies like to outdo one another. This means what was once a big deal, soon ceases to be one. People have come to expect a lot from cruises, and the cruise companies are coming through for them.
The latest innovations for having fun in the middle of the ...
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Looking to get away from the snow and cold?
Than Southwest Airlines might have the flight deal for you. Book your flight 14 days in advance until February 22, 2007 for travel between Feb. 13, 2007 through May 10, 2007, and you could pay as low as $49.00 one ...
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Cruise ship experiences tend to be a very subjective endeavor, so it's no surprise that a number of organizations attempt to qualify cruises with awards systems. Conde Nast Traveller rates a number of ships and found the Empress Of The North to excel in several areas:
Majestic America Line, one ...
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
On January 23, 2007 new laws concerning international travel went into effect for all Americans.
Any American traveling by air to Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America or the Caribbean must have a passport to get on an airplane and to re-enter the United States of America. Persons without ...
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
The threats of terrorism, as well as currency valuations and the like weren't enough to keep anyone home in 2006. In fact, more people travelled last year than at any other time in
history
A total of 842 million international tourist arrivals were recorded last year, an increase of ...
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
Now you get to beautiful Rome easier than ever before, thanks to American Airlines. The same flights used to be available during the Summer months, but thanks to their popularity, you can now take a flight to Rome from New York or Chicago any time of the year now.
"We ...
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