Seabourn Publishes Annual Brochure For 2003!
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Seabourn Publishes Annual Brochure For 2003
Enhanced Onboard Product, Flexible Cruise Schedules Highlighted
MIAMI, May 13
Seabourn Cruise Line has published its annual cruise brochure
outlining the global sailing schedules of its intimate, all-suite
Yachts of Seabourn: Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend in 2003. The
full-color, 104-page catalogue also includes a comprehensive review of
the many refinements and enhancements added to the onboard experience
in the past year.
The brochure opens with a 20-page section describing the ultra luxury
lifestyle offered to guests on The Yachts of Seabourn. From
exceptionally personalized service made possible by the line's
guest-to-staff ratio of nearly one-to-one, to the myriad enhancements
such as open bars throughout the ship, including fine French
champagnes from the House of Heidsieck; gratis Massage Moments for
guests on deck; exciting new cuisine created by renowned chef Charlie
Palmer; complimentary Exclusively Seabourn shoreside experiences and
Seabourn's Pure Pampering program of beauty and wellbeing products and
a menu of therapeutic bathing experiences from Molton Brown, London,
the brochure fully illustrates Seabourn's assertive commitment to
providing the finest ultra luxury cruise product in the industry.
"Seabourn has made substantial investments to upgrade our guests'
experiences while they are sailing with us, in keeping with our stated
mission to be the best of the best," said Richard Meadows, CTC,
Seabourn's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "We wanted
our 2003 brochure to show just how rich and luxurious our onboard
experience is for guests today. The value of a Seabourn cruise
vacation has never been better, and we want to ensure that consumers
know that."
Also outlined are the new packages of services available to guests in
The Spa at Seabourn. Called "ceremonies," these consist of series of
treatments and rituals to be used throughout the guest's stay on
board, much as they might expect at a shoreside spa.
The balance of the catalogue details cruises available in the
Mediterranean, Northern Europe; Asia, India & Africa; South America;
Costa Rica, Belize & Panama, the Caribbean and the Eastern Seaboard of
North America. Also featured are transatlantic crossings and Grand
Voyages for the Blue Water Sailor: longer voyage combinations of 20 to
72 days offered at special Grand Voyage Fares.
An example of the innovative itineraries created for 2003 is the
line's new approach to marketing the prime Mediterranean season.
Seabourn Spirit and Legend will each sail a series of seven-day
itineraries that can be combined to create vacations of up to five
weeks with different ports of call. Both one-week and two-week
versions of these cruises are fully detailed, to illustrate the
concept.
Seabourn will offer Early Bookings Savings of 20 to 50 percent for
those who book cruises well in advance. In 2003 it will offer
additional 10 percent Combo Savings for travelers who combine two
cruises. Grand Voyages, which are combinations totaling 18 or more
days in length, will qualify for savings of 40 to 50 percent.
Highlights of the 2003 sailing schedule for The Yachts of Seabourn
include:
* Seabourn Pride circumnavigates South America in a 72-day
voyage.
Individual cruises of seven to 18 days are available. Seabourn
Pride's
European season includes 14-day cruises in the Mediterranean
and its
popular 14-day cruises of Northern Europe encompassing
Scandinavia, St.
Petersburg and Norwegian fjords. Fall foliage cruises of Canada
and New
England in 2003 will be scheduled at seven days, sailing
between New
York and Quebec, with roundtrip combinations from either New
York or
Quebec available. Following a cruise of historic eastern
seaboard
ports, Pride ends her year with a series of one-week cruises
from
Barbados that alternate between eastern Caribbean islands and
an
adventurous sortie up Venezuela's Orinoco River, combinable as
a 14-day
vacation.
* Seabourn Spirit again explores Southeast Asia, with a 12-day
cruise of
Myanmar and the highly popular 14-day cruises of Thailand and
Vietnam.
In the spring, Spirit moves from Asia to the Mediterranean via
India,
with an India Journey option. In the Mediterranean, Spirit will
sail
five distinct seven-day cruise itineraries in the eastern and
central
Mediterranean that can be combined for up to 35 days of sailing
with
different port content. In addition, Seabourn Spirit and
Legend will
meet at Civitavecchia (Rome) on five occasions, giving the
possibility
for guests to transfer from one ship to the other and expand
their
exploration of the Mediterranean. In autumn, Spirit returns to
Asia via
Africa, with optional safari Journeys available.
* Seabourn Legend in 2003 repeats a series of 14-day cruises of
Panama,
Belize and Costa Rica. After some seven-day Caribbean cruises
from St.
Thomas, Legend will position to the Mediterranean for a series
of four
distinct seven-day cruises centered in the western region,
sailing from
Nice, Barcelona and Civitavecchia. In the autumn, Legend
returns to
two-week Panama, Belize and Costa Rica and the Caribbean.
* Savings programs include the Early Booking Savings of 20 to 50
percent.
These savings are capacity controlled and will be reduced as
the
available suites are booked, effectively raising the fares
closer to
sailing. They have no set expiration date.
* Combo Savings of an additional 10 percent are awarded to guests
who
book any two cruises totaling up to 17 days in length. These
savings
are deducted from full brochure fares and combined with the
applicable
Early Booking Savings for the cruise.
* Grand Voyage Savings of 40 to 50 percent are deducted from the
full
brochure fare for combined voyages totaling 18 or more days on
board.
* Single Traveler Savings are capacity-controlled and vary by
departure.
They result in single-occupancy fares that range from 110 to
175
percent of the per-person double occupancy fare. All savings
programs
are capacity controlled and may be changed or withdrawn at any
time.
Seabourn's 2003 Yachts of Seabourn cruise brochure may be ordered at
www.seabourn.com (America Online Keyword: Seabourn). For more
information on The Yachts of Seabourn, call your travel agent.
The Yachts of Seabourn provide the ultimate in small-ship,
ultra-luxury cruise vacations to the most desirable destinations on
earth. The Seabourn fleet includes Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend.
Seabourn Cruise Line is a member of the exclusive World's Leading
Cruise Lines alliance, which also includes Carnival Cruise Lines,
Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Costa Cruises and Windstar Cruises.
Together, these member lines share a commitment to quality and value,
offering cruise vacations that appeal to a wide range of lifestyles
and budgets and sail to some of the world's most exciting
destinations.