Cruise West BlogWhat are you doing to celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day?January 20, 2010 at 2:19 AM by Cruisewest As noted in this article by the Huffington Post, there are all sorts of ways to celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day today. One way is to plan to see penguins in their wild environment on our Antarctica cruise. Penguin Awareness Day 2010 is today, Jan. 20, 2010, offering an opportunity to celebrate penguins around the world. The penguin comes in a number of different species and some are being threatened by climate change, making the Awareness Day even more important. read more... categories: Antarctica Tags: penguins,
Comments (0) Have you received Cruise West's newest "magalog" brochure?January 18, 2010 at 11:50 AM by CruisewestSmall Ship Leader Thinks BIG Cruise West introduces a frame-breaking magalog concept. Cruise West, a global leader in small-ship cruising, today unveiled its first issue of Explorer -- a large format "magalog" that breaks away from the glossy, cookie-cutter brochures that have traditionally dominated the cruise industry. Starting on January 18th, 400,000 copies of Explorer will land in the hands of customers, prospective cruisers, and travel agents across the United States. read more... Tags: Explorer, Dietmar_Wertanzl,
Comments (0) The World's Most Interesting Man? In Juneau?January 5, 2010 at 11:54 AM by CruisewestFrom the tour manuals of Cruise West
Comments (0) Surprising Refinement on Danube with Cruise WestDecember 18, 2009 at 11:53 PM by CruisewestOriginal article at Travel Weekly, by Nadine Godwin It dawned sunny and glorious as our ship, the Amadeus Diamond, traveled toward Osijek, Croatia, situated a few miles away from the Danube on a tributary, the River Drava. The city of about 115,000 had been described in our cruise handouts as an industrial center with oil refineries. I figured it didn't matter if the sun shone. Then, the town's 18th century Tvrda (fortress) came into view, a surprising expanse of buildings and churches wrapped by walls that appeared intact, all reflected in the river in picture-perfect fashion. Next in our line of vision, still from the Amadeus Diamond sun deck, came the town's Sts. Peter and Paul Church, commonly called the "cathedral," in the 19th century Upper Town. Then, we reached our docking space, adjacent to a pleasant residential area and riverside promenade. read more... categories: Europe River Cruises Tags: Danube_river, Rhine_rivers, Amadeus_Diamond,
Comments (0) Cruise West voted Best Cruise Line–Small Ship, Recommend MagazineDecember 5, 2009 at 1:56 AM by CruisewestCruise West was voted by readers of Recommend Magazine as Best Small Ship Cruise Line. Here is the article originally printed in Recommend Magazine, December 2009, by Carla Hunt. For the fifth consecutive time, Cruise West captures Recommend’s Readers’ Choice Award for Best Cruise Line in the Small Ship category. Such a record of recognition doesn’t happen by thinking small. In fact, the vision of the company and its founder, the late Chuck West, was famously big from the beginning—with its nautical spotlight on Alaska. Sixty years later and offering itineraries worldwide aboard a fleet combining coastal cruising vessels and small deluxe ocean-going ships, the company still prides itself on following its founding father’s “business model:” provide casual, close-up, light adventure travel that focuses on the destination—its scenery, wildlife, natural history and culture— all in the company of a limited number of like-minded travelers. read more... categories: Alaska, Voyages of the Great Explorers: World Cruise, Antarctica, European & Mediterranean, Mexico's Sea of Cortes, Panama Canal & Costa Rica Tags: themed_cruise, Spirit_of_Oceanus, Spirit_of_Yorktown, Spirit_of_Endeavour, agents,
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