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Regent Seven Seas Cruises offers holiday savings. Celebrate Thanksgiving at sea, New Year's eve in Acapulco, or give the gift of travel
10/10/2006
Regent Seven Seas Cruises invites guests to celebrate the holidays amid the sparkling waters and natural splendor of the Caribbean isles, the Mexican Riviera and French Polynesia. The luxury cruise line offers holiday values, Thanksgiving and New Year's cruises, and enrichment programs for adults and children, making a Regent cruise a truly unforgettable holiday escape or special gift.
"Regent cruises provide a wonderful opportunity for family bonding during the holidays, balancing opportunities for pure relaxation, fine dining, luxury accommodations and great service on board with the excitement of exploring multiple destinations in one vacation," said Sophie Vlessing, vice president, guest strategy and marketing for Regent.
HOLIDAY VALUES
Families and couples spending the holidays together aboard a Regent cruise will find a number of options for travel savings. Sailings aboard the 700-guest all-balcony, all-suite Seven Seas Voyager and 490-guest all-suite Seven Seas Navigator feature two-for-one savings from November 13 through December 11, 2006, while remaining sailings in December feature 40% to 50% special savings.
Guests sailing aboard the Voyager and Navigator may also treat themselves to a generous holiday gift of their own - Regent is offering a Nordstrom gift card in the amount of $100 per person (for a maximum of $200 per suite) for each new booking made between now and October 15, for any of these sailings in November and December.
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES FOR EVERY INTEREST
Parents and grandparents may enjoy sumptuous luxury amenities, cultural enrichment programs and exciting ports of call, while children can meet new friends through Club Mariner, a complimentary youth program available on most Caribbean holiday sailings.
Special programs aboard Regent Caribbean holiday cruises include: a Thanksgiving dinner prepared by guest chefs and wine experts as part of a Spotlight on Food & Wine aboard the Navigator's 11-night sailing, departing from Ft. Lauderdale November 20; Sweets with Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris, where the hotel's award-winning head pastry chef and bartender will treat guests to their culinary creations and demonstrations aboard the Navigator's seven-night sailing departing from Ft. Lauderdale December 11; and an onboard lecture program with naturalists from Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society aboard the Mariner's eight-night sailing departing fromLos Angeles on December 18.
In Tahiti aboard the Paul Gauguin, Regent's exclusive Ambassadors of the Environment program for parents and children also features naturalists from Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society, offering younger guests and their parents games and active excursions in and out of the ocean. This program is available on the ship's holiday sailings departing December 20 and 29, 2006.
Through Regent's four New Year's sailings, guests have the option to ring in the New Year in Acapulco (Mexico) aboard the Mariner, in San Juan (Puerto Rico) aboard the Navigator, in Chichen Itza (Mexico) aboard the Voyager or in the Society Islands (French Polynesia) aboard the Paul Gauguin. Starting with these New Year's sailings, Regent launches the line's new inclusive liquor policy, where select liquor and wines are included in the cruise fare.
THE GIFT OF TRAVEL
With over 300 exciting ports of call worldwide, a Regent cruise makes an extraordinary gift for friends or loved ones. Its all-inclusive fares include shipboard gratuities, all non-alcoholic beverages, wine with dinner and an in-suite bar set-up, meaning that once onboard, the gift recipients need not worry about many additional costs that they would traditionally be charged on a cruise.