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Cruise FOR THE AGENT PAMPERED AT SEA From music festivals to wine tastings, here’s what’s new in luxury cruising Are your clients ready to step up to a luxury cruise experience? Following is a sampling of new experiences, ship upgrades and value-added deals. Peter Deilmann Cruises (www. deilmann-cruises.com) will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of composer George Frideric Handel with a 13-night Baroque Musical Festival roundtrip sailing from Hamburg, Germany, May 21 on Deutschland. Clients will listen to several onboard classical performances. The itinerary includes England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany and Belgium. Cruise fares range from $5,965 to $16,815 per person double and include $125 port charges. Deilmann also is offering a $99 airfare package that includes roundtrip air from any of 73 North American gateways, as well as pre-arranged shore excursions and transfers, representing a $725 value. Guests booking their own air will receive a $750 credit; business-class upgrades are $2,800. One plus is that guests on this cruise also receive a choice of entry to one of three performances in London: a Royal Philharmonic concert at the Royal Festival Hall; the London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Hall; or a performance of L’Elisir D’Amore at the Royal Opera House. Have wine enthusiasts as clients? Winemaker Gary Eberle (www.eberle winery.com) will be aboard Windstar Cruises’ Wind Star (www.windstar cruises.com) for a February 21 seven-day, roundtrip sailing from Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica. A winemaking pioneer in the Paso Robles region of California, Eberle will host wine tastings and lecture about his wines and wine regions. Cruise rates start at $2,599 per person, double. If golf is your upscale client’s game, check out Silversea Cruises’ (www. silversea.com) 2009 Silver Links program, encompassing 13 golf-themed cruises featured aboard Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper. Golfers may combine a luxury vacation with guided golf excursions and priority tee times at some of the world’s best courses. For example, Silver Shadow departs January 4 on a nine-day Caribbean sailing from Port Everglades, FL, to Barbados with calls in Tortola, British Virgin Islands; Antigua; St. Lucia; Grenada; and Bequia. Optional golf excursions visit Cedar Valley Golf Club in St. John’s, Antigua; the St. Lucia Golf and Country Club in Castries; and Sandy Lane Country Club in Bridgetown, Barbados. Cruise fares begin at $3,537 per person, double. The escorted, optional golfing excursions vary in price and include ship-to-course transfers; pull or power-drive carts (where available); and greens and caddy fees. Crystal Cruises (www.crystalcruises. com) has reduced its cruise deposit from 10 to 5 percent for all 2009 itineraries, except the 2009 World Cruise and its segments. Now guests may also cancel their cruise up to 45 days prior to sailing without penalty for all 2009 itineraries, again except the 2009 World Cruise and its voyages. Guests also now have an increased period from three to seven days before a deposit is required. In addition, deposits have been reduced for Peter Deilmann Cruises’ Deutschland is offering a Baroque Musical Festival cruise in Europe the 2010 World Cruise. For rail fans, The Yachts of Seabourn (www.seabourn.com) has a new partnership with the luxurious Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (www.orientexpress.com). Starting in summer 2009, you can book an all-inclusive, one-way rail transfer between London and Venice in conjunction with the “Dalmatian Gems” itinerary of Seabourn Spirit. Upon boarding Pullman carriages at Victoria Station, passengers enjoy the services of a personal steward and savor a three-course lunch as the train travels through the English countryside before entering the Chunnel en route to France. In France, guests 32 Home-BasedTravelAgent NOV EMBE R 2008 http://www.deilmann-cruises.com http://www.deilmann-cruises.com http://www.eberlewinery.com http://www.eberlewinery.com http://www.windstarcruises.com http://www.windstarcruises.com http://www.crystalcruises.com http://www.crystalcruises.com http://www.silversea.com http://www.silversea.com http://www.seabourn.com http://www.orientexpress.com http://www.orientexpress.com

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