Luxury Travel Advisor - November 2008 - (Page 68)

THE PULSE Cruise Briefs Silversea Ramps Up 2009 Golf Program Silversea Cruises (www.silversea. com) is spinning golf dreams in 2009. The luxury line’s Silver Links program will offer 13 golfthemed cruises next year aboard Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper. Silver Links voyages offer optional golfing excursions in multiple ports arranged and escorted by the ship’s golf professional. Top tee times: Expect play at some of the world’s most challenging and picturesque courses in destinations throughout the South Pacific, Mediterranean, Caribbean and Mexico. A sample itinerary is Silver Shadow’s January 4 nineday Caribbean voyage from Fort Lauderdale to Barbados calling in Tortola, Antigua, St. Lucia, Grenada and Bequia. Golf excursions visit Cedar Valley Golf Club (St. John’s); St. Lucia Golf and Country Club (Castries); and Sandy Lane Country Club (Bridgetown, Barbados). SeaDream Concentrates on New, Unique Ports The cratering economy doesn’t SILVER SHADOW will caddy a host of golf cruises in 2009. seem to be a downer for SeaDream Yacht Club (www. seadream.com), which has its eyes set on a robust 2009. Its two 50-couple yachts will, again, focus on the Caribbean during winter months and Europe in the summer. New Moves: In the Caribbean, SeaDream is adding new ports for 2009 including Dewey, Culebra (Puerto Rico’s Virgin Islands) and Honeymoon Beach and Water Island (U.S. Virgin Islands). A host of new European ports are also being added such as Formentera, Spain, and Vis, Croatia. The European schedule also includes more calls at what many are calling the “new” Mykonos—Naousa village on the Greek island of Paros. Seabourn and Venice Simplon-Orient Express Partnership Seabourn (www.seabourn.com) is extending to its guests a new way to embellish their luxury experience through a partnership with Venice Simplon-Orient Express, the luxury train service. Beginning in summer 2009, the AND WE’LL GIVE YOU BACK YOUR MIND. The BodyHoliday at LeSPORT in Saint Lucia is the first luxury resort in the world to combine all the pleasure of an active beach vacation with cares designed to relax and revitalise body and mind. endless sun, massages, golf, scuba, yoga, fresh mango, juicy steaks, abseiling, Puligny Montrachet, live jazz, Absolut vodka, fencing, lobster, water skiing, "Best Restaurant In The Caribbean" (TAO), windsurfing, Bollinger, foie gras, reflexology, Ayurveda, sashimi, great salads, Elemis, cycling, tennis, facials, Suikudo, reflexology, sailing, dry martinis, soft adventure, endless sun GIVE US YOUR BODY FOR A WEEK To find out more call 1 800 544 2883. THE WORLD’S FIRST WELLNESS HOLIDAY. www.thebodyholiday.com 68 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | November 2008 http://www.seadream.com http://www.seadream.com http://www.silversea.com http://www.silversea.com http://www.seabourn.com http://www.thebodyholiday.com http://www.thebodyholiday.com

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