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ADVENTURE CRUISES

Coral Princess Explores The Kimberley Wilderness - Coral Princess Cruises has released its new Kimberley & Across the Top of Australia brochure, with 2009 and 2010 dates and rates for Coral Princess’s most popular cruise: a voyage exploring the remote Kimberley coast between Broome and Darwin.

Quark Expeditions 2009 Arctic Voyages - Quark Expeditions’ new 2009 Arctic catalogue features two styles of travel and nine itineraries that take adventurers to the most remote places in the North. Highlights of the season include an expedition to the North Pole aboard the world’s largest, newest and most powerful nuclear icebreaker 50 Years of Victory, a visit to the Tanquary Fjord accompanied by a film crew from the British Broadcasting Corporation and a journey following in wake of His Majesty’s Ships Fury and Hecla.

Nomade Yachting Bora Bora Explores New Destinations - Tahiti’s Bora Bora Cruises has rebranded itself as Nomade Yachting. One of the company’s vessels, the Ti’a Moana, will sail off the beaten track during the last two weeks of November to discover the unspoiled Tuamotu atolls named Fakarava.

VoyageTrek.com Vacation Match-Making Service - VoyageTrek.com is a free online travel directory providing vacation match-making services for high-end travelers.

Cruise Passenger’s Adventure Guide online - Cruise Passenger Magazine’s Adventure Cruise Guide is now available online. The Adventure Guide is a first for the industry: a comprehensive guide to small ship adventure cruising worldwide.

CARGO CRUISES

Old School Cruising on Cargo ships - The Travel Lab has launched Cargo Cruising, an alternative style of cruising for the adventure traveler.  Traveling exclusively on cargo ships, cargo cruising is a budget-friendly way to travel to well-loved ports as well as ports off the beaten trail.

Australian Freighter Cruising -  Freighter Cruises, a division of the Concierge Travel Group, is now taking bookings for the 2009 & 2010 cruising season.  Australia’s only ‘freighter cargo’ ship agency, Freighter Cruises, specialises in six routes – “Around the World”, Asia, Pacific Islands, Europe, North America and South America.

CULTURAL & EDUCATIONAL CRUISES

Crystal Ancient Civilizations Med Sailings -  Discovery itineraries through the Middle East, Holy Land and Mediterranean. Guest historians, archeologists and a foreign correspondent will bring new and substantive perspective to Cairo, Jerusalem and Jordan’s archeological site of Petra. Referred to as the “Cradle of Civilization,” the destinations offer more than five millennia of history and cultural heritage.

Cultural Cruise from Egypt to Greece on Luxury Yacht -  Explore the pyramids of Egypt before setting sail in the Mediterranean on a journey of discovery. Seadream I is a luxury yacht that exclusively caters for 56 couples, explore Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey and Greece in intimate style and make a pilgrimage to many wonders of the Ancient world.

Academic Arrangements Abroad Theme Cruises -  Academic Arrangements Abroad has limited space available on several European river cruises with an educational focus. The “Flemish Landscapes & Masterpieces of Art,” operates April 15-25, starting with two nights in The Hague before cruising aboard the Heidelberg from Amsterdam to Delft, Bruges and Antwerp.

Women’s Only Galapagos Islands Cruise - AdventureWomen Inc, a pioneer in women’s travel for active women over 30 is offering an adventure vacation for solo women travelers who want to get an intimate look at the Galapagos Islands, a place that Darwin called “a little world within itself”. These adventurous women will cruise the Galapagos Islands on a chartered, private, luxury 16-passenger catamaran through the island archipelago to see one of the greatest displays of wildlife on earth.

American Museum of Natural History Expeditions - For more than 130 years, the American Museum of Natural History has launched thousands of scientific expeditions across the seven continents, mapping the origin and progression of life on this planet and exploring the richness and the variety of world cultures.

Uniworld Nile Cruises on New Ship in 2009 - Uniworld is offering three cruise itineraries aboard its newest ship, the River Tosca, which will make its maiden voyage down the Nile in April.

FOOD AND WINE CRUISES

Deilmann French Wine Country Cruises - Peter Deilmann Cruises is featuring seven French wine country cruise-tour departures aboard the 140-guest MV Princesse De Provence, taking in the landscapes and wine of the Burgundy, Beaujolais, Mâconnaise and Provence regions, round trip from Lyon.

Holland America Hosts Culinary Experts - Holland America Line’s Culinary Arts Center will host more than 60 chefs from around the country this year, making them part of the guest enrichment program. While onboard, the guest chefs and experts offer culinary demonstrations, tastings and hands-on cooking classes to guests, in addition to participating in question-and-answer sessions. In partnership with “Food and Wine” magazine, Holland America has scheduled approximately 60 celebrated chefs and wine experts to sail in 2009.

Go Barging French Wine Appreciation Charters - Go Barging is adding charter wine-tasting cruises on all its barges in France for the 2009 season. Wine expert Brendan Moore will accompany guests on explorations of wine-producing regions, including Burgundy and the South of France.

MUSIC CRUISES COMEDY CRUISES

The Biggest Straight-Ahead Jazz Cruise Just Got Better - Jazz Cruises unveils line-up for 9th annual sailing of The Jazz Cruise, November 2009.  Jazz Cruises is proud to announce today that, for the 9th consecutive year, they have assembled the most celebrated collection of straight-ahead jazz musicians from around the globe to set sail with a worldwide audience of jazz loving guests.

Koz It's Kool To Kruise With Jazz - Read the Jetsetters Magazine feature about the 2008 Dave Koz and Friends at Sea Jazz Cruise through the eastern Caribbean and featuring Tower of Power.

Heritage of Playboy Jazz on the High Seas - Jazz Cruises, LLC announced an international lineup of stars for a worldwide audience on the inaugural sailing of the Playboy Jazz Cruise. This full-ship charter is hosted by legendary jazz great Marcus Miller, with special guest Herbie Hancock, along with a line-up of the world’s most vibrant and celebrated jazz superstars. While “Playboy” is in the name, this is all about the music, musicians and jazz heritage that Playboy has fostered for nearly 50 years. From “Playboy after Dark,” to the now 30-year-old Playboy Jazz Festival, this excursion will be fueled by rhythm, heart, soul and sound.

NCL Concert Cruises With Top Acts - Norwegian Cruise Line has partnered with Sixthman, an affinity travel organization, to offer concert cruises with top acts in an interactive environment aboard the Norwegian Jewel and the Norwegian Dawn.

Queen Mary 2 Hosts Satirist Christopher Buckley - Author and political satirist Christopher Buckley will sail aboard Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 on the Nov. 5 trans-Atlantic crossing from New York to Southampton.   Buckley will be a featured guest of Cunard Insights, Cunard’s onboard enrichment program which, this year, will host authors including E.L. Doctorow, Erica Jong and Amy Bloom. Like his literary contemporaries, Buckley will deliver a series of lectures, Q&A discussions, readings and book signings.

Iberian Entertainment Cruise - The UK’s fastest growing cruise retailer, Cruise118, has launched a unique entertainment cruise hosted by Gerry Anderson and featuring stars including Jimmy Buckley and Susan McCann.

Singles Travel International Jazz Cruise - Single Travel International is offering passage on the Smooth Jazz Charter Cruise, which will feature jazz musicians such as Norman Brown, Nick Colionne, Boney James, Acoustic Alchemy and more. The Caribbean cruise is on the Celebrity Century.

SENIOR CRUISES

MSC Cruises 60 Percent Off To Boomers, Seniors - MSC Cruises offers Baby Boomers and seniors at least 60 percent off the price of a Europe sailing. They can get more value when they take the kids/grandkids along with the “Kids Sail Free” policy.

SPORTS CRUISES

Silversea’s 2009 Silver Links Theme Cruises - Set Course For Golf’s Most Enticing Fairways - Silversea’s 2009 Silver Links Golf Theme Cruises For golf explorers, it’s a dream come true! Silversea’s 2009 Silver Links program offers golfers the chance to combine their passion for the game with their love of adventure on 13 golf theme cruises featured aboard Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper.

WORLD CRUISES

Holland America Grand Voyages In 2010 - Holland America Line is offering four Grand Voyages in 2010, including a 114-day Grand World Voyage and three ranging from 51 to 70 days. The flagship Amsterdam returns to world cruising in 2010 with the 114-day voyage departing Jan. 6 from Fort Lauderdale.

Crystal Opens Bookings for 108-Day 2010 World Cruise - Crystal Cruises is accepting reservations for its 108-day 2010 World Cruise. Departing Miami on Jan. 10, 2010, the Exploration of Ancient Empires voyage will call at 41 ports in 37 countries. For the first time, the Crystal Serenity will call in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in addition to South America, Africa, India, the Red Sea, the Black Sea, and several European ports in the Mediterranean en route to London.

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