From Crystal Serenity’s current trans-Atlantic voyage to Crystal Symphony’s reverse pond crossing in September, guests will be among the first Crystal travelers to stop in quaint communities, centuries-old fishing villages, and trendy cosmopolitan centers in Lithuania, Norway, France, Iceland, and Spain.
Innovative book paints Crystal’s “Begin a new story” life enrichment brand campaign.
Guests can enjoy rousing performances from the program’s top musicians, singers, and dancers, as well as a rare “sneak peek” into master training classes.
Couples May Save up to $2,000 on All-Inclusive Indulgence
Crystal Cruises’ largest ultra-luxe ship, Crystal Serenity, has won its seventh award since undergoing a $25 million redesign last year
Crystal Cruises has lined up 10 of Europe’s most spectacular championship golf courses for exclusive, luxury play during two limited-access “Experiences of Discovery” golf-themed cruises this summer.
LOS ANGELES, April 13, 2012 – Crystal Cruises is offering almost 30% more Crystal Adventures exploring Europe’s extensive Jewish heritage in 2012.
Crystal Cruises and Y&R:CALIFORNIA Kick Off Standout 360 Campaign
Crystal Cruises for luxury vacations that indulge their passions next year.
Gandhi, U.S. Generals, novelist Jeffrey Archer, and the casting genius behind Modern Family are just a few of the highly-esteemed enrichment speakers scheduled to appear aboard ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises in Europe this year.
After a year of planning, Crystal Cruises has now officially begun its transition to an all-quality “All Inclusive.”
Croatian noble lands, Crimean Tartars’ stomping grounds, Madrid and Odessa’s art worlds, colorful Italian Riviera cliffs, and Dubrovnik-by-air are just a few of the worlds to be explored in more than 45 new “Crystal Adventures” shore outings offered during Crystal Cruises’ 2012 Mediterranean season.
The inspiring couple of American astronaut Mark Kelly and former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords are boarding a ship of another kind this summer: Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity, for a luxury Mediterranean voyage sailing from Lisbon to Rome on July 25.
Multi-award winning Crystal Cruises capped February with its highest ever weekly revenue gain.
With other luxury cruise lines yet to dip their bows into 2014’s seemingly far-off waters, Crystal Cruises’ early-2014 preview itineraries are now open for booking.
Crystal Cruises’ guests can sail through airports in VIP fashion, bypassing the customary stress associated with flying.
As Crystal Cruises prepares to segue to “All-Inclusive” starting next month, the ultra-luxe line has also been transforming in another big way: to a focus on significantly more local shipboard overnights at the beginning of cruises.
For its upcoming European season, ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises is offering new, interactive ways to explore the rich Christian history of the continent via new Christian Heritage Tours.
For those for whom Super Bowl fever lingers well after the Big Game, ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises is offering a showdown of gridiron greats during a spring “NFL Legends”-themed voyage.
The sophisticated readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine have chosen Crystal Cruises’ fleet as 2012’s top mid-sized cruise ships.
Grand Prize Includes Free Crystal Cruise for Two.
Each month, the ultra-luxury line is introducing new destinations, shore-side adventures and an array of new product enhancements that add even more choices in wining, dining, evening and daytime entertainment, enrichment and fitness.
With almost a dozen dining choices on each ship, Crystal Cruises’ most popular daytime gathering spot, The Bistro, is expanding to evening hours.
Master Chef Nobu Matsuhisa is coming aboard Crystal Serenity this May to serve as in-person Executive Chef in Silk Road and the Sushi Bar, his specialty restaurants with ultra-luxe partner Crystal Cruises.
Cruises, known for its ultra-hands-on service, announces a first-of-its kind check-in process that eases embarkation procedures for all guests.
After a successful inaugural year of voluntourism around the world, Crystal Cruises is extending its trailblazing “You Care, We Care” program with new hands-on opportunities throughout 2012.
In accordance with Crystal Cruises’ tradition of bringing high-quality, authentic international experiences to its guests in unique ways, the luxe line announces the addition of “Chinese comfort food” to its Crystal Serenity cruise ship.
Several of Crystal Cruises’ signature spaces aboard Crystal Symphony will be remodeled during a major $15 million dry dock scheduled for June 2012.
Crystal Cruises closed the year with its highest ever December booking week for its subsequent year of cruises – more than double the revenue of any prior year for the last week in December.
Raised rates for select luxury cruises.
Next Year’s Private, All-Inclusive Party Valued at More Than $1300/person.
Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity rescued two rowers this morning who had capsized their small boat 480 miles west of the Canary Islands overnight.
Lowest “Book Now” Fares for Early Booking.
Crystal Cruises vacation memories featuring award-winning Master Photographers to shoot guest portraits on eleven 2012 sailings.
In its international relaxed, yet sophisticated, style, Crystal is transforming its ships into whimsical holiday wonderlands, with more than $100,000 in new decorations.
With today marking Regis Philbin’s last day on television’s popular daytime talk show, Live with Regis and Kelly, rumors are rampant about what he’ll be doing next
On the heels of winning both Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler magazines’ top Readers’ Choice awards yet again (16th and 18th years, respectively), ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises is adding more “World’s Best” to its roster by sailing to most of the magazines’ readers’ top-choice destinations worldwide.
Prominent political and world affairs pundits James Carville, Mary Matalin, former Ambassador Marc Ginsberg, and 4-star General Hugh Shelton will square off exclusively aboard Crystal Cruises in 2012, as part of the ultra-luxe line’s hit “Ocean Views” program.
On the heels of announcing new “Book Now” deadlines for its 2012 cruises, Crystal Cruises reports its highest ever October booking week and highest ever booking month for its subsequent year of cruises. The week ending October 31, 2011 also marks the ultra-luxury line’s second greatest booking week for Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity since January 2005, when the line had three ships.
Effective today, Crystal Cruises announces a new booking deadline of December 31, 2011 for revised 2012 Book Now fares. Current applicable Book Now fares offer as much as $2,000/person, or $4,000/couple, in early booking savings on select sailings—but also reflect higher rates for more than 20 other cruises.
Shorter Cruises, World Events Featured in Deployment.
Crystal Cruises- Highest rating of any cruise line.
Crystal Cruises receive three Magellan awards of redesign for Crystal Serenity.
Crystal’s 2012 Big Band and Ballroom Dance Cruise: All-Inclusive Fares Starting at Just $136 pp/day if Booked by October 31.
Travel with Crystal Cruises on a Australian overland adventure, and get in touch with koalas, kangaroos, and culinary art.
Crystal Cruises film and theatre cruise 2012. Up to $1,000 Per Person “Book Now Savings” until October 31.
New oportunities to experience Rio’s carnival 2012 with Crystal Cruises.
Crystal Cruises’ “You Care, We Care” voluntourism program has added eight more excursions to wrap up 2011.
Crystal is launching its luxe collection of worldwide 2012 cruises with compelling Book Now fares, available for a limited time.
Addressing the desires of niche-interest travelers, ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises announces 25 Experiences of Discovery® cruises for 2012. Twelve different themes on more than one-third of next year’s voyages are planned for various global locales. Due to increased demand, Crystal’s stimulating and topical Ocean ViewsTM program will be offered on both Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony sailings.
Regional Culinary Experts Brought Together for New Panel Discussion.
Ponza and Ponce Among the Worldwide Maiden Calls.
Crystal Cruises marks 20th anniversary of Slovenia’s foundation as an independent nation by visiting medieval Koper, Slovenia’s largest costal town.
Free Air, 2-for-1 and ‘Book Now Savings’ Offered.
Ultraluxe Crystal Cruises is encouraging family and friends to celebrate the festive traditions of the 2011 holiday season together with a sweetened Crystal Family Memories program for Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel.
Promotion Gives Additional 20% Savings for Consecutive-Year Island Holidays.
With busy professionals’ vacation breaks (and attention spans) getting shorter, ultra-luxury Crystal Cruises is offering new six- and seven-day fall Mediterranean getaways that are high on port content and value but low in hassle and cost.
So you think you can dance? Fall Sale Offers55-64% off Brochure Fares for Verandah and Penthouse Accommodations.
Guests and Crew to Assist Local Communities.
With its highest score ever, Crystal Cruises has been voted Travel + Leisure’s “World’s Best Large-Ship Cruise Line” for an unprecedented 16th consecutive year.
Fares Starting from $2,995.
Television legend Regis Philbin, Hall of Famers Hank Aaron (baseball) and Don Shula (football), Olympians Dorothy Hamill (ice skating) and Cathy Rigby (gymnastics), and astronauts ‘Hoot’ Gibson and Rhea Seddon join a cadre of political insiders, military leaders, and foreign correspondents on Crystal Serenity’s 94-day 2012 World Cruise.
A Dozen New Historical Excursions.
With summer heating up, Crystal is introducing attractive New Bonus Savings for travelers interested in staying warm during winter 2012. New bookings made by August 31, 2011 can save couples up to $4,000 off select January-April Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity Panama Canal and South America cruises—double the published savings of previous ‘bonus’ promotions for the seven voyages.
With 42 bestselling books to her name, novelist Mary Higgins Clark, a.k.a. the ‘Queen of Suspense,’ knows a thing or two about keeping audiences on the edges of their seats. Now, lucky fans can hear her spin tales about her life, career, and suspense-writing secrets, live and in person on Crystal Cruises’ ‘Beyond the Bosporous’ sailing from Venice to Istanbul on September 7.
Huge Fall Sale Offers $1,500-$4,000 Per Couple Savings.
Two Generals + two Ambassadors + two award-winning journalists = four intimately cerebral and worldly ‘insider’ cruises through New England and Canada on Crystal Cruises this fall.
Two Brochures to Cover Entire Year’s Offerings: Crystal’s expanded overnights, big savings and fresh itineraries highlighed in new 2012 ‘All Inclusive’ guide books.
With a tradition of presenting diverse, high quality culinary experiences in unique and ground-breaking ways, ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises announces the addition of ‘Chinese comfort food’ on Crystal Serenity.
One Hamburg shipyard, two weeks, several talented designers, 500+ international staffers, 606 crew, and $25 million. Such are the ingredients for the ultra-luxurious redesign of Crystal Cruises’ largest ship, Crystal Serenity.
Broadway greats both current and classic will be featured in more than two dozen performances and presentations on Crystal Cruises’ ‘Film and Theatre’-themed voyage from San Francisco and Tinseltown to the Big Apple departing August 25, 2011 on Crystal Symphony.
Complimentary shipboard classes with regional guest chefs, wine experts, and mixologists
“Even if one isn’t a sports fan, this will be a rare opportunity to gain great advice and inspiration on success from tremendous, record-setting leaders in one of the most competitive fields out there,” says Bret Bullock, vice president, entertainment.
PGA Pro Billy Casper to Play with Guests in Hawaiian, British, and Canary Isles in 2011
LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2011 – Lights! Camera! Action! Guests on Crystal Cruises’ October 24 “Digital Filmmaking”-themed voyage will get to hone their production skills with an intense video production program that focuses on creating extraordinary travel videos.
When Crystal Symphony sails through Glacier Bay this May-August, park rangers will come aboard to lead kid-friendly activities and presentations about the area’s natural history. Through interactive projects and activity books, children and teens can become park Junior Rangers, earning official badges and certificates.
Standby fares are based on availability, require a $500 per guest deposit upon reservation, and will be confirmed on a “first requested, first confirmed” basis no earlier than 45 days prior to departure.
As part of its gratifying new “You Care, We Care” program, Crystal Cruises announces seven more spring-summer voluntourism excursions focusing on both conservation and helping disadvantaged children.
Crystal Cruises is bringing the Canadian improvisational comedy troupe, Vancouver TheatreSports™ League’s (VTSL), to Alaska this summer.
Gratis Gratuities, Wines and Bar Service Added.
Due to the recent turn of events in Libya, Crystal Cruises will cancel its call in Tripoli.
Crystal Cruises’ passion for creating unique and impactful luxury shore-side experiences are cornerstones of its Crystal Adventures program, and have earned the line top ratings from international travelers for two decades.
“Stockholm and Sweden play such a starring role in the novels, we thought this tour was not only a great, new way to showcase the area for Larsson fans, but also something different for those who’ve visited the city before,” says Crystal’s Vice President Land and Port Operations, John Stoll. “This excursion puts you in the plots, and really brings the Millennium stories to life.”
Crystal Symphony Fares Start at Less than $200 per person/day
Adventurous types can enjoy a four-night jaunt to Pantanal – UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world’s largest wetlands – for horse-back riding, canoeing, hiking and even piranha fishing is the perfect way to fully experience the destination.
With Libyan authorities lifting its ban on tourist visas, Crystal has added Tripoli to its November 16 ‘Italian Splendor’ Mediterranean cruise.
“We’re setting a new bar,” says John Stoll, vice president, land and port operations. “Travelers can reserve now, or just dream about where they want to go. Inspiration and convenience—classic values of Crystal’s Six-Star Service.”
Crystal Cruises’ “Epic Islands & Empires” 2012 World Cruise around the Pacific Rim is now online and available for booking. Bonus Savings, Plus Up to $13,000 per couple Savings for New-to-Crystal Guests.
Golf Enthusiasts Can Perfect Swing with Experts on Board; Play the Islands’ Most Beautiful Courses.
With the continued trend in multi-generational family travel, Crystal Cruises invites kids 17 and under to cruise for free on three Crystal Symphony Pacific Coast voyages next spring and fall.
Crystal Cruises introduces a complimentary, participatory shore excursion program that enables its guests and crew to assist with charitable projects in destinations they visit during their cruise.
Guests on Crystal Symphony’s February 7 cruise will be treated to distinctly South American flavors, both on and off the ship. Sailing from Buenos Aires to Miami, Brazilian and Argentinian culinary and wine experts will spice up Crystal Cruises’ South American and Caribbean Wine & Food Experiences of Discovery itinerary with tastings, demos, and specially crafted menus.