Cruise Guide: Seabourn Odyssey debuts in Venice
By Michael Coleman The first luxury cruise ship to be unveiled in six years has been launched and is now sailing in the Mediterranean. The 450-guest, 32,000 ton Seabourn Odyssey features 225 luxury suites (90 percent with verandas), Charlie Palmer cuisine and when a series of voyages ends this year she’ll set off on the …...
Cruise Guide: Guests to christen Seabourn Odyssey
By Michael Coleman A new ultra-luxurious yacht, set to debut in June 2009, will be christened by each of its guests prior to its maiden voyage. Typically the role of a woman to ceremoniously wish the ship and all who sail on her good luck Godmothers of ships have ranged from queens to movie stars …...
Cruise Guide: Ultra-luxury cruises in vogue on high seas
By Michael Coleman Bigger is not necessarily better according to a pair of expanding, high-end cruise brands. The Yachts of Seabourn and Silversea Cruises are banking that when it comes to ultra-luxurious high seas travel in the near future, less is also more. Both lines are in the process of adding new ships to their …...
Cruise Guide: Seabourn unveils 150 new menu items
By Michael Coleman Not content to rest on its culinary laurels, the ultra-luxury Yachts of Seabourn have unveiled a host of new fleet-wide menu items. Despite providing the best food experience at sea, according to readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine polled in 2007, Seabourn has gone back to the drawing board. From Malossol...
Cruise Guide: Downs to speak aboard Seabourn Spirit
By Mike Coleman Legendary broadcaster Hugh Downs, one of television’s most familiar and highly-regarded personalities, will be a special guest speaker onboard the luxurious 208-guest Seabourn Spirit during a 14-day Southeast Asia voyage later this year. Downs will join guests Dec. 6 on a Singapore-to-Hong Kong journey....
Cruise Guide: Seabourn offers small-plate culinary experience
By Michael Coleman Smaller portioned cuisine options await guests aboard the yacht-like ships of Seabourn, a cruise line big on luxury. The company, operators of three elegant vessels – the 208-guest Pride, Spirit and Legend – has also unveiled a series of exotic global itineraries through 2008 punctuated by indulgences...
Cruise Guide: Silversea, Seabourn unveil golf, insider tip programs
By Michael Coleman Two of the world’s leading ultra-luxury cruise lines – Silversea and Seabourn – are rolling out exclusive programs that will make the golf lover smile and the adventurer in all of us beam with contentment. Golf enthusiasts sailing on the 382-guest Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper can live and...
Cruise Guide: New Seabourn tea service brewing
By Mike Coleman Something special will be brewing on the Yachts of Seabourn this fall. The ultra-luxury line is introducing a menu of more than a dozen rare estate teas gathered from around the world, innovative blends of full-leaf teas with botanicals and fruits, and unique herbal tisanes aboard its three yacht-like ships. Dubbed...