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Celebrity Cruises to Bring 'Four Stars' Back to Europe
Four award-winning Celebrity ships to ply the waters again in 2008
MIAMI, March 15
Even before its 2007 season in Europe begins, Celebrity Cruises has
announced plans to return to the region in 2008 with four ships
consistently rated among the "world's best."
"Celebrity's European sailings have sparked increasing demand
year-over-year, and we're thrilled to respond by returning with four
of our award-winning large ships, while also deploying Celebrity
Expeditions' new Celebrity Quest in the more exotic, remote locations
in the region," said Celebrity President Dan Hanrahan. "On every
Celebrity ship, the combination of impeccable service and
state-of-the-art amenities, with the rich history, culture and natural
beauty of Europe, is simply unparalleled."
Bookings opened today for Celebrity's 2008 European season on
Celebrity Century, Celebrity Constellation, Celebrity Galaxy, and
Celebrity Summit.
Celebrity's European Itinerary Highlights 2008
-- Celebrity Century on April 28, 2008, will depart Miami, Fla.,
on a
14-night transatlantic voyage to Amsterdam, where the ship will
present
round-trip, 12-night Scotland and Ireland sailings, a series of
12-night Scandinavia and Russia cruises, an Arctic Circle and
North
Cape voyage, and a 10-night Ireland and Norwegian Fjords
cruise, before
repositioning to Barcelona to cap the season with a series of
Western
Mediterranean and Morocco sailings. Celebrity Century departs
Barcelona
December 1 on a 14-night transatlantic voyage to Miami, where
the ship
will resume round-trip Caribbean sailings.
-- Celebrity Constellation crosses the Atlantic on April 11, 2008,
departing Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on a 13-night voyage to
Harwich,
England, a new port of embarkation for Celebrity. There,
Celebrity
Constellation will present a round-trip, nine-night Scotland
and
Ireland cruise before launching a series of 14-night,
round-trip
Scandinavia and Russia cruises. Celebrity Constellation's 2008
season
in Europe concludes with a transatlantic voyage departing
Barcelona
September 8, featuring visits to Morocco, Spain, Portugal, the
Azores
and Newfoundland, and concluding in Cape Liberty, New Jersey,
where the
ship resumes Canada and New England sailings.
-- Celebrity Galaxy presents a series of 10- and 11-night sailings
from
May to December, round-trip from Rome, each featuring an
overnight stay
in Istanbul, Turkey. Celebrity Galaxy concludes its European
season in
2008 with a 14-night transatlantic voyage from Barcelona,
highlighted
by visits to the exotic Moroccan ports of Casablanca, Tangier
and
Agadir, along with Lanzarote, Tenerife, and Santa Cruz, Canary
Islands,
ending in Miami, Fla.
-- Celebrity Summit opens the European season on April 29, 2008,
with a
12-night "Best of Europe" cruise from Southampton, England, to
Barcelona, Spain, highlighted by Celebrity's first calls on
Gijon,
Spain, a coastal community rich with culture and located
between two
beaches. Celebrity Summit then presents a series of 12-night
Mediterranean sailings from Barcelona and Venice, featuring
overnight
stays in Venice. The ship's 2008 Mediterranean season concludes
with a
series of 14-night voyages featuring overnight stays in three
stunning
locations: Venice; Ephesus (Kusadasi) and Istanbul, Turkey; and
Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy. Celebrity Summit sets sail on a
14-night
transatlantic crossing departing Barcelona on November 29.
Celebrity Cruises offers comfortably sophisticated, upscale cruise
experiences with highly personalized service, exceptional gourmet
dining, and extraordinary attention to detail. Celebrity sails in
Alaska, Antarctica, Bermuda, California, Caribbean, Europe, Galapagos
Islands, Hawaii, Mexican Riviera, Panama Canal and South America, and
will begin sailing in Australia and New Zealand this year. The line
also offers unique land-tour vacations in Alaska, Canada, Europe and
Australia through its cruisetour division. Noted for "The World's Best
Large Ships," as voted by the readers of Conde' Nast Traveler
(February 2007 Cruise Poll), Celebrity's current fleet will be joined
by Celebrity Journey and Celebrity Quest this year, Celebrity Solstice
in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in 2009, and Celebrity Eclipse in 2010. For
more information, call your travel agent.
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