To Whom It May Concern:
We received this information from SeaDream Yacht Club and thought it would
be of interest to this newsgroup as well.
Happy sailing,
John Sisker, SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY®
(714) 536-3850 or toll free at (800) 724-6644 & (Agency No. 714.536.3850)
www.shiptoshorecruise.com
July 10, 2007
SeaDream Travel and Leisure Award
Another Top Award for SeaDream I and II
This Time from Prestigious Travel + Leisure
MIAMI, FL July 10 ---With a skyrocketing reputation for excellence far
beyond its tiny size, SeaDream Yacht Club has done it again.
The Miami-based operator of the twin ultra-luxury, mega-yachts SeaDream I
and SeaDream II has just learned it has been honored with the World's Best
Award for Top Small-Ship Cruise Line in Travel + Leisure's 2007 readers'
poll. The news of the magazine's 12th annual World's Best Awards survey
results was reported a few hours ago on--- Today, the big NBC TV show.
Travel + Leisure's simultaneous announcement pointed out that in winning the
World's Best Award for Top Small-Ship Cruise Line SeaDream Yacht Club
outscored several other contenders. This information is available online at
www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest and in the August issue of Travel +
Leisure, on newsstands July 24.
It was only last October that SeaDream received word it had been named World's
Best Small Passenger Shipping Line for 2006, by Conde Nast Traveler.
Travel + Leisure---published by American Express Publishing
Corporation---and Conde Nast Traveler are the two of the most prestigious
travel magazines in the world. Each year their readers vote for the best
travel destinations, cities, resorts, spas, airlines, cruise lines and other
industry specialists.
Not bad for little SeaDream that began life in the fall of 2001, just a few
days before 9/11---obviously just the wrong time for a new leisure travel
venture. But never mind, SeaDream succeeded in spite of unfortunate timing
and a chorus of nay-sayers.
Commenting on the Travel + Leisure award, SeaDream's President and CEO Larry
Pimentel said "The Travel + Leisure awards are the true mark of excellence.
I am overjoyed at this news and extremely proud of our entire staff. Of
course, at the very center of this honor are the shipboard personnel on both
SeaDream I and SeaDream II. They work tirelessly and provide a service that
is unparalleled.
"But there are many others who are responsible for this success as well.
They are members of the supporting team that provides the logistics for our
operation---reservations, sales, provisions, purchasing, marine and
technical staff and our folks in personnel and accounting---all of them.
"Honors such as these wouldn't be possible if the entire SeaDream team didn't
pull together," he added.
SeaDream I and II carry only 50 fortunate couples in 55-staterooms and sail
in Europe in summer and the Caribbean in winter. The SeaDream twins call on
casual and intimate yachting ports and also on classic cities and towns
served well by international air carriers.
SeaDream Yacht Club has accumulated a wide variety of awards and accolades
from authoritative travel industry publications, various organizations and
associations and a steady stream of terrific unsolicited comments from its
guests. All add luster to its growing international reputation.
Larry Pimentel---proudly busting the buttons on his blue blazer---added "It's
always great when someone says nice things about you and you don't have to
blow your own horn, so to speak.
"It's even nicer when a vast audience like the Travel + Leisure readership
sounds off on your behalf, and that's what happened today," he added.
But the SeaDream twins are also proudly blowing their own horns as we write
this---in this case their ships' whistles. SeaDream I is on a voyage between
Rome and Athens and today is in Taormina, a small port town on the Italian
island of Sicily. SeaDream II is sailing between Monte Carlo and Nice and
today and is in Viareggio, an historic Italian fishing port, now an
exclusive yachting resort.
"You can almost hear them back here in Miami and in our European
headquarters in Oslo," Pimentel concluded.
SeaDream Yacht Club Short Profile:
SeaDream Yacht Club is the yachting venture by Norwegian entrepreneur Atle
Brynestad, who founded Seabourn Cruise Line, and Larry Pimentel who was
President of Seabourn under Brynestad and later President and CEO of the
merged Cunard and Seabourn. Pimentel is President and CEO of the Miami,
Florida-headquartered SeaDream Yacht Club and a co-owner. Brynestad is
Chairman.
The company, founded in the fall of 2001, operates SeaDream I and SeaDream
II, twin, ultra-luxury mega yacht cruisers that operate on mostly seven-day
sailings in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, the Greek Islands, the
Dalmatian Coast of Croatia and into the Black Sea.
The yachts are not only ideal for discerning travelers seeking an
unstructured experience but also for small meetings and incentive groups or
individual private family gatherings. They are available for full charter.
Recent honors, awards and accolades include:
SeaDream I and II shared the top Five Star Club award in the authoritative
Berlitz Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships 2007 guidebook. Berlitz guide author
Douglas Ward created a special category "Utterly Exclusive" for only three
vessels he said were above luxury. Of the three, two were SeaDream I and II.
Further, Cruise Magazine, leading UK travel publication, named SeaDream I
"World's Best Small Cruise Vessel for 2006.
In the Americas the SeaDream Yacht Club reservations number is 1 800
707-4911. In Europe it is +47 23 28 96 60. The website is
www.seadreamyachtclub.com.
Media Contact: Ernie Beyl
Director, Corporate & Marketing Communications
SeaDream Yacht Club
(415) 421-3484
beyl@earthlink.net
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