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A Review Of Sorts: The Beverly Hilton Hotel

Chris Owen — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:11:35 +0000

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Tags: Beverly Hilton Beverly Hilton Hotel Golden Globe Award Hotel knew Los Angeles New York City Richard Nixon Viking River Cruise Whitney Houston

About all I knew about Beverly Hills was what I learned from television, having never actually been there before. I knew there were ‘swimming pools, movie stars’ as the theme song for the Beverly Hillbillies goes. I knew that the place was crammed full of entitled and good looking high schoolers from 90210, both renditions. [...]

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Viking Goes To Sea- Photo Gallery

Chris Owen — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:40:10 +0000

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Tags: Beverly Hilton Hotel biggest cruise Hollywood Ocean ocean effort River Valhalla Viking Viking River Cruise Viking Star Vikings

Viking River Cruises and their ongoing, thoughtful plan to fulfill a need in the world of ocean cruising took a bold step forward this week. In a Hollywood-premiere sort of way at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the landscape of Viking’s ocean effort took on a great deal more shape. Before that event, we knew Viking [...]

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The Viking Age Of Ocean Cruising Begins

Chris Owen — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:21:13 +0000

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Like a major Hollywood event, the grand ballroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel was packed for the much-anticipated announcement from Viking River Cruises. Travel agents, VIP guests and members of the press showed up from around the world to get details on what Viking had in store for the world of ocean cruising. Few left [...]

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Princess Opens Close-To-Home 2014-15 Season For Booking

Chris Owen — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:18 +0000

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Tags: Canada Caribbean Cruise cruisePrincess Los Angeles New England Panama Canal Princess Ruby Princess Sailing San Francisco

Princess Cruises has opened its popular Americas program for booking sailings in 2014-15. These are the sailings which include the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Canada & New England and West Coast cruises. Savvy cruise travelers anxiously wait for this to happen every year, book quickly, and take advantage of some of the lowest fares and the [...]

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Video: Ultimate Royal Princess Preview

Chris Owen — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:48:47 +0000

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Tags: cruisePrincess Generation ship June MV Adonia New York City Pacific Dawn (ship)Princess Royal Princess Ship ultimate Video

Princess Cruises is pretty darn proud of how new Royal Princess is turning out, and with good reason. Debuting in June the new generation ship is a the ultimate in Princess’ Escape Completely hardware and will no doubt turn a lot of heads when she pulls into ports around the world. Today, on the heels [...]

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Vikings Come To America Tonight, Intrepid Adventures Anticipated

Chris Owen — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:21:05 +0000

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Tags: #VikingOceans Beverly Hills California Cruise cruise line Cruise Vacations Cruises Fincantieri Torstein Hagen Twitter Viking Viking Ocean Viking Ocean Cruises Viking River Cruise Vikings

Up until now, we knew very little about Viking Ocean Cruises, sister company of Viking River Cruises, the world’s leading river cruise line. Tonight we find out more, live in Beverly Hills, as the future of Viking River Cruises comes into focus. Perhaps a bit like ancient Vikings became a big part of the medieval [...]

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New Princess Ship Debut Shaping Up Royally

Chris Owen — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:05:53 +0000

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Tags: Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Cruise cruise ships cruisePrincess Cruises Irish Guards MV Adonia naming ceremony Natasha Bedingfield New Cruise Ships Princess Royal Highness Royal Princess Ship Southampton

Princess Cruises is putting the finishing touches on new Royal Princess for her June debut. The first of a new generation of cruise ships, Royal Princess will arrive at the Ocean Terminal in Southampton on Friday, June 7 and will depart on her maiden voyage on June 16. But first, Royal Princess has to be [...]

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Balcony Bonus Sale Brings Free Upgrades, Onboard Credit

Chris Owen — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:52 +0000

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Tags: Canada Hawaii Mexico New England Panama Canal Princess Cruises Royal Princess United States

The people at Princess Cruises are getting pretty excited about new Royal Princess, due set sail in a matter of days now. Still, they take time to focus on existing ships too and have some special offers that are quite royal in and of themselves. Between now and May 20th, passengers can treat themselves to [...]

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Banana Coast Cruise Port Ready, Ship Calls Scheduled

Chris Owen — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:29 +0000

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Tags: Banana Coast Banana Coast cruise port call at the Banana Coast cruise Caribbean cruise line Holland America Holland America Line Honduras MS Ryndam Panamax Trujillo western Caribbean

Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea is a $30 million cruise port located at Trujillo, Honduras and the newest cruise destination in the western Caribbean. Also called the Banana Coast, construction on the passenger-reception and shopping center was completed in February and a full slate of shore excursions has been designed. First to call at the [...]

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Carnival Breaks Away From The Norm, Locks Down On The Fun

Chris Owen — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:51:08 +0000

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Tags: Bahamas Caribbean Carnival Cruise Lines'Carnival Splendor Cruise eight-day England New York New York City San Juan voyages York to San Juan

Carnival Cruise Lines is shaking things up in New York City, modifying Carnival Splendor’s year-round offerings to provide those wanting to break away from the ho hum something truly unique. Adding new four- and five- day Canada cruises, seven-day Canada/New England departures, and the only program of eight-day eastern Caribbean voyages operating one-way between New [...]

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