Crystal Cruises released its complete 2014/early 2015 Worldwide Cruise Atlas, marking the annual planning guide’s earliest-ever publication. With 2015 kicking off the line’s 25th year of cruising, the 170-page tome profiles 78, seven- to 108-day itineraries in more than 75 countries and 220 ports, in the travel journal style of Crystal’s brand campaign “Begin a New Story.”
Highlights of the book include:
· Visual and written showcasing of Crystal’s service, space, quality and choices, including accommodations; environmental and voluntourism commitments; and value, from Crystal Family Memories and Book Now savings to all-inclusive fine wines, premium spirits, and dining (including Nobu Matsuhisa cuisine).
· 95 pages of itineraries, grouped by region:
World Cruises:
- 2014 -- LA to London
- 2015 Silver Celebration/20th annual -- Miami round-trip, Crystal’s first-ever global circumnavigation
Tropical Escapes: Panama Canal & Caribbean
Exotics: Australia, New Zealand & Pacific, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Japan & China
Europe & the Mediterranean
New England & Canada
· New Insider’s Guides to worldwide destinations, local tips, and highlights of places both popular and unexplored.
· Theme Cruises, including six new Experiences of Discovery: Extreme Thrill Seekers; Explorations in Elegance; Gladiators & Empires; Maritime: Past, Present, & Future; Up Close & Magical; and Wine & Food: Microbrews
· New innovations, from upcoming culinary enhancements in Prego and Tastes restaurants to production shows, including iLuminate, an America’s Got Talent musical.
· Crystal Adventures options, from the line’s new Boutique Adventures to the various private choices available in port.
· Photos, maps, and detailed amenities of Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony, including the ships’ over $100 million extreme makeovers and recent design awards.
· New Crystal Society benefits beginning April 2014, with rewards for returning Crystal cruisers ranging from shipboard credits to free cruises.
· More shorter cruises (34 percent are 10 days or less in 2014 alone), port-intensive voyages, and Caribbean and Asian offerings.
· New cruises in the North Cape, Andaman Sea, Polynesia, to and from San Diego, Bangkok, Québec City, Boston and more.
· 14 new/maiden calls, plus returns to less-visited ports-of-call, such as Galway, Ireland; Luanda, Angola; Lombok, Indonesia; Ibiza, Spain; Brunei; Ghana; Ko Samui, Thailand; Zihuatanejo, Mexico; Tokyo, Japan; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Tôlanaro, Madagascar; Sanya, China; Alter do Chão, Brazil; Yangon; Myanmar; and Maputo, Mozambique.
Fare Guides for cruises through April 2015 are located in the Atlas’ back pocket, and shall be re-issued every 60 days due to Book Now fare changes. Atlases are being shipped to agents, Crystal Society members, and Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity over the next two weeks, with delivery expected by early April.
For more information, visit www.crystalcruises.com.