Celestyal Journey Departs on Maiden Voyage

Celestyal Cruises announced that its newest ship, Celestyal Journey, set sail on its maiden voyage around the Aegean this past weekend. Departing from AthensPiraeus on September 2, Celestyal Journey’s first guests embarked on the seven-night “Idyllic Aegean” itinerary. The ship will visit Thessaloniki, Kusadasi, Heraklion (Crete), Santorini, Mykonos and Milos.

Celestyal’s chief commercial officer, Lee Haslett said, “On September 2, I was delighted to join our crew and customers onboard the inaugural sailing of our newest ship, Celestyal Journey. She signals a new and exciting chapter in our offering as we continue to invest into our fleet, aligning the company’s vision to offer a new premium stay-in-style and experience-rich cruise offering to the Greek islands and Eastern Mediterranean. Initial reactions have been fantastic, and we are committed to continue to delight our guests with our renowned hospitality, local expertise, and quality facilities.”

Tip: To celebrate its inaugural voyage and to showcase the substantially increased premium balcony capacity onboard, Celestyal is extending its special promotion of a complimentary suite upgrade on all Celestyal Journey bookings made by October 31, for travel for the rest of the year. The superior suite upgrade will be applied to all XD, SJA, SJB bookings made during this time. The promotion includes the line’s popular seven-night, “Three Continents” itinerary which commences on the new ship from October 21, and the special 11-, 18- and 19-night festive sailings departing in December (on December 16 for the 11- and 19-night sailing; and December 09 for the 18-night sailing, respectively).

For more information, visit www.celestyal.com.

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