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Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity Apex Sails On Maiden Voyage from Greece

2021-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Apex

Celebrity Apex has set sail from Athens on its maiden voyage for the summer season with passengers headed on Aegean adventures.

Tags: 2021 cruises, Aegean Sea, Celebrity Apex, Celebrity Cruises, cruise 2021, cruise news, cruise ships, greece cruises, Royal Caribbean

Greece Celebrates Freedom But Corporate Tourism Tyranny Is On the Rise

2021-03-26 by Phil Butler

Corporate Tyranny

Greeks celebrate 200 years of freedom from Ottoman bondage, at a moment when international corporations create tourism slavery.

Tags: Celebrity Cruises, cruise lines, Greece coronavirus, Greece tourism, Greece vaccine rollout, Greek Independence, Harry Theoharis, Lisa Lutoff-Perl, March 25, TUI

Celebrity Edge Superliner Visits Aegean Ports of Call

2019-06-02 by Phil Butler

Magic Carpet

The new luxury cruise ship named ‘Celebrity Edge’ is sailing the Aegean for as part of an 11-night Eastern Mediterranean cruise package

Tags: 2019 cruises, Aegean cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Celebrity Edge, Celebrity Silhouette, cruise lines, cruise news, Ketakolo, Mediterranean cruises, Nafplio, superliner

Disney Dream Sails Away With “Best New Ship”

2011-11-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

All aboard Disney Dream

In cruise news, Cruise Critic® has just named the 2011 Cruise Critic Editor’s Picks Awards to honor top cruise lines, ports of call, and other things nautical travel.

Tags: Carnival Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Cruise Critic, cruise lines, cruise travel, cruising, Disney Cruises, Disney Dream, travel

Celebrity Silhouette Takes to Sea – A Cruise Milestone Set

2011-07-23 by Phil Butler

Silhouette's Grand Cuvee Restaurant

Celebrity Cruises is all over travel news today in the wake of last night’s extravaganza last aboard the inaugural sailing of the Celebrity Silhouette. The lavish £500 million cruise ship was launched at what became Hamburg’s biggest ever cruise ship ceremony. At 122,000 tons and over 1,000 feet, Celebrity Silhouette is the largest ship ever named from Germany’s most legendary shipbuilding city.

Tags: Celebrity Cruises, cruise ship launch, cruise ships, cruise vacations, cruises, Europe cruises, German shipbuilding, Hamburg, Hamburg yards, luxury cruises, Meyer Werft, UK cruises, world cruises

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