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News Headlines: April 1-30, 2009 (click for complete story)

• Dozens of New Northern Europe Adventures Highlight Crystal Symphony's Summer Cruises
• Cruise West Alaska’s Whales & Wilderness Itinerary Boasts Two Days in Glacier Bay
• Princess Increases Caribbean Capacity in Summer 2010
• Silversea Expands Popular $1,000 "Onboard Spending Credit" Offer to 37 Additional Voyages in 2009
• Norwegian Cruise Line To Withdraw Norwegian Sun From Alaska In 2010
• Carnival Cruise Lines, Port of Baltimore Commemorate Launch of City’s First Year-Round Cruise Program
• Royal Caribbean Enhances Dining Program
• Holland America Contributed $576 Million Dollars to Washington Economy in 2008
• Costa Exhibits Its Celebrated Style Among New Perspectives In Contemporary Design At Milan Design Week 2009
• Take Travel Photos Like a Pro With Crystal's Experiences of Discovery
• First Ever Royal Caribbean Ship to be Based Year-Round in the UK
• Celebrity Cruises to Offer Short Getaways to the Caribbean Year-Round
• Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical ‘Hairspray’ to Wow Guests on Royal Caribbean’ Oasis of the Seas
• From Argostoli to Zadar, Seabourn Unveils New European Ports of Call for 2010-2011
• Royal Caribbean’s 2010-11 Short Caribbean Cruises To Offer The Most Innovative Ships For Vacation Getaways
• Celebrity Equinox Departing Rome in Summer 2009
• Windstar Cruises Offers Free Airfare From New York on Select 2009 Europe Sailings
• MSC Cruises Extends "Balcony Blowout" savings on Mediterranean & Northern Europe Sailings
• New 7-Day Caribbean Cruises From Mobile Aboard Carnival Fantasy Now Open For Booking
• Princess Announces 2010 Alaska Cruise and Cruisetour Program
• Cruise West Introduces Coco Islands, Revised Panama & Costa Rica Voyages
• Royal Caribbean’s 2010-11 Year-Round Caribbean Season to Feature Five Ships from Four Homeports
• Holland America Line Features Eight Ships Sailing Four Alaska Itineraries in 2010
• Windstar Cruises Announces 2010-11 Season
• Royal Caribbean Announces Oasis of the Seas Financing
• Noted Alaskan & Former State Legislator Willie Hensley to Lecture On Board Princess Cruises’ Ship
• Seabourn Reports Record 1st Quarter Bookings
• Holland America Line Expands On-Board Culinary Enrichment Program to Offer More Than 60 Classes
• Cruise West Announces Enhanced Explorations On Mexico’s Sea of Cortés Voyages in 2009/2010
• Carville and Matalin to Spar on Crystal Med Cruise
• Holland America Line’s Alaskan Explorer Cruises Now Include Airfare From 11 Western Cities
• Holland America Line Lays The Keel For ms Niuew Amsterdam
• MSC Poesia Offers Short Caribbean Escapes in 2009-2010
• Exclusive Cruise On Costa Serena Features World Famous Brazilian Soccer Star “Pele” In June 2009
• Norwegian Epic Takes A Bow
• Cunard Line Announces 2010-2011 Itineraries – On Sale April 17
• Swan Hellenic Launches North American Website With Savings Up To 70% On Selected Departures
• Holland America Line Features 57 Caribbean Cruises with 7- to 14-Day Itineraries in Fall 2009
• NCL Launches Facebook Application Enabling Cruisers to Connect
• Last Chance For Six Once-In-A-Lifetime Voyages on Cruise West’s Spirit of Oceanus in 2009
• Players Win Big in Royal Caribbean’s Casino Royale
• PBS Chef of 'Christina Cooks' to Sail on Holland America's Zuiderdam August 8
• Seabourn Makes A Splash With First-Ever Digital Ad Campaign
• Princess Passengers Vote Port of Los Angeles “2008 Port of the Year”
• MSC Cruises Offers 'Balcony Blowout' Savings on Mediterranean & Northern Europe Sailings
• Costa Cruises Unveils 2010 Voyages to More Than 250 Destinations
• Explorations Book Club Debuts on Holland America Line Ships
• Costa Offers Free Hotel Stays & Transfers To Mediterranean Passengers
• Six Things You Didn’t Know About Seabourn Odyssey
• Newest & Largest ‘Fun Ship’ Launches Year-Round Mexican Riviera Service From Long Beach
• Costa Doubles Cruises in the Far East With the Debut of Costa Classica
• Seabourn Publishes 2010-11 Yachting Collection
• Wedding Package Expands Holland America Line’s Group Advantage Program
• Princess to Offer New 3-Day Sampler Sailings Aboard Ruby Princess
• Norwegian Epic to Debut the Only Tube & Largest Bowl Slide At Sea
• Oceania Cruises to Introduce the 2010 European Collection
• Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox to Make Stateside Debut With Rare “Solstice Class Sampler”
• Cunard Line and Oxford University Press Introduce Science at Sea
• Queen Elizabeth Maiden Voyage Sells Out Faster Than QE2 Final Voyage
• Celebrity Cruises & Azamara Cruises Kick Off April With Special Offer
• Carnival Cruise Lines Introduces New “Your Choice Dining” Program
• Golf In The Shadow Of The Antarctic

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