Celebrity Cruises

MIAMI – When Celebrity Cruises sails its tenth consecutive season in South America next year, the line will celebrate by offering its first-ever Antarctica sailings. The 2,050-guest Celebrity Infinity will sail a total of eight South America sailings in late 2009 and early 2010, calling at 26 ports in 13 countries. Sales for these cruises opened today. ...

MIAMI -- Celebrity Cruises' four- and five-night Caribbean sailings are perfect getaways for guests who crave a taste of the line's signature service with style and the spectacular sunsets of the Caribbean. The line's 2009-2010 winter Caribbean season will feature, for the third consecutive year, a series of these sailings on the recently refurbished Celebrity Century. These voyages opened for ...

 First premium cruise line to join trend toward cleaner-air environment   MIAMI, April 10 -- Cruise enthusiasts may praise the virtues of "sea air," but to many of them, what matters more is clean air. As more hotels and restaurants worldwide implement stricter smoking policies in order to promote healthier air, Celebrity Cruises also is taking action. Beginning ...

MIAMI, Jan. 18  -- There is a new job opening at Celebrity Cruises: groundskeeper. The perfect candidate must be willing to perform his or her duties while traveling the world aboard a beautifully appointed ocean liner. The successful candidate also must be a dedicated horticulturist who possesses an unmistakable enthusiasm for the unexpected, as the greens will be miles out ...

'I Love The Nightlife': Celebrity Solstice to Present the Coolest New Places to See and be Seen Along with Longtime Favorites MIAMI  -- Celebrity Cruises will present a stellar line-up of nightclubs and lounges on the line's new Celebrity Solstice, scheduled to launch in December, 2008. From an intimate, enriching wine cellar to a vibrant club that transforms with each ...

Collaboration with Corning Museum of Glass Will Bring Unique Entertainment and Enrichment to Guests on Celebrity Solstice MIAMI -- Talk about a "hot spot": Celebrity Cruises' new Celebrity Solstice will introduce an industry first.Celebrity will collaborate with the world-renowned Corning Museum of Glass to bring the captivating art of glassblowing to sea when the Museum's "Hot Glass Show(SM)" debuts on ...

MIAMI -- Some things just need a woman's touch. To design a larger stateroom that is also intuitive and stylish on its extraordinary new ship, Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Cruises has gone right to the source: ladies who cruise."First, we decided to make the staterooms larger -- an average of 15 percent larger, in our deluxe ocean view verandas -- and ...

When it comes to cruise ships, size shouldn't matter.This fall, New York-area residents can test-drive the recently launched Journey, the debut ship of Celebrity's new Azamara luxury cruise line.Unlike the megaships that leave the city with up to 3,600 passengers, Journey carries only 700 guests and has a staff-to-guest ratio of 2 to 1.Journey will home-port in Cape Liberty, Bayonne, ...

MIAMI, Aug. 27 -- Artist Andy Warhol once said, in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. Celebrity Cruises says, with style and sophistication, it strives to make every one of its guests feel famous for the duration of their cruise. This is a goal that is central to the line's new TV, print and online advertising campaign, ...

Celebrity Cruises Cancels Sailings Due to Propeller Damage MIAMI -- Celebrity Cruises has cancelled two 12-night Mediterranean sailings onboard Celebrity Millennium due to damage to the ship's propellers. The ship will reenter service for its July 24 sailing. On July 2, while anchored off Villefranche, France, the ship's propellers struck a submerged rock, following an electrical malfunction. Three of the ...

MIAMI -- Known for its fresh, gourmet cuisine, top-rated Celebrity Cruises is adding a new ingredient to its dining offerings. The line has partnered with Las Vegas-based Blau & Associates, a strategic restaurant planning and development firm, to serve as the line's new culinary consultancy across the fleet.Widely credited with transforming Las Vegas' dining from ordinary 24-hour buffets to a ...

MIAMI -- The stars aligned for Celebrity Cruises today, as the line confirmed its order for a fourth Solstice-class cruise ship. The new vessel will enter service in Fall 2011, following sister ships Celebrity Solstice in Fall 2008, Celebrity Equinox in Summer 2009, and Celebrity Eclipse in Summer 2010, bringing Celebrity's total fleet to 11 ships. The contract is contingent ...

Exotic Destination-Driven Brand to Sail in Europe, South America, Asia and Around the World MIAMI -- The launch of a new ship is a momentous occasion for any cruise line, but Celebrity Cruises has made the introduction of their latest liner especially significant. Today, Celebrity not only marked the launch of a 710-guest ship which sets sail tomorrow, but also ...

NEW YORK — A judge tossed out all but $10 million of a $190 million jury verdict ordering a company that makes water pumps to pay Celebrity Cruise Lines Inc. in a case involving an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease on a cruise ship in 1994.Calling the jury verdict "manifestly erroneous," U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV let stand $10.4 ...

MIAMI, Jan. 9 -- Celebrity Cruises is kicking off the new year by announcing the name of the third "celestial" ship in its 118,000 gross-registered-ton Solstice-class fleet. Celebrity Eclipse will make its maiden voyage in 2010, following sister ships Celebrity Solstice in 2008 and Celebrity Equinox in 2009, bringing the Celebrity fleet to 13 ships.Like its sister ships, Celebrity Eclipse ...

MIAMI, Jan. 5 -- Celebrity Cruises today announced plans to evolve its fleetwide culinary program, ending its affiliation with Master Chef Michel Roux. The mutual agreement coincides with the end of Roux's current contract with Celebrity."Chef Roux has offered valuable culinary consultation and direction since the Celebrity brand was founded, and played an integral role in helping our brand achieve ...

Celebrity's Millennium to host line's fourth annual "Savor the Caribbean" Series MIAMI, Nov. 20  -- Celebrity Cruises is serving up another sizzling "Savor the Caribbean" series featuring some of the nation's hottest chefs. Celebrity's fourth annual series will take place on Millennium's seven-night Eastern Caribbean sailings from January 7 through March 4, 2007, with a host of celebrated chefs and ...

Wastewater poured into Sound, Strait A cruise ship company that dumped more than 500,000 gallons of untreated wastewater into Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca was fined $100,000 by the state Thursday. It's the first such fine ever issued in Washington for a violation of this kind, and the maximum allowed. The fine marks the end of a rocky ...

MIAMI, Oct. 17 -- Celebrities ranging from pop star Celine Dion and husband Rene Angelil to actor Robert DeNiro and wife Grace are among the increasing number of couples choosing to renew their wedding vows in recent years. Celebrity Cruises is keeping pace with the trend by introducing a new vow renewals program, which the line launched in a particularly ...

MIAMI, Oct. 11 -- Celebrity Cruises has taken its first major step toward physically launching Celebrity Solstice in Fall 2008. The line's President Dan Hanrahan today ceremoniously pressed the start button for the plasma cutter at shipbuilder Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, creating the ship's first steel plate. "This is a very exciting day for the Celebrity brand, as we take ...