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Holland America Line's ms Prinsendam Receives Enhancements to Staterooms and Public Areas SEATTLE, Jan. 16 -- Holland America Line has completed a significant upgrade to its "Elegant Explorer," ms Prinsendam. Totaling more than $20 million, the enhancements include new luxury bathrooms in all staterooms, the addition of the Explorations Cafe powered by the New York Times, expanded and refurbished shopping ...

New brochure highlights Grand Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific Voyage SEATTLE -- Holland America Line returns to the lands of kiwis and koalas in 2009 when ms Amsterdam sails a majestic 67-day voyage to the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. The cruise is highlighted in a new 2009 Grand Voyage brochure currently available from the premium cruise line, ...

SEATTLE  -- In 2008, Holland America Line doubles departures of its seven-day deep southern Caribbean itinerary, created for those seeking a week-long cruise to lesser visited Caribbean ports. In January the company will deploy ms Westerdam on seven cruises and ms Eurodam on a special New Year's Eve cruise. The latter departure visits Oranjestad, Aruba, Willemstad, Curacao and the company's ...

Favorite port also serves as a model of sustainable tourism development SEATTLE -- Holland America Line will mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of Half Moon Cay as a cruise ship port of call on Dec. 12 when the ms Amsterdam visits the premium line's award-winning private Bahamian island.In December 1996, Holland America Line purchased the uninhabited 2,400-acre island ...

SEATTLE -- Holland America Line has won nine Readers' Choice Awards from Porthole Cruise Magazine for 2007, including Best Accommodations, Best Private Island for Half Moon Cay, the line's exclusive Bahamian port call, and Most Eco-Friendly Cruise Line.The annual poll of readers also voted Holland America Line the winner in the following categories: -- Best Alaska Itineraries ...

SEATTLE -- Holland America Line will hold the official naming ceremony for it's first Signature-class ship, ms Eurodam, July 1, 2008, in Rotterdam, the city where the 135-year-old Dutch company was founded.Naming ceremonies will be held near the company's original headquarters, which now operates as the Hotel New York. Numerous events and activities are being planned to showcase the vessel ...

Special Culinary Program Flavors Holland America Line's 2007 Holiday Cruises SEATTLE -- From Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve, Holland America Line is highlighting its 2007 holiday cruises with a special culinary program that combines traditional dishes with festive cuisine from around the world. Cooking classes and demonstrations in each ships' Culinary Arts Center presented by Food & Wine magazine will also ...

SEATTLE -- Holland America Line's 73-day Grand Africa Voyage aboard the elegant 793-passenger ms Prinsendam introduces travelers to the breathtaking scenery, exotic wildlife and legendary safaris that only an African adventure can conjure.Three day stays in Cape Town, South Africa and Mombasa, Kenya allow time to explore the wild interior of Africa on safari and other unusual adventures. Late night ...

Mexico, Hawaii and Tahiti Fall and Winter Sailings SEATTLE -- Holland America Line has just added one more reason to take a sun-drenched cruise from San Diego to Mexico, Hawaii or Tahiti this fall or winter. Guests who book any ocean-view stateroom will enjoy free parking in San Diego near the cruise terminal during their cruise.For example, guests booking an ...

SEATTLE -- Holland America Line's Eurodam News Blog is live as of today, Monday, Aug. 6. The site, which is located at www.eurodamnews.com, is designed to be the primary portal for news and information about ms Eurodam, the line's next newbuild, currently under construction in Italy and due to be delivered in June 2008.The Eurodam News Blog is designed to ...

New Diverse Itineraries and Maiden Ports Added for 2008 SEATTLE -- Announcing an expanded 2008 season, Holland America Line continues to explore the colorful culture of South America. Included in the new program are additional sailings, new itineraries and more cruises to Antarctica than ever before."No one offers more diverse and remarkable views of South America than Holland America," said ...

6 ships, 57 cruises and 151 ports of call SEATTLE -- Holland America Line's 2008 Europe cruise season will be its most expansive and most innovative, with 57 unique itineraries from March through November that visit nine maiden ports and feature six ships, including the debut of the ms Eurodam. Next year also will mark the 135th anniversary of the ...

SEATTLE, Jan. -- Holland America Line has exceeded its $250,000 fundraising goal for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure three months early. Commencing April 2006, Holland America Line and the Holland America Line Foundation took the fight against breast cancer to the high seas with On Deck for the Cure(TM), an onboard, non-competitive 5K fitness walk.In celebration of the ...

SEATTLE -- Some of the most picturesque scenery in the world is reachable only via cruise ship, and Holland America Line continues to offer the most diverse itineraries afloat with spectacular scenic cruising -- from the fjords of Norway to the fall foliage of New England, from the active Kilauea volcano to the mystical glaciers of Antarctica. And though some ...

Holland America Line Increases Sea of Cortez Sailings, Features 46 Total Mexico Cruises in 2008 SEATTLE -- Holland America Line highlights Mexico's Sea of Cortez in 2008 by increasing to 15 the number of 10-day cruises it offers aboard the ms Ryndam through this spectacular area -- four more than in 2007. These cruises combine exceptional wildlife viewing and pristine ...

80th Passenger Ship in the Company's Proud History SEATTLE -- Holland America Line will name its new 2,044-passenger Signature-class ship, ms Eurodam. To be delivered in summer 2008, the new Eurodam marks Holland America Line's next class of vessels and the largest ever constructed for the premium line. With an estimated all-in cost of $450 million, the new 86,000-ton Panamax ...

Reservations Now Open on Global Circumnavigation and Circle Continent Sailings SEATTLE, Oct. 17 -- In 1958 Holland America Line embarked on its first Grand World Voyage, circumnavigating the globe on the beloved ss Statendam IV. Fifty years later, in 2008, four Grand Voyages will commemorate the premium line's golden anniversary of worldwide cruising with two sailings each aboard the flagship ...

Further Upgrades to Vista-Class Ships Increase Capacity SEATTLE, Oct. 14 -- When Holland America Line recently added a new Culinary Arts Center to the final ship in the fleet, all structural changes originally envisioned for the company's $225 million Signature of Excellence initiative were complete. The comprehensive Signature of Excellence upgrades announced nearly three years ago in November 2003 triggered ...

GRAND TURK, The Turks and Caicos Islands -- Adrift out here on the fringes of the Caribbean, The Turks and Caicos Islands sit at the bottom of the Bahamas chain, nature's afterthought 575 miles southeast of Miami. Oh, they've had their share of pirates and slaves, shipwrecks and plantations; but scarcely anyone except scuba divers ever vacationed in this ...