USA Today is featuring Seabourn’s new ships in its cruise ship photo gallery.  If you haven’t been on Seabourn Odyssey or Seabourn Sojourn, this will give you a great feel to what the ships are like.  Take a look at the tour by clicking on the link here.

We have more exciting news to share!  Our list of awards and accolades continues to grow!  The Spa at Seabourn aboard Seabourn Odyssey has received SpaFinder’s 2010 Readers’ Choice Award for “Favorite Spa on a Cruise Ship.” It is the largest spa on a luxury ship and offers luxurious pampering services at sea – relaxing treatments, a hydropool, two herbal steam rooms and two spacious Spa Villas.  It’s really no wonder why the Seabourn Odyssey spa is a fan favorite!

In the past week, several online publications have run polls asking visitors to vote on which cruise ship England’s affianced royals, William and Kate, should select for their honeymoon. In the case of Cruise Critic.com, USA Today and Travel Weekly (UK) the clear winner has been Seabourn Sojourn. Seems our newest Seabourn sister is unanimously considered a suitably sophisticated and adequately elegant venue for the royal couple’s post-nuptial peregrinations.

William, sir, a word to the wise: Operators are standing by …

Two weeks aboard Seabourn Spirit in the Mediterranean … don’t you wish you were on-board?  But for now, you can live vicariously through Dr. Irene S. Levine, who recently sailed aboard the yacht off the coast of Croatia and Italy.

One of the best parts of her cruise?  The service provided by the dedicated staff.  “Personal service was, indeed, the hallmark of our experience.”

Read about her Seabourn experience here

USA Today’s Gene Sloan, (the man who dubbed Seabourn Odyssey a “game changer), is running a poll about which cruise ship the UK’s newly-engaged Prince William and Kate Middleton should book for a honeymoon.  Seabourn Sojourn is in the running, and naturally, we think she would be the perfect choice for the royal couple.  Don’t you agree?  If so, please be sure to cast your vote for Seabourn Sojourn!

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For the last two weeks, Seabourn Legend was in dry dock in Genoa, receiving a beautiful makeover.  Like her sisters, the Legend’s public rooms received a new look and feel, with a stylish and fresh décor and contemporary on-deck furnishings.

It couldn’t have been done without the Legend team and shipyard staff and all their efforts and hard work.  Captain Andrew Pedder sent us the following note and awesome photo of the Seabourn Legend crew in Genoa, taken on the day before they set sail for Rome.

“The crew demonstrated great teamwork; working hard and showing great co-operation with the shipyard and the contractors. I’m proud of every one of them.”

We are, too!

Seabourn Legend Crew in Genoa

On June 6, 2010, Seabourn Sojourn debuted in London and then set out on her Maiden Voyage.  Dubbed the North Star Sojourn, the 14-day cruise included Scotland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Seabourn’s Destination Services staff created very special shoreside events during the voyage, exclusively for Maiden Voyage guests. At the port of Reykjavik, Iceland, a special venue outside of town welcomed guests into a re-creation of a Norse settlement in the early days of the colonization of Iceland.  After seeing this and meeting the inhabitants, Seabourn guests were seated in a tent for a multi-media presentation recounting the saga of Iceland’s history through music and dance. At the conclusion of the event, each guest was given a small box containing a piece of fresh lava rock from the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano, and the promise that for each Seabourn guest who visited, a tree was planted in the rich new soil of Iceland, to add new life and beauty to the country and the world.

The awards and accolades continue to roll in for Seabourn! The editors of the websites CruiseCritic.com and CruiseCritic.co.uk have both singled out Seabourn for the 2010 Editors Pick awards in the luxury segment. Here is what they said about Seabourn and why they chose us as the “best.”

On the U.K. site, the editors cited Seabourn as Best for Luxury, noting that “Seabourn, renowned for its superb cuisine, service and small-ship ambience, has long been a contender in the best luxe category. With the debut of its new, slightly-larger Sojourn and Odyssey that build on its traditions while offering a more contemporary atmosphere, the line clearly sets the standard for luxury cruising.”

Editors on the U.S. site specifically identified Seabourn’s two newest yachts, Seabourn Odyssey and Seabourn Sojourn, as Best for Luxury, saying “Seabourn’s new Odyssey and Sojourn are the largest true luxury ships in cruising, and yet the size works. It allows for more on board choice — especially the fantastic Seabourn Square, a combination library, coffeeshop, bakery and social hub — and yet attention to detail in its cuisine, service and upscale yacht-like ambience, is impeccable.”

Thank you, Cruise Critic, for these honors! We’re very proud of the entire staff and the wonderful job they do every day!

It was another lovely evening in Ephesus!  With the ancient amphitheatre as the backdrop, Seabourn Odyssey guests enjoyed a beautiful, private classical concert under the stars.  They soaked up the atmosphere of this historic site, while listening to the beautiful music of Mozart and other classical tunes.  Different dishes of Turkish delicacies were also served.  It was absolutely magical and definitely an evening to remember!