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| Gate 1 Travel - River Cruises |
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European River Cruise Packages: Take a European
River Cruise with Gate 1 Travel. We offer vacation
packages to suit your time and budget. Tour
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany,
Holland, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Poland, Serbia,
Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine. Call Gate 1
Travel today or click on one of the budget cruise
packages below.
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Affichage : 1695
Durée : 629 s |
| Your Man Tours - Hawaii Cruises and Tours |
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http://www.ymtvacations.com - Aloha! Discover
Sunny Hawaii on A Delightful Cruise! Discover the
delights of Hawaii and the pleasure of a cruise on
this delightful trip. Experience Honolulu and see
Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head, Punchbowl Crater and
the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. Cruise
the Hawaiian Islands on Carnival Cruise Line's
Spirit, stopping at Kahului, Maui with beautiful
ocean views; sunny Hilo on Hawaii's Gold Coast;
Lahaina, Maui, a picturesque old whaling town; and
Nawiliwili, Kauai, the island of rainforests and
waterfalls. You'll enjoy 5 luxurious days at sea
cruising the Pacific Ocean to Ensenada, Mexico.
Cross the border into San Diego to enjoy a tour of
this sleek and modern California coastal city.
Tags : your man tours hawaii tour vacations waikiki vacation oahu pearl harbor cruise hawai |
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Durée : 326 s |
| The Groove Cruise Experience!!!!! |
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http://www.watcha3.com brings you the only cruise
for dance music fanatics..The Groove Cruise...a
Dance Party Niche in the Cruise Industry
Three years ago, Jason Beukema, a tour manager at
a travel agency in Atlanta, thought he was just
doing his friends a favor in organizing a group
vacation.
Little did he know that the music-themed cruise he
created would blossom into a full-fledged
business. What started as a few close buddies grew
into 125 friends and acquaintances boarding what
he called the Groove Cruise in October 2004.
"All of a sudden people who'd heard about it from
their friends just started calling me, wanting to
find out about the cruise," said Mr. Beukema, who
started Whet Travel after returning to Atlanta
from the first voyage. "We didn't spend a dime on
advertising. It was all word of mouth."
On a recent Groove Cruise, aboard the Freedom of
the Seas, somewhere between Grand Cayman and
Jamaica, 200 young professionals decked out in
silk robes and slinky lingerie were poolside long
after the casino had closed and the other
sunburned passengers had turned in for the night.
Vodka Red Bulls and glowsticks in hand, the mostly
barefoot crowd danced to the sensuous vocals and
dirty bass pumping from the speakers.
"Now this is a party," yelled Kathy Hirsecorn, 29,
her pink satin negligee fluttering as she danced.
"You forget you're on a boat."
Part of a larger resurgence of affinity voyages,
music-themed cruises are growing in popularity as
third-party promoters and cruise line executives
seek to capitalize on large fan followings with
the time and cash to spend on a vacation with
their favorite musicians.
Devotees have packed cruise ships to see artists
ranging the FM dial, from mainstream stars like
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kenny Chesney to blues and
Christian bands, and the list of musicians
scheduled to set sail is growing.
Yet those cruises attract a largely older
audience, while the Groove Cruise, with its allure
of club-heavy house music and high maintenance
hedonism, attracts primarily dance fanatics who
have graduated from college in the last 15 years
and who can afford $1,350 for a five-day voyage
(and $600 for a three-day cruise).
"It's like spring break for adults," Mr. Beukema,
29, said.
While the company also handles other vacations
like destination weddings and bachelor party
trips, its main focus is the Groove Cruise brand,
which yields around 90 percent of the company's
revenue, he said.
Since the first voyage in 2004, revenue has
doubled each year, to $500,000; the number of
attendees has tripled, to over 1,100 total
participants over that period. These
dance-obsessed cruisers have come from across the
United States, Europe and Australia — 65 percent
had never been on a cruise before; more than a
third were returning for another spin on the
Groove Cruise.
"Traditional cruises have very few alternative
entertainment options for young people," said Mr.
Beukema, who has been on 26 cruises. "If you don't
want to see the Broadway revue or the magic show
revue you're pretty much out of luck, and the
on-board nightclub has a request D.J., so you'll
hear one hip-hop song and then he'll kill the
dance floor with the Macarena. We bring on some of
the best D.J.'s from across the country and go all
night."
Despite hurricanes, high gas prices and cheap
airfare, the cruise industry made $16.2 billion in
United States revenue in 2005, a 10 percent
increase from the previous year.
Once the traditional vacation choice of the
"nearly dead and newly wed," the cruise industry
has been working feverishly over the last decade
or so to revamp its image and attract a younger,
more active market.
"The cruise industry is changing their product for
younger people," said Joe Goldblatt, senior
lecturer at Temple University's School of Tourism
and Hospitality Management. "Gen X-er's are taking
more two- and three-day vacations multiple times a
year. Three-day cruises are ideal for that — you
board on Friday, party hard all weekend and can
return to work on Monday."
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Affichage : 8998
Durée : 173 s |
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