I have been asked to post a photo of the new cover for the upcoming third edition of The Cruiser Friendly Onboard Guide to Alaska’s Inside Passage, out this winter. This is a mock-up; but you get the general idea - hope it will leap off the shelves!
The new book contains new chapters, new maps and of course new information in addition.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) announced today that world famous Canyon Ranch(R), the leading operator of destination health resorts, will soon operate the spa, beauty salon, wellness and fitness facilities on board the line’s fleet of all-suite ultra-luxury ships.
“It gives us great pleasure to welcome the world’s leading luxury spa brand aboard our ships,” said Mark Conroy, President of Regent Seven Seas Cruises. “Canyon Ranch’s unique approach to lifestyle perfectly complements our brand and the lifestyle of our guests,” he added.
Aboard Seven Seas Voyager, Seven Seas Mariner and Seven Seas Navigator, the Canyon Ranch SpaClub(R), from the Canyon Ranch at Sea division, will feature a state-of-the-art spa, wellness and fitness facility, plus a luxurious, full-service beauty salon. SpaClub will offer the most desirable spa amenities available: massage, body and skin-care treatment rooms, a gym and weight room with cardio and weight training equipment, a juice bar, men’s and women’s locker rooms, thalassotherapy, sauna and steam rooms.
Canyon Ranch SpaClub will be installed on each ship in December 2009, with the first cruises featuring this luxurious facility being Dec. 18 for Seven Seas Voyager, Dec. 20 for Seven Seas Mariner, and Dec. 28 for Seven Seas Navigator.Regent Seven Seas Cruises will also feature a full range of culinary offerings from Canyon Ranch’s incomparable Spa Cuisine, which is both nutritious and created with the highest gourmet standards. This array of healthy cuisine will be available starting in the spring of 2010 at breakfast, lunch and dinner in each of the ships’ main dining room, Compass Rose; for breakfast and lunch in the more casual dining venue La Veranda; at the Pool Grill, and on the 24-hour Room Service menu for in-suite dining.
“Canyon Ranch shares our passion for fine and healthy cuisine and our culinary teams will be working together to create a unique and diverse array of healthy, gourmet meals,” added Conroy.
More Than a Spa, A Lifestyle
Canyon Ranch certified fitness instructors will conduct daily group and private fitness, yoga and tai chi classes for guests. In addition, on select voyages Canyon Ranch healthy living experts will offer on-board presentations and workshops addressing lifestyle change, healthy living, stress management and a variety of other topics.
The Canyon Ranch SpaClub Beauty Salon will offer complete beauty services for women and men. The extensive Salon menu will feature hair design and nail care treatments, including luxurious spa manicures and pedicures, makeup consultations and makeovers.
The facility will offer an array of rejuvenating spa treatments, some created specially for Regent guests, include massages and therapeutic bodywork, mud, aromatherapy, ayuvedic and seaweed treatments, facials and masks featuring Canyon Ranch’s award winning Your Transformation skincare products, conditioning body scrubs and therapeutic body cocoons.
“Canyon Ranch is thrilled to be expanding its ‘at Sea’ division aboard the ultra-luxury ships of Regent Seven Seas Cruises,” stated Chief Operating Officer Peter Smith. “We share Regent’s passion for unparalleled service and look forward to bringing our highly acclaimed amenities to our mutual guests.”
For more information on Regent Seven Seas Cruises, visit www.RSSC.com
About Canyon Ranch
Canyon Ranch pioneered the evolution of wellness lifestyle and has been an industry leader for nearly 30 years. Operating the world’s most celebrated collection of life-enhancement properties, Canyon Ranch has destination health resorts in Tucson, Arizona, and Lenox, Mass., and SpaClub facilities (spa, wellness and fitness facilities designed to give guests a taste of the full immersion resort experience) at The Venetian/The Palazzo hotel in Las Vegas, Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Fla., and onboard cruise ships. In addition, the company recently opened Canyon Ranch Living and Canyon Ranch Hotel & Camp; Spa in Miami Beach, the nation’s first luxury wellness hotel and residential community. The only 11-time recipient of the Conde Nast Traveler Best Destination Spa Award, Canyon Ranch has also been named “Healthiest Spa in America” by Health magazine as well as “Best Spa for Food” by Gourmet magazine.
About Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises, a Prestige Cruise Holdings company, operates a fleet of medium-sized luxury cruise ships that visit over 300 ports on all seven continents, including Antarctica. RSSC is consistently rated among the world’s top three cruise lines by readers of luxury travel magazines. Travel professionals worldwide voted RSSC the “World’s Best Luxury Cruise Line” for the fifth consecutive year as part of the 2008 Travel Weekly Awards and readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine voted RSSC “World’s Best Small-Ship Cruise Line” in 2007. For reservations, visit www.RSSC.com or call toll-free 800-285-1835.
About Prestige Cruise Holdings
Prestige Cruise Holdings (PCH) is the parent corporation of Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises. Formed in 2007 to manage select assets in Apollo Management’s cruise investment portfolio, PCH is led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Del Rio, the founder of Oceania Cruises. PCH is the market leader in the upper-premium and luxury segments of the cruise industry with more than 4,450 berths between the Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises brands, a number the company expects will grow to more than 6,700 berths by 2011.
SOURCE Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Starting August 2009, world famous Canyon Ranch will launch its SpaClub© at Sea program onboard all Oceania ships including the new Marina! Per the press release issued July 23, 2009;
Canyon Ranch is pleased to announce the launch of Canyon Ranch
SpaClub at Sea, a new division of the famed health and wellness company based in Tucson, Arizona. Rounding out its offerings – full immersion resorts, living communities, hotel and multiple on-land SpaClub locations – this at-sea division will enable Canyon Ranch to introduce itself to a new audience as well as offer an additional type of experience to its existing guests. Canyon Ranch has operated a SpaClub aboard Cunard’s flagship luxury ocean liner Queen Mary 2 since she set sail in 2004, and will continue to do so — expanding its offerings to include new treatments and services. Additionally, Canyon Ranch will be collaborating with Cunard on cooperative marketing and promotions – including food & beverage and shore excursion
activities.
In August 2009, Canyon Ranch SpaClub will debut fleet-wide aboard Oceania Cruises’ Regatta, Insignia and Nautica. Oceania is the world’s only upper-premium cruise line and offers an unrivaled combination of the finest cuisine at sea, elegant accommodations, exceptional personalized service and extraordinary value. Itineraries visit more than 180 ports around the world, and in the United States, Oceania sails from Miami and Los Angeles to multiple Caribbean and Central American destinations.
Additionally, Canyon Ranch is developing a SpaClub aboard the newest member of Oceania’s fleet, Marina, set to debut in late 2010. The visually stunning SpaClub will feature a fitness and wellness facility comprised of 16 treatment rooms, gym/weight room with more than 50 state-ofthe-art pieces of cardio and weight training equipment, juice bar, men’s and women’s locker rooms, thalassotherapy pool, two whirlpools, a Thermal Suite, and a full-service salon.
“Canyon Ranch SpaClub at Sea is a natural brand extension for us,” stated Peter Smith, Canyon Ranch chief operating officer. “For the past 30 years we have offered a completely unique health and wellness experience to guests on land, and we look forward to introducing ourselves and the Canyon Ranch lifestyle to a new, at-sea audience.”
Shipboard guests will also experience Canyon Ranch while they dine. Corporate Chef Scott Uehlein works with Cunard’s culinary staff to design nutritious spa menu selections offered aboard Queen Mary 2; and Oceania will also feature Canyon Ranch-inspired healthy menu offerings aboard Regatta, Insignia and Nautica in April and May, 2010 and aboard Marina in late
2010.
Recruitment and training for the Oceania fleet has begun and it is expected that by the end of 2010, this division will employ over 100 massage therapists, estheticians, hairstylists, and fitness/wellness instructors. “This expansion enables Canyon Ranch to employ a diverse international team of professionals who offer one-of-a-kind experiences for our guests. All of our staff are fully trained according to Canyon Ranch quality standards and proudly embrace the Canyon Ranch health and wellness philosophy,” stated Sandra Foyil, Canyon Ranch vice president of human resources.
Canyon Ranch pioneered the evolution of wellness lifestyle and has been an industry leader for 30 years. Operating the world’s most celebrated collection of life-enhancement properties, Canyon Ranch has destination health resorts in Tucson, Ariz., Lenox Mass., and recently opened Canyon Ranch Living Miami Beach and Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa in Miami Beach, the nation’s first luxury wellness hotel and residential community. In addition, Canyon Ranch operates SpaClubs (spa, wellness and fitness facilities designed to give guests a taste of the more intensive resort experiences) at The Venetian/The Palazzo in Las Vegas, and the newest Canyon Ranch venture, Canyon Ranch SpaClub at Sea, features facilities on-board the six ships that make up Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, as well as on-board Cunards’ Queen Mary 2 luxury ocean liner. Canyon Ranch has been named the “Healthiest Spa in America” by Health magazine as well as the “Best Spa for Food” by Gourmet magazine. Also, Canyon Ranch is the only 11-time recipient of the Condé Nast Traveler Best Destination Spa Award.
In case you have not heard, John and Lynsay Barron are expecting baby Number Two! The news came about a month ago; ETA is February 20th. John is still on the Seabourn Odyssey and Lynsay is at home. He’ll be off the ship soon and the family will be reunited. I am sure you all join me in wishing them the best!
As the 2009 season draws to an end many in Southeast Alaska are already getting anxious about summer 2010. The redeployment of ships by four major cruise lines from Southeast Alaskan itineraries represent approximately 140,000 - 200,000 less visitors next year. Local officials and business owners are concerned at the potential loss.
On August 20th, over 300 people representing the tourism industry and government officials met in Anchorage to discuss how to bring back business. Tourism Summits are being held around the state. Some attendees like Stan Stephens of Stan Stephens Cruises, Valdez, Alaska, were critical saying that the state has not done enough to attract potential visitors; quoting, “It takes dollars to produce to dollars.”
Some suggested that the 2006 voter-approved law instating a $50 per person head tax should be repealed. Along with the downturn in the economy and the resultant decrease in bookings many cruise lines cited the head tax as contributing to their decision to withdraw ships.
The two northern ports of Whittier and Seward will be most severely hit; Whittier will lose 40 percent of its cruise passengers and Seward will lose about 20 percent.
For more information on the Summit go to: www.alaskatourismsummit.org