``Destination:Alaska'' Feature Debuts on Princess.Com; New Section Offers Industry's Most Comprehensive Online Information About the Wonders of Travel to the ``Great Land''.Business Editors/Travel Writers SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003 Princess' award-winning website, www.princess.com, has debuted another industry first with the addition of a new "Destination:Alaska" section. The most comprehensive web tool of its kind in the cruise industry, the new section walks users through a specialized resource full of information about what makes Alaska such a spectacular vacation experience, as well as highlights of Princess' many cruise and cruisetour options in the "Great Land." With interactive maps, virtual tours Virtual Tours The phrases panoramic tour and virtual tour are often used to describe a variety of video and photographic based media. The word panorama indicates an unbroken view, so essentially, a panorama in that respect could be either a series of photographs or panning video featuring more than 65 dramatic 360-degree photos, and dozens of pages of informative facts and lush photos, Destination:Alaska launches as a unique tool for planning an Alaska land/sea vacation. "We wanted to go beyond just offering a broad overview of our Alaska product, and create a resource that would present our customers with a wealth of destination information to introduce them in a very visual way to the wonders of Alaska," said Dean Brown, Princess' executive vice president of customer service and sales. "This new online tool presents users with background on the destination, our cruises and cruisetours, our very own wilderness lodges, plus an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. number of photos -- including virtual tours of many of our shore excursions -- and links to everything you'd need to easily plan the perfect Alaska vacation." The new web feature offers three main sections -- Alaskan Experience, Alaska Cruisetours and Alaska Cruises. In the Alaskan Experience section, users will find information about Glaciers This is a list of glaciers. Due to somewhat sparse information, some glaciers, especially those in the tropics, may no longer exist as listed. This is especially true for glaciers in Africa and New Guinea. , National Parks This is a list of national parks ordered by nation. Africa
In the Alaska Cruisetours section, users will find details about all of Princess' 46 cruisetour options, complete with profiles of Princess' five own wilderness lodges, and the line's exclusive Midnight Sun Express Ultra Dome rail cars. Cruisetour listings are divided into four categories -- Heart of Alaska, Alaska Wilderness/Kenai, Alaska Wilderness/Copper River, and Alaska Wilderness/Explorer -- to help potential guests determine the very best vacation choice. Within each category they can determine at a glance which wilderness lodges are featured on each route and highlights of the areas visited. The Alaska Cruises section presents details about Princess' two types of cruise itineraries -- the "Voyage of the Glaciers" Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world route and Inside Passage cruises from Seattle and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- and the many attractions on each route. The pages provide links to information about exact itineraries, ship amenities, shore excursions and the onboard Refers to a chip or other hardware component that is directly attached to the printed circuit board (motherboard). Contrast with offboard. See inboard. experience. Destination:Alaska is the first in a series of destination guides scheduled to debut on princess.com. In early spring users can expect new sections on Europe as well as Princess' Panama Canal Panama Canal, waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic (by way of the Caribbean Sea) and Pacific oceans, built by the United States (1904–14) on territory leased from the republic of Panama. itineraries. In early summer the site will feature new sections on the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada/New England. In late summer a special section on Princess' many Exotics destinations will join the site to complete this comprehensive online resource. Users can access the new section directly at http://www.princess.com/destination/alaska/ Note: An electronic copy of this release, and access to Princess' on-line newsroom containing past news releases, background information and photography, is available at www.princess.com/news. |
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