Grand Circle Corporation Announces 2007 "Price Guarantee" for Small-Ship Vacations.With no hidden charges, Grand Circle's small-ship vacations offer the best value in the industry - up to $3700 per couple less than comparable cruises offered by competitors BOSTON -- Alan E. Lewis, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Grand Circle Corporation, the nation's leading international tour operator for Americans over 50, today announced a "Price Guarantee" effective immediately for all of its river cruises River cruise is a voyage up and down a river/rivers touching at a series of ports. River cruising is a form of traveling in the inlands waterways of the world. Unlike large ocean cruise liners, river cruise ships are usually smaller vessels, generally accommodating between 100 and and small ship vacations offered through the company's two brands: Grand Circle Travel and Overseas Adventure Travel. Grand Circle includes air and other fuel surcharges in all of its advertised prices, and now, for small ship vacations, the company will guarantee that travelers will not incur additional air or other fuel surcharges, or currency increases, after booking - even if the company does. In addition, if Grand Circle Travel or Overseas Adventure Travel reduces the advertised price of a river cruise or small ship vacation outside of 60 days of departure, the company will guarantee travelers the lower fare, even travelers who have already booked their trip. "No other small ship company includes air or other fuel surcharges in its pricing, and these 'hidden costs' can add $200-$400 more per person to the cost of a cruise," said Lewis. "In addition, no other small ship company guarantees that it will protect travelers from additional air or other fuel surcharges or give them the lowest price if a trip is discounted outside of 60 days of departure." "None of our direct cruise competitors - Viking, Avalon, Uniworld, or Peter Deilman - to name a few - provide this comprehensive guarantee. Our small ship vacations include round-trip international airfare air·fare n. Fare for travel by aircraft. Noun 1. airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane fare, transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance , all associated fuel surcharges, accommodations, most meals and sightseeing, excellent guides, unique cultural activities, and more, and generally cost $1,000-$3,700 per couple less than comparable cruises offered by competitors. While we offer unbeatable value, we're also known for our unique, high quality cruises. In 2006, both Conde Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure readers rated our small-ship cruise line A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the among the Top 5 in the world and ranked us higher than our major competitors." In 2006, 180,000 Americans aged 50-plus traveled on one of Grand Circle's 100-plus vacation offerings, including more than 87,000 travelers on 40-plus small ship vacations, Grand Circle's fastest-growing segment. In post-trip surveys, for the past three years, 97% of travelers rated their trips as "excellent to good." In Grand Circle's "Top 10 Most Popular Vacations in 2006," eight were river cruises and small ship adventure vacations. To receive a free "2007 Small Ships Travel" catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. and free small ship DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , please contact 1-800-248-3737. Information on Grand Circle trips can be found at www.gct.com/pr. For OAT in, please go to www.oattravel.com/pr. About Grand Circle Established in 1958, Grand Circle Corporation is the leader in international travel, adventure, and discovery for Americans age 50 and older and posted $656 million in sales in 2006. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., the company has more than 45 offices throughout Asia, the South Pacific, Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Through its brands, Grand Circle Travel and Overseas Adventure Travel, the company offers more than 100 extended stay vacations, escorted tours Escorted tours are a form of tourism in which travelers are escorted in a group to various destinations, verses a self-guided tour where the tourist is on their own. Escorted tours are normally conducted by a tour director who takes care of all services from the beginning to end , river cruises, barge trips, ocean cruises, and adventure programs. Since 2002, Overseas Adventure Travel has been rated among the top 15 tour operators and safari The default Web browser for the Max OS X operating system. It is noted for its fast download speed and many built-in features including the Google search bar and popup blocker. In June 2007, Safari was introduced in beta for Windows users. See Mac OS X. outfitters by the readers of Travel + Leisure. Grand Circle owns and operates a fleet of 50 ships, from 22-passenger canal barges to the 330-passenger M/S M/S Meter(s) per Second M/S Milestone M/S Modeling and Simulation M/S Master/Slave M/S Messieurs (plural of Mister) M/S Minesweeping M/S miles per second M/S Miniature Sheet Paul Gauguin Noun 1. Paul Gauguin - French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903) Gauguin . Grand Circle's fleet was named to Conde Nast Traveler's 2006 and 2007 Gold Lists of the world's top cruise lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America , and was voted one of the top two best small-ship cruise lines in the magazine's 2006 Readers' Choice Awards survey. The Grand Circle Foundation has donated more than $30 million to humanitarian, cultural, and environmental organizations around the world since 1992. |
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