PRINCESS SHIFTS TOURS TO AVOID MIDDLE EAST.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer VALENCIA - With the nation's leaders warning of a protracted pro·tract tr.v. pro·tract·ed, pro·tract·ing, pro·tracts 1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations. 2. battle against terrorism, Valencia-based Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is an American cruise line, based out of Santa Clarita, California, that operates cruise ships also shares the same building with Cunard Line headquarters. It is one of the many cruise lines operated by the Carnival Corporation. has announced a shift toward cruises closer to home through 2003. Princess has pulled back cruises that neared the volatile Middle East, and added 66 voyages to Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. and the 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. . Shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Princess canceled its annual round-the-world cruise and altered routes to avoid stops in Turkey and other ports on the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. On Tuesday, the company announced its new cruise schedule for the 2002-03 season, with a focus on North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. touring. ``We have redeployed some of our ships to have more U.S.-based sailings,'' company spokeswoman Denise Seomin said. The Sun Princess will take two 15-day voyages to Hawaii with stops at all the main islands, as well as Ensenada in Mexico. A sixth ship will sail to Alaska, where Princess will host 11 new voyages next year. Four new Eastern Seaboard voyages have been added for fall 2002 from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to Montreal. The Golden Princess will avoid the Middle East when it cruises the Mediterranean next summer, opting for stops in Italy, Monte Carlo and Sicily rather than two Turkish ports, Seomin said. Princess experienced a slowdown after the attacks when vacationers couldn't catch flights to ports. Things have picked up, Seomin said, but customers overwhelmingly want to cruise closer to home. Security, she added, has been upgraded. Princess' parent company, P&O Princess Cruises, saw its stock plunge Sept. 11. It has since regained three of the 12 points lost, closing Tuesday at $13.68 a share. |
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