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Princess Cruises celebrates first homeporting season in Singapore

By Asia Cruise News

<h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 47, 109);">Princess Cruises celebrates first homeporting season in Singapore</h2><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Singapore: Princess Cruises launched its first homeporting season in Singapore today. The Sapphire Princess will set sail this evening from the Marina Bay Cruise Centre with a full capacity for an 11-day roundtrip voyage around Southeast Asia, calling at Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand before returning to Singapore.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">In what the line claims is the largest deployment ever by a premium cruise line in Southeast Asia, Princess Cruises’ homeporting season will call at nine countries and 21 ports over a wide range of cruise lengths ranging from three to 16 days. Princess Cruises has created a travel program featuring a total of 25 itineraries across 16 roundtrip departures, offering more destinations from Singapore than on any other cruise line.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">The local economic impact from the Singapore-based deployment is estimated to be nearly S$50m. This includes passenger and crew spending in each port, travel agent commissions and marketing costs.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">“We are thrilled to launch our inaugural homeporting season in Southeast Asia, bringing a new premium cruise travel experience to both local and international guests,” said Farriek Tawfik, director of Southeast Asia, Princess Cruises. “Approximately 40,000 guests are expected to be carried during this first season of cruising from Singapore. With our diverse ports of call and itineraries, Princess Cruises will offer them a unique and unparalleled vacation experience.”</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;">Based on the overwhelming response from the regional and international cruise market to its inaugural homeporting season, Princess Cruises will launch its second homeporting season in Singapore next year.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><img data-cke-saved-src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/princess.jpg" src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/princess.jpg" alt="Princess Cruises celebrates first homeporting season in Singapore" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; width: 380px; height: 210px; float: left; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal;"><br></p><div><br></div>
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