| Celebrity Cruises returning in 2013-14

Solstice and Millennium have
both been locked in for second
consecutive cruise seasons in
Australasia.
CELEBRITY Solstice will again be based in
Sydney from Oct 2013, offering cruises in
Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific,
with sister ship Celebrity Millennium also
coming back at the start of her second Asian
season.
Strong local bookings for the 2,850-pax
Solstice, which arrives for its maiden season
this Nov, have encouraged the luxury line to
commit to another program.
“So far, Australian guests have shown that
they are very keen to experience her unique
features and we have broadened her
itineraries even further when she returns in
2013-2014,” said Adam Armstrong,
commercial manager, Celebrity Cruises
Australia.
“We are also pleased to welcome back the
revitalised Celebrity Millennium in late 2013 as
she makes her way to Asia through the Pacific
and eastern Australia.”
Highlights of Solstice’s 2013-14 local season
are set to include a three-night weekend
sampler cruise; a 35-night circumnavigation of
Australia and New Zealand, departing from
Auckland; and two Pacific Island roundtrips
from Sydney, with stops in Fiji, the Loyalty
Islands and New Caledonia.
Most other sailings are 12- and 14-night New
Zealand cruises between Sydney and Auckland.
Millennium, which is scheduled for a
revitalisation in May 2012, will offer an 18-
night repositioning from Hawaii to Australia,
and a 17-night cruise between Sydney and
Singapore.
The ship then continue its Asian itineraries,
with voyages from Singapore to Hong Kong or
Indonesia.
Bookings for the 2013-14 Australian season
for Solstice open 04 Apr 2012 and for
Millennium on 18 Apr 2012.
This week Celebrity Cruises also released its
2013-2014 northern hemisphere winter
program in the US, Caribbean and South
America.
For the first time since 2010, Celebrity
Century will offer a series of cruises from Los
Angeles, and Celebrity Reflection will make its
inaugural sailing in Sep this year, operating
seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruises
roundtrip from Miami.
For details, call 1300 754 500 or visit
www.cruisingpower.com.